Africa Teen Geeks (ATG) founder and coding advocate, Lindiwe Matlali,
has been recognised as one of the 23 international change-makers that
are advancing social innovation. 2021 is the year we need to have more young people being part of the tech and innovation space.

GUEST: LINDIWE MATLALI - Founder and CEO Africa Teen Geeks

A new product called the Shark Safe Barrier was made in order to bio-mimic the visual effects of a kelp forest, which, combined with a series of permanent magnetic stimuli, form a barrier that dissuades sharks from passing through.

GUEST: DR. SARA ANDREOTTI - Marine Biologist / COO of the Company and one of the inventors of the technology

BUSINESS INSIDER has published an article entitled “2020 wasn’t great – but these South African businesses made the most of it” written by Andrew Thompson.

GUEST: ANDREW THOMPSON - Writer & Photographer

In the midst of 2020- Two South African companies joined forces to create handsfree handwashing solutions, which can be placed in informal settlements countrywide and installed in less than six hours.

GUEST: BRIAN LEWIS - CEO ENVIROSAN SANITATION SOLUTION SA

Lockdown Poems Frank Meintjies

These poems were penned during South Africa's lockdown, a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of the poems were written in the first 21 days of the lockdown, a time when government imposed far reaching restrictions on movement and economic activity.

GUEST: FRANK MEINTJIES - Academic & Author of “Lockdowm Poems lines and verses from the time of covid 19”

South African Music Week (SAMW), is an annual cross-border music industry event that provides a showcase of talent in each country and fosters collaborative working relationships between countries. The idea originated from a visit Moeti paid to Canada along with Mr Vuzumuzi Mkhize, DG of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, who led a South African music industry delegation to Canadian Music Week in
2019.

GUEST: MICHAEL MOETI - Founder and CEO SA Music Week

Are we seeing new Food Trends in 2021 caused by the lockdown and all
that 2020 shifted. Are we cooking differently, are we trying new things?

GUEST: ZOLA NENE

We spoke to him in 2020, great shifts have been taking place in his business. Before COVID-19, he pulled 16-hour shifts cleaning dishes at a restaurant in Linden Jhb. Today, his cake business is up and running.

GUEST: DAVY TSOPO – Founder of Cakey by Davy

Kitesurfers can now sync their smartwatch or smartphone to the KANARA
Kitesurfing app, track sessions, connect, compete with other riders and earn points and rewards for performance. The app already has users in over 40 countries and 170 cities.

GUEST: KIM WEBSTER - SA Spokesperson for Kanara Kitesurfing

HISTORIC MOMENT FOR AFRICAN TRADE - South Africa Readies For Export under new trade agreements with African Union Countries and with the UK implemented from 1 January 2021 It marked the start of trade for South African firms, under two new Trade Agreements.

GUEST: MINISTER EBRAHIM PATEL - The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic)