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A health worker is dressed up in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Centre as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Infectious Diseases

CEPI's $60m speeds up race to develop Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine

Jennifer Rigby, Mariam Sunny and Julie Steenhuysen 2 Jun 2026

Cansa marks 95 years by expanding care, support and hope

Oncology

Cansa marks 95 years by expanding care, support and hope

Issued by CANSA 23 Apr 2026

Image credit: Anna Shvets on Pexels

Pharmaceuticals

AstraZeneca enters rare disease care in South Africa

31 Jul 2025

Winners announced at Africa Tech Week 2025

Events & Conferencing

Winners announced at Africa Tech Week 2025

Issued by Topco Media 6 Jun 2025

Africa Tech Week Awards 2025 finalists announced – celebrate innovation in style!

Events & Conferencing

Africa Tech Week Awards 2025 finalists announced – celebrate innovation in style!

Issued by Topco Media 29 May 2025

Pharmaceuticals

Trump signs executive order to slash US drug prices by up to 80%

14 May 2025

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma giants push back against Trump's planned tariff rollout

2 Apr 2025

#BestofBiz 2024: Healthcare

Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2024: Healthcare

17 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. The Ministry of Health of Ghana signing an MoU with AstraZeneca. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, director public health, Ghana Health Service; Winfred Ofosu, Ghana Health Service; Deepak Arora, country president, African Cluster, AstraZeneca, and Ruud Dobber, executive vice president, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca.

Public Health

Growth of AstraZeneca’s flagship health equity programme

3 Jun 2024

Source: AstraZeneca.

Covid-19

AstraZeneca admits to rare Covid-19 vaccine side effects in legal filing

30 Apr 2024

Source: © 123rf WPP remains on track to return to growth in the balance of the year, despite Q1 2024 losses

Marketing & Media

WPP on track to return to growth in the balance of the year despite Q1 losses

25 Apr 2024

Source: iStock.

Public Health

Urgent call to action: Combatting chronic kidney disease crisis in Africa

18 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

CSI

Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital first to receive pioneering neonatal medtech

19 Mar 2024

APO Group appoints Rania El Rafie as vice president of public relations and strategic communications

PR & Communications

APO Group appoints Rania El Rafie as vice president of public relations and strategic communications

Issued by APO Group 18 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied.

Pharmaceuticals

#COP28: AstraZeneca's AZ Forest initiative: Pledging six million trees in Kenya

1 Dec 2023

Finalists announced: 20th Annual Standard Bank Top Women Awards brought to you by Topco Media

Events & Conferencing

Finalists announced: 20th Annual Standard Bank Top Women Awards brought to you by Topco Media

Issued by Topco Media 6 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied.

Medical Research

Asthma crisis: South Africa leads in overreliance on reliever pumps

2 Nov 2023

Covid-19

Pharma giants set SA vaccine price tag at $734m, confidential contracts reveal

Katja Hamilton 5 Sep 2023

Lung cancer: Global transformative action needed

Oncology

Lung cancer: Global transformative action needed

Esra Erkomay 3 Aug 2023

Pharmaceuticals

AstraZeneca's global reforestation initiative expands

28 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Sherilyn Kamga, senior strategic finance analyst at Talend.

Trends

#YouthMonth: Navigating the intersection of finance and tech in FinOps

Katja Hamilton 23 Jun 2023

Image supplied. The Warc Awards for Effectiveness 2023, in association with Lions, have been announced

Cannes Lions

Africa and Middle East in Warc Awards for Effectiveness 2023 shortlist

12 Jun 2023

Medtech

AstraZeneca promotes AI use in disease detection

13 Apr 2023

Source: GIBS Business School. Chairman of the new Resource Mobilisaton Fund.

Economy

Introducing the new Resource Mobilisation Fund

Katja Hamilton 9 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied.

Pharmaceuticals

AstraZeneca and partners act for equitable cancer care across Africa

14 Nov 2022

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Medical Research

AstraZeneca announces R&D Postdoctoral Challenge winners

3 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Serum Institute to produce Ebola vaccine for use in Uganda outbreak

Aaron Ross 17 Oct 2022

What can US businesses teach SA about inclusion at work?

Employment Equity

What can US businesses teach SA about inclusion at work?

Issued by icandi CQ 23 Sep 2022

Covid-19

"There should be no secrecy in a pandemic" - Health Justice Initiative's senior researcher

13 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Menelas Pangolas.

Medical Research

AstraZeneca launches global R&D postdoctoral challenge

17 Mar 2022

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Distribution

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Jonathan Munemo 9 Feb 2022

Branding

Over 400 companies have withdrawn from Russia - but some remain

23 Mar 2022

Branding

No African brands in Brand Finance Global 500 2022 Report

26 Jan 2022

South Africa and Africa's Top Employers 2022

Management & Leadership

South Africa and Africa's Top Employers 2022

24 Jan 2022

Source: Supplied. ©Gates Archive/Sylvain Cherkaoui.

Covid-19

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome pledge $300m to combat Covid-19

21 Jan 2022

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Covid-19

SA puts brakes on Covid-19 vaccine delivery

Promit Mukherjee 24 Nov 2021

Source: ©Stepan Popov

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical companies collaborate against climate change

5 Nov 2021

Dentsu International one of first companies in the world to have net-zero target validated

Environment & Natural Resources

Dentsu International one of first companies in the world to have net-zero target validated

Issued by Dentsu 29 Oct 2021

Source: ©sergey Nivens

Medtech

AstraZeneca and the Royal Academy partnership focuses on health tech

6 Oct 2021

Gerety Awards announces Global Agency and Network of the Year

Advertising

Gerety Awards announces Global Agency and Network of the Year

13 Sep 2021

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Covid-19

Study: Lower antibody activity against delta variant at single dose - but vaccines still work

Zania Stamataki 28 Jul 2021

A nurse prepares a dose of the Sinopharm coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at Wilkins Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 24, 2021. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Covid-19

Vaccine-starved Namibia receives Sinopharm boost

19 Jul 2021

Source: ©Leigh Prather

Covid-19

South Africa's vaccine quagmire, and what needs to be done now

Alex van den Heever, Imraan Valodia, Shabir A Madhi & Willem Venter 5 Jul 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Covid-19

South Africa's latest Covid-19 lockdown puts spotlight back on vaccination failures

Shabir A Madhi 30 Jun 2021

Source: ©Esben Hansen

Covid-19

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

Maria De Jesus 23 Jun 2021

Source: ©Stepan Popov

Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccine plant in Africa? This is what it would take to build one

23 Jun 2021

Deputy President David Mabuza

Covid-19

Negotiations for Sputnik, Sinovac vaccines at advanced stage

17 Jun 2021

Covax is failing to halt the Covid-19 pandemic: here's why, and how to fix it

Covid-19

Covax is failing to halt the Covid-19 pandemic: here's why, and how to fix it

Monica de Bolle 9 Jun 2021

Teacher vaccination 101

Education

Teacher vaccination 101

8 Jun 2021

Should we vaccinate all returned travellers in hotel quarantine? It's no magic fix but it could reduce risks

Travel

Should we vaccinate all returned travellers in hotel quarantine? It's no magic fix but it could reduce risks

13 May 2021