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IBM has opened its second research location in Africa, and its first in South Africa, with an IBM Research Lab unveiled on Thursday at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. At the same time, the US technology company

The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, one of the most trafficked tourist attractions in the world, is now also host to a technology hub that its backers hope will help incubate and grow the next crop of

Tshimologong Precinct may not ring any bells for most people, but if Barry Dwolatzky has his way, anyone in South Africa’s technology sector will know it as Johannesburg’s innovation hub and the shining light in Braamfontein within the year. With big companies, start-ups, and even

Therapy, on Johannesburg’s Juta Street, was once a nightclub in the heart of gay Braamfontein. Today the building stands unused. The loud interiors and labyrinthine back rooms hint at a former wild life. The music got turned down for the last time in 2010. Now this part of the inner-city neighbourhood