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How The Plane Project is improving basic healthcare for thousands of Africans

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Dr Matshidiso Moeti, regional head, Africa, World Health Organisation

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9 Nov 2020

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Peter Macharia 6 Nov 2020

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As the malaria season begins in southern Africa, Covid-19 complicates the picture

Jaishree Raman & Shüné Oliver 6 Nov 2020

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher 30 Oct 2020

Professor Christian Happi, director of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, displays one of the most advanced automated acid extractors being used in the laboratory. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Nigeria needs innovation and science investment to help control Covid-19

Christian Happi & Ifeyinwa Aniebo 28 Oct 2020

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 27 Oct 2020

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, WHO is supporting the Ghana Health Service in their efforts to continue providing essential medical services to the population at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana. Photo: WHO / Blink Media - Nana Kofi Acquah

5 quick wins to re-invent Africa's health systems

Rachel Ndirangu & Rosemarie Muganda-Onyando 23 Oct 2020

Covid-19: Examining theories for Africa's low death rates

Covid-19: Examining theories for Africa's low death rates

Kevin Mars & Moses Alobo 8 Oct 2020

How the decline in Chinese tourists around the world has hit the luxury sector

How the decline in Chinese tourists around the world has hit the luxury sector

Xiaoqing Chen and Carol Zhang 1 Oct 2020

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Can Covid-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Ellis Adjei Adams & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie 21 Sep 2020

SA's tourism sector promises to keep travellers safe as borders set to open

SA's tourism sector promises to keep travellers safe as borders set to open

17 Sep 2020

Nigerian scientists are working to better understand coronavirus. African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease

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Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

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Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Aug 2020

Professor Cyril Nhlanhla Mbatha, director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University

Digital small-scale models could help SA's pandemic-stricken farmers

Professor Cyril Nhlanhla Mbatha 17 Aug 2020

Congolese artist Chris Shongo paints on the outside wall of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa on June 18, 2020.

Covid-19 shows that the DRC must invest in a health research industry

Dacquin M. Kasumba 14 Aug 2020

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Andrew Stein on how Game is rediscovering its retail mojo

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9 Nov 2020

Spatial applications show where the Covid-19 vulnerable populations and active cases are, where to find care, and where there are resource gaps. Bushko Oleksandr/Shutterstock

The 'science of where', or GIS, fortified Kenya's response to Covid-19. Here's how

Peter Macharia 6 Nov 2020

Mosquitoes and parasites do not respect country borders. CDC/James Gathan

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Jaishree Raman & Shüné Oliver 6 Nov 2020

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher 30 Oct 2020

Professor Christian Happi, director of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, displays one of the most advanced automated acid extractors being used in the laboratory. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Nigeria needs innovation and science investment to help control Covid-19

Christian Happi & Ifeyinwa Aniebo 28 Oct 2020

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 27 Oct 2020

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, WHO is supporting the Ghana Health Service in their efforts to continue providing essential medical services to the population at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana. Photo: WHO / Blink Media - Nana Kofi Acquah

5 quick wins to re-invent Africa's health systems

Rachel Ndirangu & Rosemarie Muganda-Onyando 23 Oct 2020

Covid-19: Examining theories for Africa's low death rates

Covid-19: Examining theories for Africa's low death rates

Kevin Mars & Moses Alobo 8 Oct 2020

How the decline in Chinese tourists around the world has hit the luxury sector

How the decline in Chinese tourists around the world has hit the luxury sector

Xiaoqing Chen and Carol Zhang 1 Oct 2020

Makoko neighbourhood in Lagos, initially founded as a fishing village.Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images

Can Covid-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?

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SA's tourism sector promises to keep travellers safe as borders set to open

SA's tourism sector promises to keep travellers safe as borders set to open

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Nigerian scientists are working to better understand coronavirus. African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease

Nigerian scientists have identified seven lineages of SARS-CoV-2: why it matters

Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

Gustavo via Pexels

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Professor Cyril Nhlanhla Mbatha, director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University

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Professor Cyril Nhlanhla Mbatha 17 Aug 2020

Congolese artist Chris Shongo paints on the outside wall of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa on June 18, 2020.

Covid-19 shows that the DRC must invest in a health research industry

Dacquin M. Kasumba 14 Aug 2020

1 in 4 consumers tried a new brand during pandemic - global report

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Andrew Stein on how Game is rediscovering its retail mojo

Andrew Stein on how Game is rediscovering its retail mojo

Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Jul 2020

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Food giants appointing teams to focus on plant-based products

30 Jul 2020

Scan Display built the largest Covid-19 hospital in Africa

Scan Display built the largest Covid-19 hospital in Africa

Scan Display 30 Jul 2020

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank group president David Malpass have offered debt relief to developing countries.

Why African countries are reluctant to take up Covid-19 debt relief

Misheck Mutize 30 Jul 2020

A nurse participates in the drill to test their system capabilities for the Covid-19 coronavirus mass patients influx at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi.

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Abdu Mohiddin & Marleen Temmerman 29 Jul 2020

Coronavirus has turned retail therapy into retail anxiety - keeping customers calm will be key to carrying on

Coronavirus has turned retail therapy into retail anxiety - keeping customers calm will be key to carrying on

Jessica Vredenburg and Megan Phillips 24 Jul 2020

Researchers are central to any country’s science preparedness, especially in the face of pandemics.
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Africa's research capacity is growing. That's good news for pandemic response efforts

Sam Kinyanjui & Sharon Fonn 24 Jul 2020

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

23 Jul 2020

How Asia's clothing factories switched to making PPE - but sweatshop problems live on

How Asia's clothing factories switched to making PPE - but sweatshop problems live on

Alessandra Mezzadri and Kanchana N Ruwanpura 23 Jul 2020

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Covid-19 impact on consumption patterns in Africa's key markets

23 Jul 2020

C40 Cities launches Mayors Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery post-Covid-19

C40 Cities launches Mayors Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery post-Covid-19

23 Jul 2020

A laboratory technician prepares a sample at the government-run Ifakara Health Institute north of Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam. PHOTO Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

Tanzania study shows critical need to address infection control in health facilities

Jessica JC King 22 Jul 2020

Amazon's Paul Misener on the link between innovation and diversity

Amazon's Paul Misener on the link between innovation and diversity

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Jul 2020

Richard Neal, MD, Sovereign Trust

SA businesses look offshore to ease Covid-19 pain

Richard Neal 21 Jul 2020

Antibacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds

Antibacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds

Catherine Burke 20 Jul 2020

IRF awards grant to offset Covid-19 impact, protect rhinos in Southern Africa

IRF awards grant to offset Covid-19 impact, protect rhinos in Southern Africa

15 Jul 2020

The Thusong Multipurpose Center in Khayelitsha which will serve as a Covid-19 site in Cape Town, South Africa. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Students play an integral role in healthcare delivery: findings from South Africa

Ian Couper & Jana Müller 9 Jul 2020

Preventing Covid-19 from becoming a hunger crisis in Africa

Preventing Covid-19 from becoming a hunger crisis in Africa

Mimi Alemayehou 6 Jul 2020

Customer experience will help retailers overcome the financial hit from coronavirus

Customer experience will help retailers overcome the financial hit from coronavirus

Frederic Dimanche 6 Jul 2020

Safeguarding our communities through the Covid-19 pandemic

Safeguarding our communities through the Covid-19 pandemic

Olga Arara-Kimani 6 Jul 2020

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Rwanda's Covid-19 pool testing: a savvy option where there's low viral prevalence

Leon Mutesa 3 Jul 2020