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Nigeria imports Danish cattle to double milk output, cut $1.5bn import bill

Agriculture

Nigeria imports Danish cattle to double milk output, cut $1.5bn import bill

Camillus Eboh 6 Jun 2025

How a human-centred design approach is changing STEM teaching

Primary & Secondary Education

How a human-centred design approach is changing STEM teaching

Issued by Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika 6 May 2025

Oceana invests $1.5m in US seafood innovation fund

Fishing

Oceana invests $1.5m in US seafood innovation fund

15 Apr 2025

Source: Institute for Molecular Bioscience.

Healthcare

Calls for private labs to solve South Africa's DNA backlog grow louder

14 Apr 2025

Healthcare

Living with multiple chronic conditions cuts lives short – but Africans are overlooked in research

Isaac Kisiangani, Michele Ramsay, and Michelle Kamp 8 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

#World Obesity Day: Genetics play a role, but lifestyle is key, say experts

3 Mar 2025

Dear men: your health

Public Health

Dear men: your health

Issued by Westlink Business Solutions 28 Jun 2024

Oncology

African men most at risk of prostate cancer – new study flags genetic causes

31 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Madelein O’Connell, Executive: Marketing, Sales and Corporate Relations at Bestmed Medical Scheme

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The role of medical schemes in preventative healthcare and wellness trends

Madelein O'Connell 13 Jan 2025

Back to the future: Reviving sorghum in South Africa

Agriculture

Back to the future: Reviving sorghum in South Africa

Christin Hunter 4 Dec 2024

PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative 2024 winner revealed in the economic heartland of South Africa

Skills Training

PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative 2024 winner revealed in the economic heartland of South Africa

Issued by PG Bison 25 Oct 2024

South Africa must push agricultural exports within Brics

Agribusiness

South Africa must push agricultural exports within Brics

Wandile Sihlobo 23 Oct 2024

South African agriculture needs to crack the Chinese market. How to boost exports

Agribusiness

South African agriculture needs to crack the Chinese market. How to boost exports

Wandile Sihlobo 16 Sep 2024

FirstRand Empowerment Foundation shares agri vision at Trialogue Business in Society Conference

Food Security

FirstRand Empowerment Foundation shares agri vision at Trialogue Business in Society Conference

Issued by Trialogue 2 Sep 2024

Swipe iX celebrates 10 years with renewed focus and leadership team

Digital

Swipe iX celebrates 10 years with renewed focus and leadership team

Issued by Media24 30 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied.

HIV/AIDS

Significant progress has been made in controlling HIV in South Africa, report shows

23 Jul 2024

UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

Research & Development

UFS, ARC launch four research chairs to tackle climate change

22 Jul 2024

Can you Correlate it? We can

Digital

Can you Correlate it? We can

Issued by Correlate 15 Jul 2024

Women's Health

Caesarean births: South Africa’s rates are too high – they can be dangerous for mothers and babies

Priya Soma-Pillay and Andre Van Niekerk 27 May 2024

Financial skills key to unlocking SA farmers' long-term prosperity

Agribusiness

Financial skills key to unlocking SA farmers' long-term prosperity

17 May 2024

Image source: Pixabay from

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Caesarean births: SA’s rates are too high – they can be dangerous for mothers and babies

Priya Soma-Pillay and Andre van Niekerk 7 May 2024

A bird perches on an elephant as it walks at the Amboseli National Park in Kajiado County, Kenya, 4 April 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi

Environment & Natural Resources

Elephant deaths trigger Kenyan call for Tanzania to curb hunts

Duncan Miriri 11 Apr 2024

Source: Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine.

Tuberculosis

Researchers developing cellphone app that detects TB

25 Mar 2024

UCT professor wins prestigious global award

Higher Education

UCT professor wins prestigious global award

7 Dec 2023

Source: Supplied.

Property

World-class medical cannabis company in Lesotho for sale

8 Nov 2023

Image source: Frans van Heerden from

Environment & Natural Resources

Giraffes could go extinct - the 5 biggest threats they face

Derek E. Lee 3 Nov 2023

Source: City of Hope.

Healthcare

Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa

Oyewale Tomori 2 Nov 2023

Sustainable agriculture: A smart investment for farmers

Agriculture

Sustainable agriculture: A smart investment for farmers

9 Oct 2023

Food Lover's Market, Cansa, Grid Worldwide partner for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Retail Marketing

Food Lover's Market, Cansa, Grid Worldwide partner for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

5 Oct 2023

Africa's understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics

Medical Research

Africa's understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics

Issued by University of Pretoria 28 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. MG Health, chief executive officer, Andre Bothma.

Pharmaceuticals

MG Health to triple production amid surging global demand for medical cannabis

5 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Andrew Miller, is the national treasurer at the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa.

Medical Research

Genetic medicine divide: Why SA lags behind the rest of the world

Andrew Miller 30 May 2023

Changing conversations about overweight and obesity

Nutrition

Changing conversations about overweight and obesity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 28 Mar 2023

Personalised nutrition helps to maintain better overall health

Nutrition

Personalised nutrition helps to maintain better overall health

Issued by Stone 28 Mar 2023

Barbie encouraging girls to see themselves in STEM

Education

Barbie encouraging girls to see themselves in STEM

8 Mar 2023

Generative AI like ChatGPT reveal systemic issues beyond the tech industry

4th Industrial Revolution

Generative AI like ChatGPT reveal systemic issues beyond the tech industry

Jordan Richard Schoenherr< 6 Mar 2023

Solynta, PepsiCo join forces to empower Ethiopian potato farmers

Agro-processing

Solynta, PepsiCo join forces to empower Ethiopian potato farmers

2 Mar 2023

Argentina's GDM prepares launch of new GMO soy seeds in SA

Agriculture

Argentina's GDM prepares launch of new GMO soy seeds in SA

Ana Mano 1 Mar 2023

UP microbiologists discover rich diversity of life in Antarctica's cold, dry soils

Higher Education

UP microbiologists discover rich diversity of life in Antarctica's cold, dry soils

Issued by University of Pretoria 28 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation delivered her keynote address at the opening of the 14th International Congress of Human Genetics at the CTICC this week.

Medical Research

South Africa at coalface of genetics research

Katja Hamilton 23 Feb 2023

Image source: Pixabay from

Environmental Law

Creecy publishes key wildlife management and conservation regulations for implementation

14 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied.

Hospital Groups

Mediclinic Southern Africa expands into precision medicine

2 Feb 2023

Custom content solutions

Higher Education

Custom content solutions

Andrew Hibling, Issued by EDGE Education 7 Oct 2022

Agro-processing

New SA-grown almond brand to stimulate growth of local industry

5 Oct 2022

Healthcare

Hearing loss in the era of abundant medical solutions

5 Sep 2022

Image supplied. Celeste Williams, GM at Discovery says inspiring people to change their lifestyles in a meaningful way is incredibly rewarding

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Discovery's Celeste Williams - inspiring better lifestyles

Danette Breitenbach 24 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Thato Mabudusha Schermer, co-founder and chief executive officer at Zoie Health.

Healthcare

#WomensMonth: Digital women's health and wellness clinic - created by women, for women of Africa

Katja Hamilton 16 Aug 2022