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Digital

Google monopoly ruling: where the tech giant goes from here

Renaud Foucart 19 Aug 2024

The US could spark a new age of nuclear energy development

Nuclear Power

New US nuclear energy bill could spark SMR boom

Lindsey Schutters 20 Jun 2024

Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

Covid-19

Mounting evidence shows that Covid-19 leaves its mark on the brain

Ziyad Al-Aly 26 Mar 2024

A view shows solar panels at the green hydrogen proof-of-concept site in Vredendal. Source: Reuters/Esa Alexander

Energy

$1.3bn fund launched to build transmission lines across Southern Africa

Wendell Roelf 5 Mar 2024

The African Development Bank loan will enable CFM to buy 10 locomotives, 300 wagons, and 120 tank containers. Source: African Development Bank Group.

Infrastructure & Utilities

African Development Bank funds $40m upgrade to Mozambique’s key railway line

4 Feb 2024

Vikash Rampathi, segment marketing lead at Schneider Electric

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

3 steps SA must take to secure green hydrogen future

Vikash Rampathi 25 Jan 2024

Financial Services

Sanlam Investments backs South Africa's green hydrogen strategy

2 Jan 2024

Source: World Bank

Sustainability

Djibouti inaugurates first wind farm, pioneering renewable energy ambitions

11 Sep 2023

How coworking spaces can boost local economies

Office Property

How coworking spaces can boost local economies

Mariachiara Barzotto, Felicia Fai and Phil Tomlinson 11 Jul 2023

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Regulatory

An international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter

Enrico Bonadio and Andrea Zappalaglio 24 Mar 2023

Media

Media24 named INMA Global Media Awards finalist

10 Mar 2023

Marketing

Modern marketing dilemmas: How should your brand react when prices are going up?

Mary Kyriakidi, Issued by Kantar 28 Feb 2023

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Markets & Investment

15 payment industry brands have exited Russia in response to outbreak of war in Ukraine

2 Feb 2023

Source © Matthias Ziegler The third annual Elevate Scholarship class of 50 media professionals includes 20 media professionals from Africa from a total of 31 countries and a record-breaking 432 applications

Media

20 African media professionals receive Elevate Scholarship

5 Dec 2022

Covid changed travel writing. Maybe that's not a bad thing

Travel

Covid changed travel writing. Maybe that's not a bad thing

Ben Stubbs 8 Jul 2022

Fintech

Kenya and South Africa offer insights into digital economy challenges and alternatives

Stephan Manning 29 Jun 2022

Cannabis tourism: How a new travel trend is taking off

Tourism

Cannabis tourism: How a new travel trend is taking off

Michael O'Regan 13 Jun 2022

Source: © INMA Media24 won the INMA's Best in Africa in Best in Show

Media

Media24 wins 2022 INMA's Best in Africa

10 Jun 2022

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Energy

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi and Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke 30 Mar 2022

2022 INMA Global Media Awards finalists revealed

Media

2022 INMA Global Media Awards finalists revealed

9 Mar 2022

Kickstart production and manufacturing in 2022 with ERP

Design & Manufacturing

Kickstart production and manufacturing in 2022 with ERP

Anton Oosthuizen, Issued by QuickEasy Software 9 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

Pharmaceuticals

South Africa needs to tighten controls on substandard and counterfeit medicines. Here's how

David R. Katerere 25 Nov 2021

Get ready for the invasion of smart building technologies following Covid-19

Smart Buildings & Cities

Get ready for the invasion of smart building technologies following Covid-19

Patrick Lecomte 19 Oct 2021

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

Climate Change

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

Francis Vergunst and Helen Louise Berry 30 Sep 2021

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Banking

Nixon's decision to delink the dollar from gold still hounds the IMF, South Africa and Africa

Danny Bradlow 16 Aug 2021

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Logistics & Transport

Nigeria doesn't have a coherent strategy to manage freight: How it can get there

Richard Oloruntoba 22 Jul 2021

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Agro-processing

Rooibos tea: EU protection is good news for South African agriculture

29 Jun 2021

Source: ©Esben Hansen

Covid-19

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

Maria De Jesus 23 Jun 2021

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Banking

Nigeria is making progress with financial inclusion: here's how

Emmanuel Mogaji 20 May 2021

When your dream job is a nightmare

Career Advice

When your dream job is a nightmare

Lisa Cohen and Sandra E. Spataro 12 May 2021

The world spends billions on treated mosquito nets each year. Irene Abdou / Alamy Stock Photo

Malaria

New malaria vaccine proves highly effective - and Covid shows how quickly it could be deployed

Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021

Know your 'why'. It's how we build communities

Health & Social Welfare

Know your 'why'. It's how we build communities

Amy Pieterse, Issued by Ginkgo Agency 19 Mar 2021

INMA announces finalists for 2021 Global Media Awards

Media

INMA announces finalists for 2021 Global Media Awards

11 Mar 2021

From mobile first to mobile forced: What SA marketers need to know

Mobile

From mobile first to mobile forced: What SA marketers need to know

Issued by Mobitainment 3 Mar 2021

Why it pays to link products to places - and how African countries can do it

Regulatory

Why it pays to link products to places - and how African countries can do it

Samuel Samiai Andrews 24 Feb 2021

Informal waste management in Lagos is big business: policies need to support the trade

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Informal waste management in Lagos is big business: policies need to support the trade

Chidi Nzeadibe et al. 13 Jan 2021

Women who had a secondary or higher level of education were more likely to test for HIV than women who had no formal education. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

African countries differ widely in prenatal HIV testing: why it matters

Anthony Idowu Ajayi 13 Jan 2021

Some of the researchers in the study are based at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Covid-19

High death rate in African Covid-19 intensive care units

James Stent 20 Nov 2020

People wait for care at a Kenyan clinic. Photo by Wendy Stone/Corbis via Getty Images

Public Health

Why Kenya's pro-poor health financing reforms miss their mark

Edwine Barasa & Evelyn Kabia 23 Oct 2020

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020

Microsoft investment to boost sustainability in SA's agricultural sector

Sustainable Farming

Microsoft investment to boost sustainability in SA's agricultural sector

6 Aug 2020

Learning from experience: how our universities can turn the international student crisis into an opportunity

Higher Education

Learning from experience: how our universities can turn the international student crisis into an opportunity

Rahul Sen and Swati Nagar 22 Jun 2020

3 ways blockchain could get the world to act against the climate crisis

Climate Change

3 ways blockchain could get the world to act against the climate crisis

Bernhard Reinsberg 12 Jun 2020

The World Health Organisation has suspended the use of hydroxychloroquine in a global drug trial. George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Why it's vital to look beyond the hype about repurposed malaria drugs

Marguerite Blignaut 8 Jun 2020

The street market at Mont-Bouët in Libreville, Gabon. The country was one of 10 on the continent downgraded this year. Getty Images

Economy

Why downgrading countries in a time of crisis is an exceptionally bad idea

Misheck Mutize 4 May 2020

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Design

Experience design thinking: A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world [Part 3]

Simon de Haast 29 Apr 2020