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Coffee trade hit hard as prices surge, industry braces for impact

Agriculture

Coffee trade hit hard as prices surge, industry braces for impact

10 Mar 2025

Prince William, Prince of Wales meets the 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalists at the Kirstenbosch Gardens, in Cape Town, South Africa, 6 November 2024. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters

ESG & Sustainability

2024 Earthshot Prize - the 5 winners of £1m

7 Nov 2024

GWM SA says local production is ‘on the cards’

Manufacturing & Parts

GWM SA says local production is ‘on the cards’

Ryan Bubear 31 Oct 2024

Digital

Pinterest expands reach with Aleph partnership

19 Aug 2024

FAO report: Global seafood reaches record high, led by aquaculture boom

Fishing

FAO report: Global seafood reaches record high, led by aquaculture boom

10 Jun 2024

Bridging the ECD gap through parent and caregiver programmes

CSI & Philanthropy

Bridging the ECD gap through parent and caregiver programmes

Rebotile Matoane, Issued by The Social Employment Fund 10 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied.

Oncology

GE HealthCare and RSNA partner to combat breast cancer in Tanzania

29 Apr 2024

Two Africans have been chosen. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Steve Babaeko and Megan Nethercote selected for 2024 AME Awards Grand Jury

31 Jan 2024

File photo: Afghan nationals rest at a camp after returning from Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, 14 November 2023. Abdul Khaliq Sediqi/International Rescue Committee (IRC)/ Handout via Reuters/ File photo

Health & Social Welfare

Humanitarian crises will worsen in 2024 - International Rescue Committee

Reuters 18 Dec 2023

Farmers plant more cocoa outside Africa as prices rally

Agro-processing

Farmers plant more cocoa outside Africa as prices rally

Marcelo Teixeira 2 Oct 2023

Image: Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, 21 September 2022. Reuters/Brendan McDermid

ESG & Sustainability

Gabon 'blue bond' swap raises hopes for wave of African debt-for-nature deals

Rachel Savage 16 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters. A view shows an ecoguard walking on a path in the Arboretum Raponda Walker during a press visit of this protected forest aera on the eve of the opening of the One Forest Summit in Libreville, Gabon, February 28, 2023.

Banking

Gabon launches tender for Africa's first debt-for-nature swap

Marc Jones and Rachel Savage 26 Jul 2023

Big tech and journalism: Principles for fair compensation

Media

Big tech and journalism: Principles for fair compensation

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 25 Jul 2023

What this year's El Niño means for wheat and global food supply

Food Security

What this year's El Niño means for wheat and global food supply

David Ubilava 17 Jul 2023

View outside the first plant of paper packaging producer 'Smurfit Kappa' in North Africa, in Rabat, Morocco, in this undated handout image released on July 2023. Smurfit Kappa/Handout via Reuters

Packaging

Smurfit Kappa eyes wider North Africa expansion after Morocco opening

Padraic Halpin 13 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Fintech

Study shows 130 countries exploring central bank digital currencies

28 Jun 2023

Recession is likely or certain, say logistics execs

Logistics & Transport

Recession is likely or certain, say logistics execs

17 Feb 2023

inDrive world's fastest-growing ride-hailing app in 2022

Logistics & Transport

inDrive world's fastest-growing ride-hailing app in 2022

6 Feb 2023

Luisa Ortega named new president of Cola-Cola's Africa business

FMCG

Luisa Ortega named new president of Cola-Cola's Africa business

14 Dec 2022

DRC oil-blocks auction draws warnings of environmental catastrophe

Coal, Oil & Gas

DRC oil-blocks auction draws warnings of environmental catastrophe

Benoit Nyemba and Aaron Ross 29 Jul 2022

New York Festivals Advertising Awards announces 2022 Executive Jury

Advertising

New York Festivals Advertising Awards announces 2022 Executive Jury

5 May 2022

The information age is starting to transform fishing worldwide

Fishing

The information age is starting to transform fishing worldwide

Nicholas P. Sullivan 19 Apr 2022

Banking

IFC invests $50m in the first gender bond issued by Banco Pichincha

5 Apr 2022

Small oil producers like Ghana, Guyana and Suriname could gain as buyers shun Russian crude

Coal, Oil & Gas

Small oil producers like Ghana, Guyana and Suriname could gain as buyers shun Russian crude

Jennapher Lunde Seefeldt 16 Mar 2022

Russia's war with Ukraine risks putting fresh pressure on rising fertiliser prices

Agribusiness

Russia's war with Ukraine risks putting fresh pressure on rising fertiliser prices

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied

Logistics & Transport

Emerging market rankings show African gains in digital readiness

8 Feb 2022

Image source: © Hennadii Huchek –

Criminal Law

Niger police seize more than 200kg of cocaine from mayor's truck

David Lewis, Boureima Balima and Cooper Inveen 4 Jan 2022

Effie's First Global Grand Effie contenders announced

Marketing

Effie's First Global Grand Effie contenders announced

5 Nov 2021

Global Citizen Live line-ups revealed for Lagos, Paris and NYC events

Events

Global Citizen Live line-ups revealed for Lagos, Paris and NYC events

Issued by OnPoint PR 11 Aug 2021

Global Citizen announces lineup for Global Citizen Live 2021

Events

Global Citizen announces lineup for Global Citizen Live 2021

Issued by OnPoint PR 28 Jul 2021

World Architecture Festival Awards announces 2021 shortlist

Architecture & Design

World Architecture Festival Awards announces 2021 shortlist

22 Jul 2021

#D&AD21: D&AD awards 3 Black Pencils, 231 Culture, Design and Impact winners

D&AD Awards

#D&AD21: D&AD awards 3 Black Pencils, 231 Culture, Design and Impact winners

27 May 2021

#D&AD21: D&AD awards 430 Pencils across Craft, Next, Advertising, Side Hustle and Collaborative

D&AD Awards

#D&AD21: D&AD awards 430 Pencils across Craft, Next, Advertising, Side Hustle and Collaborative

26 May 2021

Wina 2021 announces shortlist

Advertising

Wina 2021 announces shortlist

25 May 2021

The increasingly well-coordinated global anti-vaccine movement has repurposed itself to challenge the very reality of COVID-19. Hasan Esen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19: A global survey shows worrying signs of vaccine hesitancy

Scott C Ratzan, Agnes Binagwaho, Heidi Larson, Jeffrey V Lazarus, Kenneth Rabin & Lawrence O Gostin 29 Oct 2020

Update on partial re-opening of borders

Travel

Update on partial re-opening of borders

6 Oct 2020

Kate Stanners, D&AD president.

D&AD Awards

D&AD Awards 2020: 4 Black Pencils awarded to groundbreaking work

11 Sep 2020

UP and Ikiam University enter research, academic exchange partnership

Higher Education

UP and Ikiam University enter research, academic exchange partnership

2 Sep 2020

WINA Festival announces 2020 winners!

Advertising

WINA Festival announces 2020 winners!

19 Jun 2020

Covid-19 swings the spotlight back onto emerging countries' debt

Economy

Covid-19 swings the spotlight back onto emerging countries' debt

1 Jun 2020

Covid-19: Emergency measures and investor-state arbitration claims

Corporate & Commercial Law

Covid-19: Emergency measures and investor-state arbitration claims

Sarah McKenzie and Chandni Gopal 27 May 2020

Mass burials in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Raphael Alves

Covid-19

Coronavirus: there is no global south exceptionalism

David Hunter 20 May 2020

Andrea Bocelli 'Music for Hope' is the biggest livestreamed classical music event of all time

Music

Andrea Bocelli 'Music for Hope' is the biggest livestreamed classical music event of all time

16 Apr 2020

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Streaming

Covid-19 causes interest in Netflix to rise by 142%

9 Apr 2020

FMCG

Spanish chocolate brand Valor arrives in SA

Lauren Hartzenberg 24 Jan 2020

20 trending travel destinations for 2020

Travel

20 trending travel destinations for 2020

19 Dec 2019

Police officers detain Sahara Reporters journalist Victor Ogungbenro during a protest in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Staff at the online newspaper report sustained harassment targeting them and their website. Credit: CPJ/AP/Sunday Alamba.

Media Freedom

US-Nigeria website censored

12 Dec 2019