What does the boffin tinkering in the back scope have to do with Africa's economic revival and sustainable development? profusion if you listen to Professor Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo.

What does the boffin tinkering in the back scope have to do with Africa's economic revival and sustainable development? profusion if you listen to Professor Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo. And should we really care if a golf tee on a sudden appears that adds a small in number metres and greater accuracy to a drive? Of a recently made known water-powered pool cleaner makes a splash? Or a revolutionary surfboard makes waves?

Indeed we should, recommendations Vil-Nkorno, chairman of the southerly African Bureau of Standards (SABS) council, because they highlight the part designers can play in the resurgence of the continent. And by what means they can ...