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How positive psychology can boost SA teachers’ resilience

Higher Education

How positive psychology can boost SA teachers’ resilience

Issued by SACAP 18 Nov 2024

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Competition Law

Ecowas launches regional competition authority to streamline cross-border mergers

Tamara Dini, Richard Bryce, and Nazeera Mia 3 Oct 2024

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Aviation

African aviation sector commits to sustainability and innovation at ACI Africa conference

23 Sep 2024

The Vai script: preserving African heritage through indigenous writing

Art

The Vai script: preserving African heritage through indigenous writing

Nandipha Besman 23 Sep 2024

Markets & Investment

FT Africa Summit 2024: Global leaders unite in London to drive Africa's sustainable growth and nnovation

19 Aug 2024

VFS Global signs visa service contracts with UK, Norway, and Sweden governments

Travel

VFS Global signs visa service contracts with UK, Norway, and Sweden governments

10 Apr 2024

Source: LinkedIn.

Financial Services

Mastercard & MTN partner to advance financial inclusion and SME growth in Africa

15 Mar 2024

Source: Unsplash/Markus Spitke

Telecoms & Networks

Mutiple undersea cable faults affect internet in Africa

Anait Miridzhanian and Ngouda Dione 15 Mar 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Investing in Africa's bright, green energy future

Angela Simpson and Matthew Martin 12 Feb 2024

100 Most Influential African Women 2023 announced

Media

100 Most Influential African Women 2023 announced

22 Dec 2023

Lola Ogunnaike, Yvonne Orji and Danai Gurira in Cape Town. Source: Supplied.

Film & Cinematography

#ABMI23: African women should be at the core of the narrative - Danai Gurira

Karabo Ledwaba 8 Nov 2023

Karadeniz Powerships KPS Orka Sultan, KPS LNG Anatolia and KPS Orhan Ali Khan are pictured at Altinova port in the Gulf of Izmit, Turkey. Source: Reuters/Yoruk Isik

Energy

Karpowership switches off supply in Senegal because of unpaid bill

Umaru Fofana 8 Sep 2023

Source: © Oleksandr Pidvalnyi The digital switchover process from analogue to digital TV has marooned in Africa

TV

Analogue to digital switchover in Africa process marooned

15 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Biden says US is 'all in' on Africa's future

15 Dec 2022

Crime, Covid and climate change - South African tourism faces many threats, but it's resilient

Tourism & Travel

Crime, Covid and climate change - South African tourism faces many threats, but it's resilient

Kaitano Dube 26 Oct 2022

Source: AfricaCDC.

Healthcare

US to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports

David Shepardson 7 Oct 2022

UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust - president

Food Security

UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust - president

Jorgelina do Rosario and Nigel Hunt 3 Oct 2022

Netflix scholarship applications open for West and Central Africa

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Netflix scholarship applications open for West and Central Africa

23 Aug 2022

New programme aims to fast-track entrepreneurial education among African youth

Education & Skills Development

New programme aims to fast-track entrepreneurial education among African youth

22 Aug 2022

Source: Arise Ivoire.

Banking

RMB funds Greenfield dry bulk port concession in Côte d'Ivoire

27 Jul 2022

Media

MTN Group appoints senior executives at three operating companies and Group

1 Jul 2022

Karen Nadasen, chair of the Ecommerce Forum of South Africa and CEO of PayU. Source: Supplied

E-commerce

E-commerce, payments and unlocking the potential of the AfCFTA

24 Jun 2022

Air Côte d'Ivoire opens new route to SA

Travel

Air Côte d'Ivoire opens new route to SA

10 Jun 2022

Banking

European Investment Bank to support increased rice production in Liberia

9 Jun 2022

Liberia to review ArcelorMittal iron ore concession agreement

Mining

Liberia to review ArcelorMittal iron ore concession agreement

Alphonso Toweh 22 Apr 2022

Markets & Investment

Africa is the place to invest, US congressional delegation acknowledges

28 Feb 2022

West Africa to jump-start power market with $568m power line

Energy

West Africa to jump-start power market with $568m power line

Camillus Eboh 25 Feb 2022

Covid-19

Treatment of Covid with antibiotics could add to the problem of drug resistance

Adam Mustapha 17 Jan 2022

Source: Flight facilitated by Hope Consortium touches down in Belgium with delivery of ultra-cold chain freezers for onward shipment to Africa, Oct.

Covid-19

Consortium transports ultra-cold freezers to 20 African nations

28 Dec 2021

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Fishing

African marine rules favour big industry, leaving small-scale fishers in the lurch

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood and Edward H. Allison 22 Nov 2021

Five ways in which finance for climate adaptation in Africa falls short

Climate Change

Five ways in which finance for climate adaptation in Africa falls short

Georgia Savvidou and Christopher Trisos 25 Oct 2021

Source: ©geckophotos

Covid-19

Nobel laureates call for waiving of IP Covid-19 rules

14 Sep 2021

Source: ©Solovyov Andriy

Markets & Investment

ArcelorMittal invests $800m in Liberia

13 Sep 2021

Agri Tech

Youth-led, African agribusinesses announced as Pitch AgriHack 2021 winners

9 Sep 2021

A health worker receives a vaccine against Ebola at a hospital after a case of Ebola was confirmed in Abidjan, Ivory Coast 16 August 2021. Reuters/Luc Gnago

Infectious Diseases

Ivory Coast begins Ebola vaccinations after case confirmed in Abidjan

Loucoumane Coulibaly 17 Aug 2021

Source: ©Franco Volpato

Economy

Credit ratings are punishing poorer countries for investing more in healthcare during the pandemic

Ramya Vijaya 17 Aug 2021

Source: ©Jean-Paul

Infectious Diseases

Guinea records West Africa's first Marburg virus death

10 Aug 2021

Africa Coast to Europe internet cable goes live in South Africa

Internet

Africa Coast to Europe internet cable goes live in South Africa

30 Jun 2021

Policy review on excise to impact beleaguered alcohol and tobacco industries

Tax Law

Policy review on excise to impact beleaguered alcohol and tobacco industries

Virusha Subban 28 Jun 2021

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Covid-19

Why countries best placed to handle the pandemic appear to have fared the worst

Rachel M Gisselquist & Andrea Vaccaro 18 Jun 2021

The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

Infectious Diseases

The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

Maureen Miller 3 Jun 2021

Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries

Public Health

Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries

Jean-Francois Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen & Nik Stoop 21 May 2021

African rainforests slow climate change despite record heat, drought

Forestry

African rainforests slow climate change despite record heat, drought

Nita Bhalla 18 May 2021

All the 2021 Forbes Woman Africa Award winners

Events & Conferencing

All the 2021 Forbes Woman Africa Award winners

10 Mar 2021

Global food price index rises for 9th consecutive month

Agriculture

Global food price index rises for 9th consecutive month

4 Mar 2021

Medical staff check each others protective suits. Photo by SUMY SADURNI/AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

Ebola strikes West Africa again: key questions and lessons from the past

Mosoka Fallah 19 Feb 2021

REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

WHO alerts six African countries after Ebola outbreaks

Saliou Samb 18 Feb 2021

The journey to telling the African story through podcasting

Podcasts

The journey to telling the African story through podcasting

17 Feb 2021

Winners of the 2020 AWIEF Awards announced

Awards

Winners of the 2020 AWIEF Awards announced

8 Dec 2020