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Source: Supplied. YellowCard chief executive officer, Chris Maurice.

Fintech

Yellow Card’s Chris Maurice named alongside Coinbase, Stripe and BlackRock leaders in stablecoin ranking

31 Jul 2026

Pan Afrikan Design Week to debut in CPT in Oct '26

Events

Pan Afrikan Design Week to debut in CPT in Oct '26

20 Jul 2026

Dylan Kruger, managing partner: Africa Network, M+C Saatchi Abel says 2026 is a wake-up call for a continent ready to lead (Image supplied)

Digital

#BizTrends2026 | M&C Saatchi Abel’s Dylan Kruger: The end of “social” media; the start of Africa’s build era

Dylan Kruger 25 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Unitrans’ Edwin Hewitt: Why people, not machines, will power Africa’s logistics revolution

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | Unitrans’ Edwin Hewitt: Why people, not machines, will power Africa’s logistics revolution

Edwin Hewitt 10 Feb 2026

2026: The time for African communicators to lead

PR & Communications

2026: The time for African communicators to lead

Nokuthula Khwela 26 Jan 2026

Jaco Lintvelt is the MD of Incubeta Africa. Source: Supplied.

Marketing

#BizTrends2026 | Incubeta Africa's Jaco Lintvelt: Don’t fall prey to the Arrival Fallacy

Jaco Lintvelt 20 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Nahana CEO, Thabang Skwambane: Africa will ignite what is next

Marketing

#BizTrends2026 | Nahana CEO, Thabang Skwambane: Africa will ignite what is next

Thabang Skwambane 19 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | IAS' Johanna McDowell: AI, creativity and media agencies

Marketing

#BizTrends2026 | IAS' Johanna McDowell: AI, creativity and media agencies

Johanna McDowell 19 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | dentsu SSA's Dawn Rowlands: While marketing talks about innovation, Africa built it

Marketing

#BizTrends2026 | dentsu SSA's Dawn Rowlands: While marketing talks about innovation, Africa built it

Dawn Rowlands 16 Jan 2026

Source: Conference Venues South Africa.

Healthcare

Global healthcare leaders to converge in Johannesburg for World Health Expo 2026

2 Jan 2026

The 3 key drivers of Africa’s food-secure future

Agribusiness

The 3 key drivers of Africa’s food-secure future

Paul Makube 28 Nov 2025

Source: Supplied

Transport

DHL, Unilever and Volvo launch Superlink electric truck pilot

15 Aug 2025

#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

Evan-Lee Courie 13 May 2025

A new chapter for UP as Professor Francis Petersen takes the helm as the 14th vice-chancellor

Higher Education

A new chapter for UP as Professor Francis Petersen takes the helm as the 14th vice-chancellor

Issued by University of Pretoria 24 Mar 2025

OceanHub Africa launches 5th acceleration programme for ocean-minded startups

SMEs

OceanHub Africa launches 5th acceleration programme for ocean-minded startups

10 Apr 2024

Celebrating tech innovators at the 7th Annual Africa Tech Week Awards - Submit your entry

Marketing

Celebrating tech innovators at the 7th Annual Africa Tech Week Awards - Submit your entry

Issued by Topco Media 5 Apr 2024

'Blue eyes' by Conor McCreedy fetches R8.2m at Art Basel, funds lifesaving NFT campaign in Africa

ESG

'Blue eyes' by Conor McCreedy fetches R8.2m at Art Basel, funds lifesaving NFT campaign in Africa

Mic Mann, Issued by Mann Made 30 Jun 2023

Metaverse helps bring water to Africa

Digital

Metaverse helps bring water to Africa

Issued by Mann Made 8 Mar 2023

Can tech-enabled SMEs power Africa's growth?

Technology

Can tech-enabled SMEs power Africa's growth?

Dumisani Moyo 30 May 2022

Africa Communications Week an opportunity to promote unity

Africa Month

Africa Communications Week an opportunity to promote unity

20 May 2022

Higher Education

Reimagining Universities

Issued by University of Pretoria 9 Jun 2021

UP strengthens partnership with MSU

Higher Education

UP strengthens partnership with MSU

4 Jun 2021

Reimagining the ocean economy with Ocean Innovation Africa

Social Entrepreneurship

Reimagining the ocean economy with Ocean Innovation Africa

21 Dec 2020

A researcher holds a Covid-19 mRNA vaccine at the National Primate Research Center of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Covid-19

Africa waited for solutions to past health crises: will it be different for Covid-19?

Hailay Gesesew 2 Jul 2020

OceanHub Africa launches to support ocean economy innovation

Community

OceanHub Africa launches to support ocean economy innovation

9 Dec 2019

Sivan Ya'ari speaking at the SingularityU South Africa Summit 2019. Image supplied.

ESG

#SingularityUSouthAfrica2019: Bringing Israeli innovation to African villages

21 Oct 2019

Minister talks on Africa's transport sector's full integration

Logistics & Transport

Minister talks on Africa's transport sector's full integration

16 Oct 2019

Robyn Curnow, CNN.

TV

Africa must step up to support its innovators

Robyn Curnow 9 Oct 2019

Africa needs effective ICT policies to enhance competitiveness

ICT

Africa needs effective ICT policies to enhance competitiveness

12 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & Media

Closing date for AWIEF Awards nominations extended

21 May 2019

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Agriculture

AGCO unveils innovative Farm in a Box initiative for Africa's rural communities

22 Jan 2019

4 challenges facing young entrepreneurs and what to do about them

Skills Training

4 challenges facing young entrepreneurs and what to do about them

Sandiso Sibisi 19 Oct 2018

The African innovation ecosystem

Research

The African innovation ecosystem

20 Sep 2018

African startups named winners of Pitch AgriHack

Food Security

African startups named winners of Pitch AgriHack

Tom Jackson 17 Sep 2018

Accenture searches for Africa's Top 30 tech startups

Tech Startups

Accenture searches for Africa's Top 30 tech startups

13 Sep 2018

Learning and development of the future is being ubered

Education

Learning and development of the future is being ubered

Helen Nicholson 29 Aug 2018

#InspiringFiftySA 2018 winners announced

Technology

#InspiringFiftySA 2018 winners announced

1 Aug 2018

Enter the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Construction & Engineering

Enter the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

16 Jul 2018

Kenya's Apollo Agriculture secures $500k funding

Agriculture

Kenya's Apollo Agriculture secures $500k funding

Tom Jackson 12 Jul 2018

Africa could position itself as a frontrunner in 4IR

Digital

Africa could position itself as a frontrunner in 4IR

14 Jun 2018

Ministers adopt UNWTO programme to develop tourism in Africa

Tourism & Travel

Ministers adopt UNWTO programme to develop tourism in Africa

7 Jun 2018

Moving beyond the Green Revolution in Africa's new era of hunger

Agriculture

Moving beyond the Green Revolution in Africa's new era of hunger

Calestous Juma 7 Dec 2017

#AfricaAchiever OMG Digital aims to reach Africa's millennials

Media

#AfricaAchiever OMG Digital aims to reach Africa's millennials

Louise Marsland 14 Aug 2017

African startups can thrive in informal markets

Marketing & Media

African startups can thrive in informal markets

Tom Jackson 26 Apr 2017

‘Africa is where others will look for the best in new innovation'

Branding

‘Africa is where others will look for the best in new innovation'

Brett Parker 25 Apr 2017

Unleashing Africa 4.0 through innovation

Logistics & Transport

Unleashing Africa 4.0 through innovation

Saidah Nash Carter 24 Apr 2017