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Africa Tech Festival 2024 saw some pushback against the traditional beliefs around affordable connectivity.

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Social impact innovations awarded at 2024 Orange Social Venture Prize

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New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

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E-learning

Personalised education platform receives investment, expands to Kenya

8 Nov 2021

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Covid-19

First oral Covid-19 medicine authorised in the UK

8 Nov 2021

Work set to start on Botswana coal mine in 2022 despite pressure

Mining

Work set to start on Botswana coal mine in 2022 despite pressure

Brian Benza 8 Nov 2021

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Banking

Alliance Banking appoints new head

8 Nov 2021

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Pharmaceuticals

New global drug policy index finds most countries fail drug policy

8 Nov 2021

Tanzania says negotiations on country's $30bn LNG project have started

Coal, Oil & Gas

Tanzania says negotiations on country's $30bn LNG project have started

8 Nov 2021

Reducing air travel by small amounts each year could level off the climate impact

Aviation

Reducing air travel by small amounts each year could level off the climate impact

Milan Klöwer 8 Nov 2021

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Tourism & Travel

Mauritius features third in Lonely Planet's annual best in travel list

8 Nov 2021

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Markets & Investment

AngloGold Ashanti appoints chief people officer

5 Nov 2021

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Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical companies collaborate against climate change

5 Nov 2021

E-commerce

The rise of fake e-commerce sites around Black Friday - and how to spot them

5 Nov 2021

Applications open for Google for Startups Accelerator Africa

Community

Applications open for Google for Startups Accelerator Africa

4 Nov 2021

Danilo Acquisto and Twala Ng'ambi

Media

Special Effects Media rolls out programme to support diverse creators

4 Nov 2021

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Healthcare

Telehealth app bridges gap in healthcare in Africa

4 Nov 2021

Air travel demand in Africa down by 62.2%

Travel

Air travel demand in Africa down by 62.2%

4 Nov 2021

Air cargo volumes soar by 34.6% for African carriers against 9.1% rise globally

Cargo & Storage

Air cargo volumes soar by 34.6% for African carriers against 9.1% rise globally

4 Nov 2021

Using data to inform customer journey planning from a cultural perspective

CRM, CX, UX

Using data to inform customer journey planning from a cultural perspective

Virginia Alvarez 4 Nov 2021

African mobility fintech to drive affordable financing for Africa's trucking, logistics industry

Logistics & Transport

African mobility fintech to drive affordable financing for Africa's trucking, logistics industry

3 Nov 2021

Isobar-Dentsu Kenya's Teresa Nyamorambo Makori, regional winner for Africa in Next Creative Leaders 2021

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Isobar-Dentsu Kenya's Teresa Nyamorambo Makori, regional winner for Africa in Next Creative Leaders 2021

3 Nov 2021

2021 AWIEF Awards finalists announced

Awards

2021 AWIEF Awards finalists announced

3 Nov 2021

Ambitious commitments and a just transition: COP26 and Africa

Climate Change

Ambitious commitments and a just transition: COP26 and Africa

Dion Shango 3 Nov 2021

Nigeria races to find survivors as 22 die in building collapse

Construction & Engineering

Nigeria races to find survivors as 22 die in building collapse

Lanre Ola 3 Nov 2021

Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climate change

Forestry

Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climate change

Tom Pugh 3 Nov 2021

Ethiopian textile industry at risk if US suspends trade deal over Tigray war

Import/Export

Ethiopian textile industry at risk if US suspends trade deal over Tigray war

Dawit Endeshaw 3 Nov 2021

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Medtech

Medtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning

Lucas Kruitwagen 2 Nov 2021

#COP26: With funds short, Africans weigh green energy switch and fossil fuel cash

Energy

#COP26: With funds short, Africans weigh green energy switch and fossil fuel cash

Kim Harrisberg and Nita Bhalla 2 Nov 2021

6 die, scores feared missing in Nigeria after collapse of high-rise

Construction & Engineering

6 die, scores feared missing in Nigeria after collapse of high-rise

Chijioke Ohuocha 2 Nov 2021

Building a growth-centred digital marketing budget for 2022

Marketing

Building a growth-centred digital marketing budget for 2022

2 Nov 2021

Namibia suspends poultry from Germany, Netherlands after bird flu outbreak

Agro-processing

Namibia suspends poultry from Germany, Netherlands after bird flu outbreak

Nyasha Nyaungwa 2 Nov 2021