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#StartupStory: Cape-based startup set to disrupt SA healthtech space

Johannes Masiteng 29 Jul 2021

Global air cargo posts strongest first half-year growth since 2017

Cargo & Storage

Global air cargo posts strongest first half-year growth since 2017

29 Jul 2021

Tommy Hilfiger collabs with Indya Moore on gender-fluid fashion

Fashion & Homeware

Tommy Hilfiger collabs with Indya Moore on gender-fluid fashion

28 Jul 2021

Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former president and Africa's richest woman, sits for a portrait during a Reuters interview in London, Britain, 9 January, 2020. Reuters/Toby Melville

Coal, Oil & Gas

Dutch court rules against Dos Santos in oil asset case - lawyers

Noah Browning & Sergio Goncalves 28 Jul 2021

Chatbots can be utilised to enhance customer experience. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images

Banking

More Nigerian banks are using chatbots to serve customers, but with mixed results

Emmanuel Mogaji 27 Jul 2021

A childhood vaccine given at birth is effective. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

This is no time to neglect hepatitis - 70-million Africans are infected

Pauline Bakibinga 27 Jul 2021

Rhino and elephant poaching declines in Namibia

Environment & Natural Resources

Rhino and elephant poaching declines in Namibia

Nyasha Nyaungwa 27 Jul 2021

Olumide Soyombo launches Voltron Capital - a Pan-African seed firm

Funding

Olumide Soyombo launches Voltron Capital - a Pan-African seed firm

27 Jul 2021

A worker drives a vehicle at Zimplats' Ngwarati Mine in Mhondoro-Ngezi, file. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Mining

Implats Zimbabwe unit plans 185MW solar power plants

27 Jul 2021

Marketing

Scan Display focuses on shopfitting and brand activations

Scan Display 27 Jul 2021

More African cities to emerge as leading startup and investment hubs

Entrepreneurship

More African cities to emerge as leading startup and investment hubs

27 Jul 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that global supply chains are a huge house of cards

Supply Chain

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that global supply chains are a huge house of cards

Glenn McGillivray 27 Jul 2021

Motswere building in Gaborone receives Botswana's first Green Star rating

Sustainable Development

Motswere building in Gaborone receives Botswana's first Green Star rating

26 Jul 2021

Africa continues to be hard hit by mobile fraud

Mobile & Apps

Africa continues to be hard hit by mobile fraud

26 Jul 2021

COP26 on climate: Top priorities for Africa

Climate Change

COP26 on climate: Top priorities for Africa

Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale 26 Jul 2021

Distell expects up to 20% rise in full-year profits

FMCG

Distell expects up to 20% rise in full-year profits

Emma Rumney 23 Jul 2021

Many doctors and healthcare staff feel the need to practice in richer countries that offer a more stable politics, better education and opportunities for their families. Julien Harneis, CC BY-SA

Education & Training

Brain drain is a hidden tax on the countries left behind

Mark Shrime 23 Jul 2021

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Covid-19

We created a tool to help predict Covid-19 increases in African countries

Steven J Schiff, Andrew Geronimo, Claudio Fronterre & Paddy Ssentongo 23 Jul 2021

5 technopreneurs chosen for Ayo Scaling Africa Series

Tech Startups

5 technopreneurs chosen for Ayo Scaling Africa Series

22 Jul 2021

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi attends a signing ceremony following the talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia 22August, 2019. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters

Coal, Oil & Gas

Mozambique's gas ambitions rest on distant hope of peace

Emma Rumney & David Lewis 22 Jul 2021

Survey: Passengers confident in air travel safety, continue to support mask-wearing

Travel

Survey: Passengers confident in air travel safety, continue to support mask-wearing

22 Jul 2021

World Architecture Festival Awards announces 2021 shortlist

Architecture & Design

World Architecture Festival Awards announces 2021 shortlist

22 Jul 2021

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Public Health

Exploring the important lessons about global cooperation in public health

Wafaie Fawzi, Tang Kun & Alex Taylor 22 Jul 2021

#BizTrends2021: 3 major trends in the commercial property space in Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2021: 3 major trends in the commercial property space in Africa

Peter Hodgkinson 22 Jul 2021

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Design & Manufacturing

LG aims for 100% renewable energy use by 2050

22 Jul 2021

Kenya plan to help Covid-hit poor plagued by irregularities - rights group

Health & Welfare

Kenya plan to help Covid-hit poor plagued by irregularities - rights group

George Obulutsa 22 Jul 2021

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Logistics & Transport

Nigeria doesn't have a coherent strategy to manage freight: How it can get there

Richard Oloruntoba 22 Jul 2021

France's Orange submits interest for stake in Ethio Telecom

Telecoms & Networks

France's Orange submits interest for stake in Ethio Telecom

Dawit Endeshaw 21 Jul 2021

Norval Foundation and The Sovereign Art Foundation launch annual award for artists from Africa and its diaspora

Art

Norval Foundation and The Sovereign Art Foundation launch annual award for artists from Africa and its diaspora

21 Jul 2021

Saint-Gobain Africa Challenge 2021 calls for entries

Community

Saint-Gobain Africa Challenge 2021 calls for entries

21 Jul 2021