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#BizTrends2025: What does IP law look like in 2025 and beyond?

Alicia van der Walt, Tshireletso Tlholoe, and Marcelle Samons 28 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logistics

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logistics

Amadou Diallo 13 Jan 2025

Trace Awards 2025 to showcase Africa's musical diversity

Music

Trace Awards 2025 to showcase Africa's musical diversity

3 Jan 2025

HIV/AIDS

Vaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing them

Glenda Gray and Asa Tapley 2 Jan 2025

John Legend to headline Global Citizen Move Afrika in February 2025

Music

John Legend to headline Global Citizen Move Afrika in February 2025

Issued by OnPoint PR 20 Dec 2024

MTN shuffles management deck

Telecoms & Networks

MTN shuffles management deck

19 Dec 2024

Source: Pexels.

Markets & Investment

Africa back in favour as investors eye currency stability and demographic opportunity

22 Nov 2024

Global Citizen appoints renowned business leader Ifeoma Chuks-Adizue as managing director, Africa

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Global Citizen appoints renowned business leader Ifeoma Chuks-Adizue as managing director, Africa

Issued by OnPoint PR 13 Nov 2024

Access Bank launches ‘Power of 100 Africa’ to celebrate trailblazing women across the continent

Economy

Access Bank launches ‘Power of 100 Africa’ to celebrate trailblazing women across the continent

Issued by The Publicity Workshop 8 Nov 2024

Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector

Logistics & Transport

Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector

MJ (Thinus) Booysen and Joubert Van Eeden 8 Nov 2024

The Hive Group celebrates industry accolades and strategic growth

Marketing

The Hive Group celebrates industry accolades and strategic growth

Issued by The Hive Group 14 Oct 2024

CEOs, world leaders and artists call for urgent investment in Africa's future

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

CEOs, world leaders and artists call for urgent investment in Africa's future

Issued by OnPoint PR 11 Oct 2024

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Gilead to donate remdesivir for emergency use against Marburg disease in Rwanda

Mariam Sunny 4 Oct 2024

Public Health

Rwanda to start vaccine trials for Marburg disease in a few weeks

Philbert Girinema 4 Oct 2024

A year in the life of a Small Agency of the Year finalist

Digital

A year in the life of a Small Agency of the Year finalist

Issued by Arora Online 1 Oct 2024

Vials of the Jynneos smallpox and monkeypox vaccine are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Department of Public Health at Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona, US, 20 August 2022. Reuters/Rebecca Noble/File Photo

Health & Welfare

African CDC: More than $800m pledged for mpox response

Anait Miridzhanian 27 Sep 2024

Source: Reuters.

Fintech

India payments authority eyes Africa, S. America for digital payment push, official says

Jaspreet Kalra 25 Sep 2024

AWIEF announces finalists for the 2024 AWIEF Awards

SMEs

AWIEF announces finalists for the 2024 AWIEF Awards

Issued by AWIEF 20 Sep 2024

Building tomorrow's cities today

Technology

Building tomorrow's cities today

Brian Civin, Issued by AfriGIS 18 Sep 2024

PayRetailers expands further into Africa

Banking & Finance

PayRetailers expands further into Africa

18 Sep 2024

SA tops business events study list

Tourism

SA tops business events study list

13 Sep 2024

Source: National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

Public Health

Mpox: No global lockdowns, emphasis on increased education, vigilance, airport screening and monitoring

Katja Hamilton 24 Aug 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Emergent to donate 50,000 vaccine doses to address mpox outbreak in Africa

20 Aug 2024

Kenyan carmaker Mobius accepts bid from undisclosed buyer

Dealers

Kenyan carmaker Mobius accepts bid from undisclosed buyer

19 Aug 2024

Starlink signed a deal with Africa Mobile Networks in September 2023 to accelerate its Africa rollout.

Telecoms & Networks

New Icasa regulations could boost Starlink's prospects in Mzansi

Lindsey Schutters 15 Aug 2024

Pictured: Marcel Swain, head of marketing: Premium beer for Heineken Beverages. Image supplied.

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheSelfie: Marcel Swain, head of marketing: Premium beer for Heineken Beverages

Aa-isha Hassiem 21 Aug 2024

Finance

RMB: Africa's top investment destinations

12 Aug 2024

Candice Stevens, founder and CEO of the Sustainable Finance Coalition

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

#WomensMonth: Candice Stevens - where finance meets passion for conservation

Shan Radcliffe 8 Aug 2024

Kenya's Mobius, maker of rugged cars for African roads, calls it a day

Dealers

Kenya's Mobius, maker of rugged cars for African roads, calls it a day

6 Aug 2024

2024 GoGettaz Agripreneur finalists announced

Agriculture

2024 GoGettaz Agripreneur finalists announced

5 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Thabo Molefe, head of Africa Regions at TransUnion.

Fintech

How data sharing can drive financial inclusion in Africa

Thabo Molefe 24 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

Banking

African bank stress test flags systemic risks posed by nature loss

16 Jul 2024

3 lessons that SA youth can learn from African countries with thriving SME sectors

How To Start Up

3 lessons that SA youth can learn from African countries with thriving SME sectors

Issued by Business Partners Limited 15 Jul 2024

3 key lessons for young SA entrepreneurs from thriving African SMEs

SMEs

3 key lessons for young SA entrepreneurs from thriving African SMEs

8 Jul 2024

10 startups receive R1.1m funding to boost Africa's blue, green economy

Entrepreneurship

10 startups receive R1.1m funding to boost Africa's blue, green economy

1 Jul 2024

Are SA schools ready to teach coding and robotics? The experts say — yes!

Primary & Secondary Education

Are SA schools ready to teach coding and robotics? The experts say — yes!

Issued by Oxford University Press 25 Jun 2024

Careerbox is the starting point for many call centre careers in the local CCI base of operations in uMhlanga.

Services

BPO industry report says Africa is becoming global CXM hub

Lindsey Schutters 20 Jun 2024

RwandAir says Qatar Airways close to acquiring stake

Aviation

RwandAir says Qatar Airways close to acquiring stake

Gursimran Mehar 18 Jun 2024

Namibia's tightened visa rules threaten tourism growth

Tourism

Namibia's tightened visa rules threaten tourism growth

18 Jun 2024

African countries could unlock billions in local and global trade – what’s working and what’s not

Logistics & Transport

African countries could unlock billions in local and global trade – what’s working and what’s not

Bedassa Tadesse 13 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied. Kopano Tholo, drone expert at ITOO Special Risks.

Healthcare

Africa sees big uptake of insurance for drone medical deliveries in remote areas

7 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied. The Ministry of Health of Ghana signing an MoU with AstraZeneca. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, director public health, Ghana Health Service; Winfred Ofosu, Ghana Health Service; Deepak Arora, country president, African Cluster, AstraZeneca, and Ruud Dobber, executive vice president, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca.

Public Health

Growth of AstraZeneca’s flagship health equity programme

3 Jun 2024

#AfricaMonth: Jane Nshuti, transforming African foodways with plant-based cuisine

Travel

#AfricaMonth: Jane Nshuti, transforming African foodways with plant-based cuisine

Robin Fredericks 31 May 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

BioNTech gets $145m funding for African vaccine plants

Jennifer Rigby and Ludwig Burger 30 May 2024

Latest accreditations awarded by The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (NPC) Cohsasa

Hospital Groups

Latest accreditations awarded by The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (NPC) Cohsasa

Issued by COHSASA 28 May 2024

Source: Reuters.

Criminal Law

Congo lawyers say they have new evidence on Apple's minerals supply chain

Sonia Rolley 23 May 2024

Source: Reuters.

Banking

Kenya's KCB Group first quarter pretax profit up 53%

George Obulutsa 22 May 2024

Qatar Airways B777 aircraft arrives at the Cape Town International Airport, in Cape Town, South Africa, 28 June 2022. Reuters/Shelley Christians/File Photo

Aviation

Qatar Airways to invest in an airline in southern Africa

Lisa Barrington 15 May 2024

Undersea cables connecting East Africa to the internet have experienced multiple incidents in 2024.

Telecoms & Networks

East Africa internet disrupted by another major undersea cable cut

Lindsey Schutters 12 May 2024

Refugee and former car guard graduates with a PhD

Higher Education

Refugee and former car guard graduates with a PhD

Mary-Anne Gontsana 10 May 2024