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Healthcare

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

Francisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025

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Financial Services

How Ninety One is closing Africa’s infrastructure gap

25 Nov 2024

RSR celebrates 21 years with Rail Safety Renaissance and inaugural industry awards for transformation

Railway

RSR celebrates 21 years with Rail Safety Renaissance and inaugural industry awards for transformation

Issued by 7Colors Communications 21 May 2024

Ghana's Cocobod to use $200m World Bank loan for cocoa farm rehabilitation

Agro-processing

Ghana's Cocobod to use $200m World Bank loan for cocoa farm rehabilitation

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 19 Feb 2024

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Tax Law

Electric Vehicles White Paper: Tax incentives, climate goals to drive EV industry

Virusha Subban and Gabriel Rybko 13 Dec 2023

DP World bolsters Zambia's cold storage infrastructure with new facility in Lusaka

Logistics & Transport

DP World bolsters Zambia's cold storage infrastructure with new facility in Lusaka

24 Nov 2023

Source: IDC. Bank of China chief executive officer, Longjian Chen seen here with SA's minister of trade and industry, Ebrahim Patel signing in the new framework agreement.

Economy

#BRICS2023: Brics Summit ushers in new era as IDC and Bank of China sign historic MOU

Katja Hamilton 22 Aug 2023

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Skills Training

Nigeria's education for entrepreneurs needs to keep it real, not just in the classroom

Bukola Amao-Taiwo 31 Oct 2022

Vukile acquires Pan Africa Shopping Centre in Alex

Retail & Hospitality Property

Vukile acquires Pan Africa Shopping Centre in Alex

1 Aug 2022

Media

SAMIP expands media innovation support to Southern African countries

29 Nov 2021

#WomensMonth: 'Learn to start with what you can control' - Simone Kuhn, Radisson Hotel Group

Hospitality

#WomensMonth: 'Learn to start with what you can control' - Simone Kuhn, Radisson Hotel Group

Robin Fredericks 31 Aug 2021

Gaining international acclaim, Hisense South Africa Appliance Industrial Park Project

Design & Manufacturing

Gaining international acclaim, Hisense South Africa Appliance Industrial Park Project

Issued by Laydo Media 29 Sep 2020

The hydropower potential at the Grand Inga site on the Congo River, the largest remaining untapped hydropower potential in the world.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Why wind and solar would offer the DRC and South Africa better energy deals than Inga 3

Grace C Wu & Ranjit Deshmukh 24 Jul 2020

Africa's hotel market resilient despite challenges

Hospitality

Africa's hotel market resilient despite challenges

6 Jul 2020

African agribusinesses urged to be more self-sufficient

Agriculture

African agribusinesses urged to be more self-sufficient

16 Jan 2020

Lungo Katete announced as Miss Earth South Africa 2019

Climate Change

Lungo Katete announced as Miss Earth South Africa 2019

20 Sep 2019

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Research

Africa helping to shape the world

Kingsley Ighobor 3 Jul 2019

10 trends shaping the African property industry

Property

10 trends shaping the African property industry

20 Jun 2019

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

Energy

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 17 May 2019

Lynette Ntuli, founding director and CEO of Innate Investment Solutions, and TC Chetty, RICS country manager for SA

Property

2019 RICS Summit Africa speaker lineup finalised

14 May 2019

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Media Freedom

A mixed bag of media freedom in southern Africa - SAEF

3 May 2019

Accor set to accelerate Africa development plans in new, existing markets

Hospitality

Accor set to accelerate Africa development plans in new, existing markets

26 Apr 2019

VW's expansion in sub-Sahara Africa gathers momentum

Automotive

VW's expansion in sub-Sahara Africa gathers momentum

29 Jan 2019

SADC high schoolers go head-to-head in academic quiz

Primary & Secondary Education

SADC high schoolers go head-to-head in academic quiz

7 Dec 2018

WorldFish, COMESA facility in Zambia to help boost fish trade in Africa

Fishing

WorldFish, COMESA facility in Zambia to help boost fish trade in Africa

10 Dec 2018

AfDB-Cananda trade mission.

Research

'Africa cannot be ignored'

27 Sep 2018

Sandton set for big BRICS Summit

Events & Conferencing

Sandton set for big BRICS Summit

Suren Naidoo 24 Jul 2018

Training young African leaders can take societies to great heights

Marketing & Media

Training young African leaders can take societies to great heights

Franck Kuwonu 13 Jun 2018

#AfricaLEAD: Jack Leslie on why this is Africa's time

PR & Communications

#AfricaLEAD: Jack Leslie on why this is Africa's time

Louise Marsland 16 Apr 2018

#NewCampaign: The story of a Standard Bank Protea

Advertising

#NewCampaign: The story of a Standard Bank Protea

Jessica Tennant 1 Feb 2018

From bud to bloom - The story of a Standard Bank Protea

Advertising

From bud to bloom - The story of a Standard Bank Protea

8 Jan 2018

Nicholas.gosse via - Olive tree plantation in Tunisia. Olive oil is Tunisia’s largest agricultural export.

Food Security

Africa's top 10 most food-secure countries

8 Dec 2017

Africa on the road to industrial progress

Marketing

Africa on the road to industrial progress

24 Aug 2017

UK punts measures to boost Africa prosperity, stability

Marketing

UK punts measures to boost Africa prosperity, stability

12 Jul 2017

Urban growth a boon for Africa's industrialisation

Marketing

Urban growth a boon for Africa's industrialisation

Franck Kuwonu 23 Jun 2017

Urban growth a boon for Africa's industrialisation

Construction & Engineering

Urban growth a boon for Africa's industrialisation

Franck Kuwonu 23 Jun 2017

Commercial Property

Mall of Africa celebrates first year

Alistair Anderson 2 May 2017

World Bank announces USD57bn in financing for Africa

Marketing

World Bank announces USD57bn in financing for Africa

23 Mar 2017

Nairobi, Kenya. Image by 123RF

Marketing

Africa pays for fragmented cities, study finds

Hilary Joffe 20 Feb 2017

Radio & Audio

Lesotho government takes two radio stations off air

16 Feb 2017

Marketing

German-African business summit opens this week

6 Feb 2017

Investment in Africa requires a nuanced and well-informed approach

Marketing

Investment in Africa requires a nuanced and well-informed approach

26 Jan 2017

Marketing

Africa's economic prospects in 2017 - 10 countries to watch

J. Peter Pham 18 Jan 2017

Marketing

China leads charge to promote sub-Saharan infrastructure

6 Jan 2017

ESG

Call for agriculture to be central to Africa's development

9 Dec 2016

Africa must do what its good at

Markets & Investment

Africa must do what its good at

7 Dec 2016

Marketing

Afri-can or Afri-can't? 10 Myths to debunk on Africa

28 Nov 2016

COP21, Paris, France, 2015. Image by 123RF

ESG

Africa presents united front and calls for action at COP22

15 Nov 2016