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Dentsu Kenya CEO Chris Madison steps down after a decade of growth, innovation, and success

Source: © 123rf Nivea has launched Nivea Connect, a global social mission to combat social isolation and promote meaningful connections

Nivea Connect combats growing social isolation, promotes meaningful connections

(Image supplied) Virgin Active's global Leave the cult, Join the club campaign has premiered this September

Virgin Active’s new campaign Leave the cult, Join the club cuts through wellness fiction

25 Sep 2024

Why over 350 organisations share their news via a Biz Press Office

Why over 350 organisations share their news via a Biz Press Office

19 Aug 2024

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Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.

Co-designing the future of African healthcare

Dr Allan Pamba 8 Sep 2022

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

8 Sep 2022

August 2022 marks 21 years of Bizcommunity!

August 2022 marks 21 years of Bizcommunity!

Bizcommunity.com 29 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

SA's top insurers raided on suspicion of price fixing, collusion

Promit Mukherjee 25 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters.

Biden signs historic inflation act

Nandita Bose and Steve Holland 19 Aug 2022

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed 18 Aug 2022

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

15 Aug 2022

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Sierra Leone doctors strike over pay, fuel allowances

Umaru Fofana, Nellie Peyton and Grant McCool 2 Aug 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners July 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners July 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters. A nurse administers the malaria vaccine to an infant at the Lumumba sub-county hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.

Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support

Jennifer Rigby and Mark Heinrich 21 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

Africa CDC says it has signed MOU with Pfizer for Covid pill

Anait Miridzhanian, James Macharia Chege and Estelle Shirbon 12 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

African Development Bank extends €121m food-production loan to Senegal to cushion impacts of war in Ukraine

11 Jul 2022

An Ebola survivor who works as a nurse, waits to receive tubes for taking blood samples at the Ebola treatment centre in Katwa, near Butembo, in the DRC, 3 October 2019. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

DRC declares end to Ebola outbreak

Nellie Peyton 4 Jul 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners June 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners June 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

Africa officials urge readiness for monkeypox vaccinations, fair access

30 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

African solutions to African problems: Reframing science innovation

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD 9 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS.

New vaccine plant in Senegal gets €75m from EIB

6 Jun 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners May 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners May 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Jun 2022

Constant Ventures launches $100m venture capital fund for tech startups across West Africa

1 Jun 2022

A call to plug SA's e-cigarette regulation gap

30 May 2022

Game of thrones: Why content is king, but context is queen

Game of thrones: Why content is king, but context is queen

Bizcommunity.com 25 May 2022

Digital Afrique Telecom's new partnership delivers mobile medical solutions to Africa

24 May 2022

Big pharma called out on sky-high cost of blood-pressure drugs

Big pharma called out on sky-high cost of blood-pressure drugs

17 May 2022

SA's Aspen Covid-19 vaccine plant risks closure after no orders

SA's Aspen Covid-19 vaccine plant risks closure after no orders

3 May 2022

Abbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

Abbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

29 Apr 2022

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

28 Apr 2022

Ebola: New case in Congo sparks fear of deadly resurgence

Ebola: New case in Congo sparks fear of deadly resurgence

25 Apr 2022

Our Africa: Merck Foundation launches wellness TV programme

Our Africa: Merck Foundation launches wellness TV programme

22 Apr 2022

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Kenya puts in place tougher labelling for baby foods, bottles, teats and pacifiers

Antonina Mutoro 14 Apr 2022

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Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.

Co-designing the future of African healthcare

Dr Allan Pamba 8 Sep 2022

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

8 Sep 2022

August 2022 marks 21 years of Bizcommunity!

August 2022 marks 21 years of Bizcommunity!

Bizcommunity.com 29 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

SA's top insurers raided on suspicion of price fixing, collusion

Promit Mukherjee 25 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters.

Biden signs historic inflation act

Nandita Bose and Steve Holland 19 Aug 2022

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed 18 Aug 2022

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

15 Aug 2022

Source: iStock.

Sierra Leone doctors strike over pay, fuel allowances

Umaru Fofana, Nellie Peyton and Grant McCool 2 Aug 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners July 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners July 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters. A nurse administers the malaria vaccine to an infant at the Lumumba sub-county hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.

Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support

Jennifer Rigby and Mark Heinrich 21 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

Africa CDC says it has signed MOU with Pfizer for Covid pill

Anait Miridzhanian, James Macharia Chege and Estelle Shirbon 12 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

African Development Bank extends €121m food-production loan to Senegal to cushion impacts of war in Ukraine

11 Jul 2022

An Ebola survivor who works as a nurse, waits to receive tubes for taking blood samples at the Ebola treatment centre in Katwa, near Butembo, in the DRC, 3 October 2019. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

DRC declares end to Ebola outbreak

Nellie Peyton 4 Jul 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners June 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners June 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

Africa officials urge readiness for monkeypox vaccinations, fair access

30 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

African solutions to African problems: Reframing science innovation

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD 9 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS.

New vaccine plant in Senegal gets €75m from EIB

6 Jun 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners May 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners May 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Jun 2022

Constant Ventures launches $100m venture capital fund for tech startups across West Africa

1 Jun 2022

A call to plug SA's e-cigarette regulation gap

30 May 2022

Game of thrones: Why content is king, but context is queen

Game of thrones: Why content is king, but context is queen

Bizcommunity.com 25 May 2022

Digital Afrique Telecom's new partnership delivers mobile medical solutions to Africa

24 May 2022

Big pharma called out on sky-high cost of blood-pressure drugs

Big pharma called out on sky-high cost of blood-pressure drugs

17 May 2022

SA's Aspen Covid-19 vaccine plant risks closure after no orders

SA's Aspen Covid-19 vaccine plant risks closure after no orders

3 May 2022

Abbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

Abbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

29 Apr 2022

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

28 Apr 2022

Ebola: New case in Congo sparks fear of deadly resurgence

Ebola: New case in Congo sparks fear of deadly resurgence

25 Apr 2022

Our Africa: Merck Foundation launches wellness TV programme

Our Africa: Merck Foundation launches wellness TV programme

22 Apr 2022

Image source: Sasha Kim from

Kenya puts in place tougher labelling for baby foods, bottles, teats and pacifiers

Antonina Mutoro 14 Apr 2022

Family Planning 2030 announces new regional-hub nerve centre

30 Mar 2022

Why South Africa should introduce mandatory labelling for fast foods

Why South Africa should introduce mandatory labelling for fast foods

Siphiwe Dlamini 22 Mar 2022

Southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

18 Mar 2022

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

Bizcommunity.com 17 Mar 2022

Digital therapeutics revenue from health insurers to reach $8bn globally by 2026

14 Mar 2022

Multi-national investment banks announce exodus from Russia

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2022

Attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances increasing rapidly

11 Mar 2022

The cannabis industry inhibited by State action from the outset

Zakhele Mthembu 11 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization.

Malawi declares polio outbreak

1 Mar 2022

mRNA Tech transfer hub beneficiaries announced

mRNA Tech transfer hub beneficiaries announced

21 Feb 2022