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HIV/AIDS

Funding crisis threatens progress in fight against HIV/Aids

11 Jul 2025

NWU honours Prof Christa Rautenbach with the Chancellor’s Medal

Higher Education

NWU honours Prof Christa Rautenbach with the Chancellor’s Medal

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 10 Jun 2025

Julien Karambua, Country Manager at Workforce Staffing Namibia says green hydrogen could power Africa's path to energy independence (Image supplied)

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Powering Africa's energy path with green hydrogen innovation

Julien Karambua 3 Apr 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

Africa relies too heavily on foreign aid for health – 4 ways to fix this

Francisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025

FAO's Earth Map wins Google impact award for climate monitoring

Agriculture

FAO's Earth Map wins Google impact award for climate monitoring

7 May 2024

Source: Supplied. Bohani Hlungwane, head of trade and working capital, Pan-Africa, Absa CIB.

Trends

No more business-as-usual in African capital markets

Bohani Hlungwane and Ovizikhungo Sicwetsha 22 Mar 2024

Source: Sam Forson/Pexels

Energy

Treasury secures $1.6bn in loans to support Just Energy Transition

23 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied. MG Health, chief executive officer, Andre Bothma.

Pharmaceuticals

MG Health to triple production amid surging global demand for medical cannabis

5 Jun 2023

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical manufacturers must hedge against rand volatility

Carlos Martins 11 May 2023

Taking flight: Checklist for SA fintechs eyeing global expansion

Technology

Taking flight: Checklist for SA fintechs eyeing global expansion

Christoff Pienaar, Safiyya Patel, Dawid de Villiers 28 Mar 2023

MultiChoice shortlists 11 small businesses to pitch for international funding

How To Start Up

MultiChoice shortlists 11 small businesses to pitch for international funding

27 Feb 2023

Energy security top of mind ahead of Budget Speech

Energy

Energy security top of mind ahead of Budget Speech

Hloniphizwe Mtolo 21 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Regto David, Invest Southern Africa Forum chairperson.

Finance

Local entrepreneurs raise $10m to fund SADC entrepreneurs

29 Apr 2022

Call for government to be transparent about R106bn green energy loan

Energy

Call for government to be transparent about R106bn green energy loan

Tania Broughton 22 Feb 2022

Income and energy consumption go hand in hand: Taking a hard look at SDG 7

Food, Water & Energy Security

Income and energy consumption go hand in hand: Taking a hard look at SDG 7

Belinda Carreira, Issued by SAICA 5 Nov 2021

RecoMed concludes R21m in international funding round

Funding

RecoMed concludes R21m in international funding round

2 Nov 2021

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

HIV/AIDS

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

Gilles van Cutsem 10 Jun 2021

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Sustainable Farming

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Anja Gassner, Philip Dobie and Terry Sunderland 7 Jun 2021

CAFSA launches Validate4Good to help NPOs become eligible for funding

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

CAFSA launches Validate4Good to help NPOs become eligible for funding

7 Apr 2021

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Agriculture

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Anja Gassner, Philip Dobie and Terry Sunderland 4 Feb 2021

Pitch sessions held for infrastructure projects development

Infrastructure & Utilities

Pitch sessions held for infrastructure projects development

28 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: We are only as strong as our most vulnerable

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

#LockdownLessons: We are only as strong as our most vulnerable

Sindy Peters 18 May 2020

Economy

No quick economic bounce back: SA needs a long-term growth plan

23 Apr 2020

Mauritius’ social welfare system is relatively stronger than most nations’ Getty Images

Markets & Investment

Mauritius heads into coronavirus storm with strong social welfare buffers

Myriam Blin 20 Apr 2020

Over R2m worth of LifeStyles Condoms donated to Dis-Chem Foundation

CSI

Over R2m worth of LifeStyles Condoms donated to Dis-Chem Foundation

Issued by ACDOCO SA 29 Jan 2020

AfDB signs 5-year agreement to use FIDIC standard contracts

Construction & Engineering

AfDB signs 5-year agreement to use FIDIC standard contracts

23 Jan 2020

African multinationals bring home much more than profits

Research

African multinationals bring home much more than profits

Danson Kimani and Geofry Areneke 20 Nov 2019

Image: Medicines for Malaria

Malaria

Climate change could increase the threat of malaria in Central Africa

23 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Research

Ghana hopes to benefit from hosting Africa's free trade area secretariat

Adu Owusu Sarkodie 1 Aug 2019

Hepatitis is a major public health burden. Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

The WHO wants to rid the world of hepatitis by 2030: why it's a tough ask

Pauline Bakibinga 31 Jul 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Research

'No real development in Africa without regional integration'

Kingsley Ighobor 21 May 2019

#BizTrends2019: Challenges of 2019 will lead to opportunity

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Challenges of 2019 will lead to opportunity

Marc Lubner 7 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: NPOs need to be nimble

Trends

#BizTrends2019: NPOs need to be nimble

Nomvula Dlamini 10 Jan 2019

How to banish burnout at NPOs

ESG & Sustainability

How to banish burnout at NPOs

29 Nov 2018

$1bn annually is what's needed to save Africa's lions - here's how we arrived at the price tag

Environment & Natural Resources

$1bn annually is what's needed to save Africa's lions - here's how we arrived at the price tag

Luke Hunter 6 Nov 2018

Tuberculosis

TB is still the world's #1 killer

19 Sep 2018

UCT GSB launches trailblazing legal course in SA

Law Practice

UCT GSB launches trailblazing legal course in SA

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 15 Jun 2018

Dr Folake Olayinka

Public Health

Nigeria: Political will and investment in immunisation are critical elements for a healthy future

Dr Folake Olayinka 10 Apr 2018

Research indicates universities' reliance on high foreign donations

Higher Education

Research indicates universities' reliance on high foreign donations

19 Jun 2017

ESG

Nigeria hunger crisis deepens, spills over into Lake Chad Basin

6 Mar 2017

A mega project rises to link East Africa

Marketing

A mega project rises to link East Africa

16 Sep 2016

Construction & Engineering

A megaproject rises in East Africa

Wanjohi Kabukuru 12 Sep 2016

ACDOCOSA donates R400,000 LifeStyles Condoms to Dis-Chem Foundation

Retail

ACDOCOSA donates R400,000 LifeStyles Condoms to Dis-Chem Foundation

Issued by ACDOCO SA 12 Aug 2016

SA makes great strides in eliminating mother-to-child transmission

HIV/AIDS

SA makes great strides in eliminating mother-to-child transmission

1 Aug 2016

What Africa's drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots

Climate Change

What Africa's drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots

Gina Ziervogel, Margaret Angula, and Salma Hegga 12 Jul 2016

Africa can learn from SA's renewable energy programme

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Africa can learn from SA's renewable energy programme

Celine Paton 25 Apr 2016

Health-screening project reaches SMMEs in out flung areas

HIV/AIDS

Health-screening project reaches SMMEs in out flung areas

2 Dec 2015

WWF-SA concerned about government's INDC to the UNFCCC

Climate Change

WWF-SA concerned about government's INDC to the UNFCCC

26 Aug 2015

Cement sector in DRC continues to expand

Materials & Equipment

Cement sector in DRC continues to expand

Darryll Kilian and Natasha Anamuthoo 1 Jul 2015