RSB-Tech

The other day, I was speaking with a thought leader from South Africa working with the schools and promoting the future of innovation with the goal of fostering business entrepreneurship to allow South Africa to meet the demands needed for the 21st Century. One thing that I find interesting here in the United States is that when we talk about energy innovation everyone assumes that we are talking about solar technologies or better wind turbines. They never seem to consider the traditional energy industry and all the technological advances being made there, such as fracking.

There was an interesting article in the ‘corporate news’ section of the Wall Street Journal on December 17, 2012 titled; “Chevron Enters Shale Hunt in South Africa – Company’s Decision Comes as Temporary Ban on Exploration Is Lifted in a Country Estimated to Hold Large Reserves,” by Devon Maylie and Alexis Flynn which …

It might seem like we’re in a technology savvy world where the internet is the only source of entertainment and all communications come from cellphone towers, but that is not always the case. Where my home is situated, we don’t get good cellphone reception, so we have to rely more heavily on a landline to get or receive calls. We are able to get on the internet as of this year, but the connection speed is very slow compared to what most people experience when they live in a city or small town. We’ve adapted to this way of life, but some people couldn’t handle it.

Telephone service in our small town is a luxury. We have been lucky enough to have a landline at our home, but some of our neighbors are living too far away from the telephone poles to connect the landline wires to their homes. Without …