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From AI to health innovation - South Africa's Top Science Awards #ChooseUP researchers

Higher Education

From AI to health innovation - South Africa's Top Science Awards #ChooseUP researchers

Issued by University of Pretoria 30 Jul 2026

New R100m seed fund targets SA's startup funding gap

Funding

New R100m seed fund targets SA's startup funding gap

4 Jun 2026

The $750bn solution: How Afda alumnus Nkululeko Mdluli is disrupting global diagnostics

Higher Education

The $750bn solution: How Afda alumnus Nkululeko Mdluli is disrupting global diagnostics

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 3 Mar 2026

All the 2025 Prism Award winners

PR & Communications

All the 2025 Prism Award winners

20 Oct 2025

New partnership aims to accelerate SA’s startup, SME growth

Entrepreneurship

New partnership aims to accelerate SA’s startup, SME growth

1 Sep 2025

Image credit: Google DeepMind on Pexels

Oncology

University of Free State adopts AI cancer treatment planning

7 Aug 2025

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Employment Equity

Beyond the B-BBEE scorecard: Employment equity requires real change, not just compliance

Suran Moodley and Boudine Henningse 19 Jun 2025

Source: Supplied. Liberty Two Degrees (L2D), manager of Sandton City and the property business line within the Insurance and Asset Management business unit of the Standard Bank Group, Tia Kanakakis, retires.

Architecture & Design

Architectural icon Tia Kanakakis retires after reshaping Sandton City for 30 years

18 Jun 2025

Dentsu Mozambique’s Sylla Faruk named among Top 30 Women Shaping Comms in 2025

PR & Communications

Dentsu Mozambique’s Sylla Faruk named among Top 30 Women Shaping Comms in 2025

Issued by Dentsu 24 Apr 2025

Amy Moses and Josua Joubert won season 1. Source: Supplied.

Art

Amy Moses and Josua Joubert triumph as the first winners of My Design Rules

30 Dec 2024

Nanobubble tech transforms aquaponics at Cape Town school

Fishing

Nanobubble tech transforms aquaponics at Cape Town school

13 Sep 2024

Nigeria takes centre stage at Fame Week Africa 2024

Events

Nigeria takes centre stage at Fame Week Africa 2024

24 Jul 2024

Fund launched to empower young tech entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship

Fund launched to empower young tech entrepreneurs

26 Mar 2024

World Intellectual Property Day Celebrations 2024 media invite

Higher Education

World Intellectual Property Day Celebrations 2024 media invite

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 25 Mar 2024

From being a clerk to a top 10 finalist in The Insurance Apprentice 2023

Higher Education

From being a clerk to a top 10 finalist in The Insurance Apprentice 2023

Issued by Milpark Education 28 Feb 2024

Image supplied. An R16m UK-SA Water Innovation Lead Customer Programme fund has launched

Food, Water & Energy Security

R16m UK-SA Water Innovation Lead Customer Programme fund launches

13 Nov 2023

SA Innovation Summit is important third place for the startup ecosystem

Community

SA Innovation Summit is important third place for the startup ecosystem

3 Oct 2023

Call for local technopreneurs to enter Irish Tech Challenge South Africa 2023

SMEs

Call for local technopreneurs to enter Irish Tech Challenge South Africa 2023

31 Aug 2023

Dr Mthokosizi was the 2016 winner of Biosciences Award. Source: x.com

Funding

Entries the 2023 Gauteng Accelerator Programme Innovation Competition now!

16 Aug 2023

SA Innovation Summit. Source: Lindsey Schutters

Funding

SA Innovation Summit is back in Cape Town in September

2 Aug 2023

Covid-19

SA launches first Covid-19 antigen self-test kit

12 Apr 2023

Source © Bowie15 A panel at the recent inaugural AWAfrica examined the need for Africans to claim their share of the global creative economy

Advertising

Unpacking Africa's limited involvement in the multi-billion dollar global creative economy

7 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Ketso Gordhan chief executive officer of the SA SME Fund; Rekha Govender portfolio manager of investment finance, TIA; Ismail Abdoola chief financial officer of TIA; Thiru Pather investment principal of the SA SME Fund; Patrick Krappie acting chief executive officer of TIA; Vuyisile Phehane executive of Bio-Economy ToA; and Tshepiso Kobile, chief executive officer of Savca.

Venture Capital

Savca graduation ceremony marks new milestone for venture capital in SA

20 Feb 2023

SA's Brayfoil Technologies startup wins GEA Summit pitch competition

How To Start Up

SA's Brayfoil Technologies startup wins GEA Summit pitch competition

11 Oct 2022

Image source: Kampus Production from

Higher Education

Universities shouldn't use software to monitor online exams: here's why

Sioux McKenna 14 Sep 2022

Design Innovation Seed Fund calls for applications from designers, entrepreneurs

Funding

Design Innovation Seed Fund calls for applications from designers, entrepreneurs

6 Jul 2022

Youth-focused tourism technology innovation incubator launched

Tourism

Youth-focused tourism technology innovation incubator launched

27 Jun 2022

No. 2 Cannes You Even?

Cannes Lions

No. 2 Cannes You Even?

23 Jun 2022

Source: © Dmitry Kalinovsky

Medtech

Medtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

Professor Motlalepula Matsabisa,

Pharmaceuticals

R17m boost for indigenous medicine research

20 May 2021

Afda alumni bag 48 nominations @ Saftas 2021

Higher Education

Afda alumni bag 48 nominations @ Saftas 2021

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 12 May 2021

All the 2021 Safta nominees

Film

All the 2021 Safta nominees

29 Apr 2021

Global tourism will only recover if countries work together

Tourism & Travel

Global tourism will only recover if countries work together

26 Apr 2021

Dept invests in innovation in tourism sector

Tourism & Travel

Dept invests in innovation in tourism sector

15 Dec 2020

SA Innovation Summit to host Swiss-South African Pitch Battle

How To Start Up

SA Innovation Summit to host Swiss-South African Pitch Battle

17 Sep 2020

South African biotech company provides surface disinfection against Covid-19

FMCG

South African biotech company provides surface disinfection against Covid-19

Issued by The Lime Envelope 1 Apr 2020

Applications open for Design Innovation Seed Fund

Social Entrepreneurship

Applications open for Design Innovation Seed Fund

19 Mar 2020

The vegans are coming! What's fuelling the interest in plant-based eating?

ESG

The vegans are coming! What's fuelling the interest in plant-based eating?

Matthew Ruby and Tani Khara 23 Jan 2020

Tia Mthethwa, Fableist & Co.’s PR business unit director.

PR & Communications

Iconic Collective expands service offering to include PR service division

23 Jan 2020

#StartupStory: Innovative solutions for people with disabilities

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Innovative solutions for people with disabilities

Evan-Lee Courie 9 Dec 2019

From L-R: Creative Industry Award winner Genet Kebede from Paradise Fashion (Ethiopia); Arunma Oteh, Oxford University Academic Scholar, former vice president and treasurer, World Bank - who handed over the awards; and runner-up Abby Ikomi, House of Irawo (Nigeria).

Events & Conferencing

Winners of AWIEF women entrepreneurship awards announced

8 Nov 2019