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Climate Change

African countries shouldn’t have to borrow money to fix climate damage they never caused – economist

Carlos Lopes 6 Nov 2024

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Climate Change

Polluters must pay: How COP29 can make this a reality

Llewellyn Leonard 4 Nov 2024

Hook, Line & Sinker wins international award for Creative PR and Communications Experts of the Year

PR & Communications

Hook, Line & Sinker wins international award for Creative PR and Communications Experts of the Year

Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 15 Oct 2024

The 2nd annual Africa Impact Investment Award winners

ESG & Sustainability

Winners of the 2024 Africa Impact Investment Awards

23 Jul 2024

Cisco appoints PR agency, Hook, Line & Sinker

PR & Communications

Cisco appoints PR agency, Hook, Line & Sinker

Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 12 Jun 2024

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

PR & Communications

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

Adam Hunter, Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 5 Jun 2024

Economy

African countries can’t resolve their debt crisis under a system rigged against them

Carlos Lopes 6 May 2024

Fund launched to empower young tech entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship

Fund launched to empower young tech entrepreneurs

26 Mar 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

2024 Africa Impact Investment Awards open for entry

6 Mar 2024

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Media

Somalia's first all-women newsroom spotlights female taboos

Abdi Sheikh 21 Sep 2023

New digital community for startup founders to launch

SMEs

New digital community for startup founders to launch

Issued by SME South Africa 10 Jul 2023

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Finance

Africa needs its own credit rating agency: here's how it could work

Misheck Mutize 27 Jun 2023

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Sustainable Farming

Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming

Christopher Oluwakunmi Akinbile 22 Jun 2023

More talent joins Global Citizen's 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'

Events

More talent joins Global Citizen's 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'

Issued by OnPoint PR 8 Jun 2023

Free Seed SA incubation programme calls for entries

Business Plans

Free Seed SA incubation programme calls for entries

12 Apr 2023

The pandemic has shown southern Africa can do staycations: Could this momentum hold in the long run?

Travel

The pandemic has shown southern Africa can do staycations: Could this momentum hold in the long run?

Sophia Labadi 6 Jan 2023

COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies

Climate Change

COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies

Bethel Tarekegne 7 Nov 2022

Webinar invitation: Food loss and waste in the food value chain of OR Tambo District

Food Security

Webinar invitation: Food loss and waste in the food value chain of OR Tambo District

Issued by AfricaScope/GeoScope 14 Oct 2022

Empowering young people to work within their communities for the greater good

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Empowering young people to work within their communities for the greater good

Tebogo Suping 1 Jul 2022

Source: © Yacht Charter Fleet The change this year in Cannes was visible, but is it simply what advertising is so good at: overpromises and sustainable fireworks without any real impact?

Cannes Lions

6 key takeaways from Cannes 2022

Thomas Kolster 28 Jun 2022

Northlink College receives ICT equipment from the UNDP with support from the Government of Japan

Higher Education

Northlink College receives ICT equipment from the UNDP with support from the Government of Japan

Thozamile Thomas Mvumvu, Issued by Northlink College 29 Mar 2022

Open call for startups to join ImpactAim SDGs Tech pre-accelerator

Community

Open call for startups to join ImpactAim SDGs Tech pre-accelerator

2 Feb 2022

Food Security

Are small farms the solution to food insecurity? Uganda study shows policies can get it wrong

Juan Pablo Rud, Diego Restuccia and Fernando Aragon Sanchez 2 Dec 2021

NWU awards honorary doctorate to politician Dr Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

Higher Education

NWU awards honorary doctorate to politician Dr Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 22 Nov 2021

Manni Group Design Award: Ghana Innovation Farm open for entries

Architecture & Design

Manni Group Design Award: Ghana Innovation Farm open for entries

28 Oct 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

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Agri Tech

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021

COP26: How the world will measure progress on the Paris climate agreement and keep countries accountable

Climate Change

COP26: How the world will measure progress on the Paris climate agreement and keep countries accountable

Steven Lam, Sherilee Harper and Warren Dodd 2 Sep 2021

New global biodiversity goals must take these key lessons into account

Environment & Natural Resources

New global biodiversity goals must take these key lessons into account

David Obura 17 Aug 2021

Seed Awards winners announced

Social Entrepreneurship

Seed Awards winners announced

14 Jul 2021

UN warns excluding women from top jobs threatens Covid-19 recovery

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

UN warns excluding women from top jobs threatens Covid-19 recovery

Sharon Kimathi 8 Jul 2021

This week South Africa’s finance minister Tito Mboweni will deliver the country’s budget. Photo by Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Economy

The basis of South Africa's annual budgets needs an overhaul. Here's why, and how

Matthew Kofi Ocran 23 Feb 2021

Young Angolans protest for bettter living conditions in the capital Luanda in 2020. EFE-EPA

Coal, Oil & Gas

Why being endowed with oil is not always a boon: the case of Nigeria and Angola

Ross Harvey 18 Feb 2021

Fighting HIV and Aids in times of Covid-19

HIV/AIDS

Fighting HIV and Aids in times of Covid-19

31 Dec 2020

#BizTrends2021: Tracking memories and using nostalgia

Trends

#BizTrends2021: Tracking memories and using nostalgia

Nicola Cooper 6 Jan 2021

Saretec celebrates graduation of newly certified wind turbine service technicians

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Saretec celebrates graduation of newly certified wind turbine service technicians

18 Dec 2020

Winners of the 2020 AWIEF Awards announced

Awards

Winners of the 2020 AWIEF Awards announced

8 Dec 2020

Gender equality - Past, present and future

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Gender equality - Past, present and future

Dhesigen Naidoo 1 Dec 2020

Study sheds light on what it takes for women to succeed - or not - in science in Africa

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Study sheds light on what it takes for women to succeed - or not - in science in Africa

Allen Muyaama Mukhwana and Judy Omumbo 2 Nov 2020

AWIEF2020 Conference announces speaker lineup

Entrepreneurship

AWIEF2020 Conference announces speaker lineup

21 Oct 2020

Cardiovascular risk factors are high in Sierra Leone. Steven Rubin

Noncommunicable diseases

Why Sierra Leone needs to focus on cardiovascular health

Maria Odland & Justine Ina Davies 10 Sep 2020

Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 in the midst of Covid-19

ESG & Sustainability

Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 in the midst of Covid-19

Lungile Manzini 9 Sep 2020

Covid-19 lays bare impact of inequality, historical privilege

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Covid-19 lays bare impact of inequality, historical privilege

Steve Nicholls 30 Jul 2020

A healthcare worker in a protective suit is seen at a quarantine and isolation centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Covid-19

How Covid-19 threatens efforts to contain HIV/Aids in South Africa

Nesri Padayatchi & Kogie Naidoo 21 Jul 2020

The Nigerian Naira has been under a lot pressure lately
Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Economy

Nigeria's post-Covid-19 recovery plan has some merit. But it misses the mark

Tolu Olarewaju 22 Jun 2020

Africa, waste and the butterfly effect

ESG & Sustainability

Africa, waste and the butterfly effect

Adwoa Coleman 4 Jun 2020

#YouthMonth: Staring down the barrel of youth unemployment

Education & Skills Development

#YouthMonth: Staring down the barrel of youth unemployment

Onyinye Nwaneri 1 Jun 2020

#AfricaDay: A celebration of resilience

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

#AfricaDay: A celebration of resilience

Dr Mamphela Ramphele 25 May 2020

How wildlife conservation could survive the devastating effects of Covid-19

Environment & Natural Resources

How wildlife conservation could survive the devastating effects of Covid-19

Dr Duncan MacFadyen 20 May 2020