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Ogilvy leads Assegai Awards with 46 wins across 10 clients

Marketing

Ogilvy leads Assegai Awards with 46 wins across 10 clients

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 28 Nov 2024

Uncap rolls out €30m fund for African SMEs

Funding

Uncap rolls out €30m fund for African SMEs

18 Sep 2024

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Tuberculosis

Next phase of TB vaccine clinical trial sparks hope of game-changing results – top SA scientist

28 Mar 2024

IITA collaborates with global leaders to transform African agriculture

Agriculture

IITA collaborates with global leaders to transform African agriculture

29 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Majesty King Charles III open the inaugural Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum.

Markets & Investment

UAE launches groundbreaking COP28 Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum

1 Dec 2023

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus is pictured in Seattle, Washington, US 5 May 2021. Reuters/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

Medical Research

Gates gives $40m to boost access to mRNA vaccines in Africa

Jennifer Rigby and Wendell Roelf 9 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Vaccine-derived poliovirus detected in Burundi, Congo

Bhargav Acharya 20 Mar 2023

Second international summit on food production in Africa to open in Dakar

Food Security

Second international summit on food production in Africa to open in Dakar

20 Jan 2023

Media

Women's voices are missing in the media - including them could generate billions in income

Ylva Rodny-Gumede 17 Jan 2023

Image supplied. Ogilvy is the most awarded agency in the country this year

Advertising

2022: The year of the Ogilvy 'come back'

Danette Breitenbach 8 Dec 2022

Gates Foundation pledges $7bn for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Gates Foundation pledges $7bn for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash

Ayenat Mersie 18 Nov 2022

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Finance

Gates Foundation calls for bold and immediate action at COP27

9 Nov 2022

Medical Research

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation discloses locally led R&D initiatives

24 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

The Institut Pasteur de Dakar's new alliance bolsters West Africa's epidemic preparedness

7 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

SA's Aspen, India's Serum Institute sign vaccines deal for Africa

Promit Mukherjee 1 Sep 2022

Image supplied. Ubuntuland central kraal

Digital

World Data Lab partners with africarare metaverse

25 Jul 2022

Dentsu renews their commitment to end malaria by 2030

Advertising

Dentsu renews their commitment to end malaria by 2030

Issued by Dentsu 1 Jul 2022

Global stars join thousands of youth voices at Kigali Summit to demand urgent action to end malaria

Advertising

Global stars join thousands of youth voices at Kigali Summit to demand urgent action to end malaria

Issued by Dentsu 28 Jun 2022

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Covid-19

New agreement paves way for development of first African-owned Covid-19 vaccine

27 Jun 2022

Mimi Kalinda, ACG Group CEO, shares her storytelling journey

Media

Mimi Kalinda, ACG Group CEO, shares her storytelling journey

Evan-Lee Courie 23 Mar 2022

Social Media

Flow Communications names new head of social media

24 Jan 2022

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Covid-19

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome pledge $300m to combat Covid-19

21 Jan 2022

Global Citizen reveals 117 million lives benefited from the epic Mandela 100 festival

Events

Global Citizen reveals 117 million lives benefited from the epic Mandela 100 festival

Issued by OnPoint PR 3 Dec 2021

Marco acquires majority stake in Africa Communications Media Group

Media

Marco acquires majority stake in Africa Communications Media Group

22 Nov 2021

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Medical Research

Investigating postoperative deaths in Africa

30 Aug 2021

Gates Foundation makes $2.1bn commitment at Generation Equality Forum

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Gates Foundation makes $2.1bn commitment at Generation Equality Forum

1 Jul 2021

Global Citizen urges wealthy nations to pledge 'dollars for doses' to vaccinate 6.5m African health workers

Health & Welfare

Global Citizen urges wealthy nations to pledge 'dollars for doses' to vaccinate 6.5m African health workers

Issued by OnPoint PR 14 Apr 2021

#WorldAIDSDay: Phase 3 trial investigates one-dose PrEP for women and adolescent girls

HIV/AIDS

#WorldAIDSDay: Phase 3 trial investigates one-dose PrEP for women and adolescent girls

1 Dec 2020

Connecting African innovators and ideas to industry

Entrepreneurship

Connecting African innovators and ideas to industry

8 Jun 2020

#Covid-19: The 4 most under-reported stories on coronavirus [news and social media analysis]

Social Media

#Covid-19: The 4 most under-reported stories on coronavirus [news and social media analysis]

Issued by Meltwater 14 Apr 2020

Global progress on gender equality 'limping along' - new report

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Global progress on gender equality 'limping along' - new report

6 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Trends

6 ways to speed up the UN's health SDGs in Africa

Mathieu Lamiaux 7 Jan 2020

Global Citizen honours exceptional leaders with Global Citizen Prize for sustained impact

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Global Citizen honours exceptional leaders with Global Citizen Prize for sustained impact

Issued by OnPoint PR 12 Dec 2019

West Africa build gathers pace for The Conversation Africa

Media

West Africa build gathers pace for The Conversation Africa

Alexandra Storey, Caroline Southey, Lyrr Thurston 15 Oct 2019

Recreating narratives about Africa's economic and cultural significance

Marketing

Recreating narratives about Africa's economic and cultural significance

8 Oct 2019

2019 New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards finalists announced

Digital

2019 New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards finalists announced

5 Sep 2019

Agroecology as innovation

Agriculture

Agroecology as innovation

Timothy A. Wise 11 Jul 2019

Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

Why food safety in Africa's informal markets must be driven by consumers

Food Security

Why food safety in Africa's informal markets must be driven by consumers

Arie Havelaar and Ashagrie Zewdu Woldegiorgis 10 Jun 2019

Seedstars World returns to Africa

Tech Startups

Seedstars World returns to Africa

10 Jun 2019

Onyi Nwaneri, director of partnerships and marketing at Afrika Tikkun

Education & Skills Development

#AfricaMonth: Ubuntu for the future of Africa

Onyi Nwaneri 24 May 2019

Interoperability and financial inclusion in Africa

Fintech

Interoperability and financial inclusion in Africa

Nicci Botha 20 Mar 2019

Grant aims at improving public health supply chains in Africa

Supply Chain

Grant aims at improving public health supply chains in Africa

22 Feb 2019

Global seed companies address climate change, nutrition needs

Agro-processing

Global seed companies address climate change, nutrition needs

7 Feb 2019

UCT student receives L'Oréal-Unesco doctoral fellowship

Higher Education

UCT student receives L'Oréal-Unesco doctoral fellowship

7 Dec 2018

Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May

Medical Research

R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

5 Dec 2018

MMI Holdings Limited won Ask Afrika's inaugural Da Vinci Awards for the innovative use of research about presenteeism to impact positively on workplace productivity.

Research

Ask Afrika's Da Vinci Awards 2018 winners announced

22 Nov 2018

Global Citizen Festival announces partnerships with top South African broadcasters

TV

Global Citizen Festival announces partnerships with top South African broadcasters

Issued by OnPoint PR 19 Oct 2018