Smallholder maize farmers in six South African provinces are using homegrown digital tech normally available only to commercial farmers to get the most out of their fields. Marize de Klerk reports from the maize fields in South Africa’s Magaliesburg region.
Some of Johannesburg’s informal waste reclaimers got an upgrade recently. A collaboration turned a sprawling camp into an award-winning, data-driven solar-powered sorting and bailing hub. As Marize de Klerk reports, incomes are up and the neighbors are happier.