Opinion of Professor Wim de Villiers, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town (UCT) For every 20 people in South Africa, there are 13 mobile phones. That’s according to a new report published by the GSMA, the body that represents the world’s mobile operators. That 65.7% penetration rate – the highest in Africa […]

New opportunities in e-Learning
Inside | Mark van Dijk
He’s an award-winning health and wellness writer, and deputy editor of Men’s Health magazine. “It’s been inspiring and hugely encouraging to hear the questions being asked by the healthcare industry’s most innovative minds,” says Mark of his experience working on the Health Innovator’s Review. “Questions like: What are the barriers to progress? How ready is your organisation for innovation? What are the most pressing needs?” As a journalist, Mark knows the most interesting answers come from asking the right questions. He lives in Cape Town with his wife, two daughters and their comic books.

Online education: the massive debate
The internet is not just an information highway. It’s an education highway with endless lanes and almost unlimited (and free) resources on everything from artificial intelligence to creating a start-up for students to drive their own learning. That’s why they’re called Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs. A massive number of people sign up. But […]
Inside | Sarah-Anne Arnold
Sarah-Anne Arnold is the Manager of the Solution Space at University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business . In 2011, she completed an MBA at the UCT Graduate School of Business, with a thesis on Innovation Adoption in Higher Education. She’s also been a graphic designer, a lecturer and a volunteer on an expedition to live and work in the jungles of Borneo. In no particular order.

Lessons from an online innovation course
Why would a man from Morocco who doesn’t have enough to eat buy a TV? How do we make schools work for poor citizens? Does foreign aid help or hinder? Without property rights, is life destined to be “nasty, brutish & short”? These are the questions asked in the introduction to the edX online course, […]
Inside | Sarah-Anne Arnold
Sarah-Anne Arnold is the Manager of the Solution Space at University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business . In 2011, she completed an MBA at the UCT Graduate School of Business, with a thesis on Innovation Adoption in Higher Education. She’s also been a graphic designer, a lecturer and a volunteer on an expedition to live and work in the jungles of Borneo. In no particular order.
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