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Climate Change

Global backing for GAIA climate fund reaches $600m at first close

4 Nov 2025

From learning to earning: how to accelerate Africa’s digital economy

Education & Skills Development

From learning to earning: how to accelerate Africa’s digital economy

Issued by Trialogue 3 Jun 2025

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Specialties

Home dialysis: The affordable solution for kidney patients in remote areas

10 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Yael Geffen, chief executive officer of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The suburban renaissance

Yael Geffen 22 Jan 2025

Local manufacturing can solve infrastructure crisis

Construction & Engineering

Local manufacturing can solve infrastructure crisis

Mervyn Naidoo 27 Dec 2024

Persistent growth: How IoT solutions could revolutionise agritech

Agri Tech

Persistent growth: How IoT solutions could revolutionise agritech

Issued by ASUS 19 Nov 2024

#YouthMonth: Lunga Momoza of Basket Ecommerce, empowering youth in SA's agritech

Agriculture

#YouthMonth: Lunga Momoza of Basket Ecommerce, empowering youth in SA's agritech

Robin Fredericks 27 Jun 2024

‘Packageless’ products can reduce plastic waste and increase sales

Packaging

‘Packageless’ products can reduce plastic waste and increase sales

6 Jun 2024

BIBC labour spokesperson Luyanda Mgqamqo

Construction & Engineering

Unregistered contractors pose risks to businesses and the building industry

16 Apr 2024

#IFPA: SA's logistics crisis takes precedence over energy issues, says SAFFE director

Agribusiness

#IFPA: SA's logistics crisis takes precedence over energy issues, says SAFFE director

Aa-isha Hassiem 19 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Olebogeng Manhe, chairman of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC).

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Transforming informal settlements with modern drainage solutions

Olebogeng Manhe 5 Mar 2024

From AI to 5IR: Engineering a sustainable African future with Katlego Malatji

How To Start Up

From AI to 5IR: Engineering a sustainable African future with Katlego Malatji

Issued by The Innovator Trust 25 Oct 2023

Early childhood development programmes should be part of free basic education

Early Childhood Development

Early childhood development programmes should be part of free basic education

Yolisa Piliso 28 Sep 2023

Africa is still a top destination for oil and gas exploration. Source: Supplied

Coal, Oil & Gas

Oil and gas is still big business in Africa

NJ Ayuk 4 Sep 2023

Travel

African open skies: How SA's aviation market could help boost intra-continental travel

Paul Calvey 14 Aug 2023

Public private partnerships urgently needed to tackle reading crisis

Early Childhood Development

Public private partnerships urgently needed to tackle reading crisis

6 Jun 2023

Planning for over-urbanisation: role of town planning pivotal

Infrastructure & Utilities

Planning for over-urbanisation: role of town planning pivotal

16 May 2023

Propelling retail e-commerce in Africa with trust

E-commerce

Propelling retail e-commerce in Africa with trust

Issued by Perfect Word 20 Apr 2023

Proptech in Africa: The potential for innovation and growth

Proptech

Proptech in Africa: The potential for innovation and growth

Sindy Peters 3 Apr 2023

Uganda approves construction licence for $3.5bn crude pipeline

Coal, Oil & Gas

Uganda approves construction licence for $3.5bn crude pipeline

Elias Biryabarema 19 Jan 2023

Edtech can power Africa's growing education market

Education

Edtech can power Africa's growing education market

Julien Deconinck 20 Dec 2022

Risks that could impact retail in 2023

Trends

Risks that could impact retail in 2023

Sanet Yelland 6 Dec 2022

Can Africa's startup sector keep up its record funding run amidst global turmoil?

Funding

Can Africa's startup sector keep up its record funding run amidst global turmoil?

Thabiso Foto, Issued by Irvine Partners 2 Dec 2022

#StartupStory: Desert Green Africa, addressing food insecurity in the agri value chain

Agri Tech

#StartupStory: Desert Green Africa, addressing food insecurity in the agri value chain

Robin Fredericks 17 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Nivisha Parag, head of School for Healthcare Management at Regent Business School.

Healthcare

Innovation needed to resolve SA's health challenges

Dr Nivisha Parag 19 Jul 2022

Can we build net-zero data centres in Africa?

Sustainable Development

Can we build net-zero data centres in Africa?

Craig Blankers 14 Jul 2022

How local businesses can help reduce inequality

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

How local businesses can help reduce inequality

Samantha Massey 10 Jun 2022

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Competition Law

Pricing of essential food items remains key focus for authorities

Lerisha Naidu, Sphesihle Nxumalo and Jarryd Hartley 8 Apr 2022

How The Standard Bank Tutuwa Community Foundation is providing access to quality education

Primary & Secondary Education

How The Standard Bank Tutuwa Community Foundation is providing access to quality education

Issued by Standard Bank 30 Mar 2022

Sowing the seeds of change: Advancing the interests of women agripreneurs through collaborative conversations

Agriculture

Sowing the seeds of change: Advancing the interests of women agripreneurs through collaborative conversations

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 25 Mar 2022

CUT, Princess Gabo Foundation partnership to create Smart Village

Higher Education

CUT, Princess Gabo Foundation partnership to create Smart Village

11 Feb 2022

Africa emerging as next big retail hotspot - Kearney report

Research

Africa emerging as next big retail hotspot - Kearney report

4 Jan 2022

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Agri Tech

Harnessing the power of agritech to help SA's smallholder farmers

15 Dec 2021

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Sustainable Farming

We throw away a third of the food we grow - here's what to do about waste

Kamran Mahroof and Sankar Sivarajah 19 Aug 2021

Logistics & Transport

SAAFF Summit tackles Covid-19 vaccine supply chain delivery challenges

23 Jul 2021

#Exclusive: Greg Potterton talks Nude beginnings - the launch of an ethnographic, market research agency

Research

#Exclusive: Greg Potterton talks Nude beginnings - the launch of an ethnographic, market research agency

Evan-Lee Courie 19 Jul 2021

LG empowers young South Africans with key skills to thrive in digital age

Technology

LG empowers young South Africans with key skills to thrive in digital age

28 Jun 2021

iSchoolAfrica's digital learning initiative changes the lives of 100,000 learners

Skills Training

iSchoolAfrica's digital learning initiative changes the lives of 100,000 learners

12 May 2021

Customer is King as organisations try to differentiate from their competitors

CRM, CX, UX

Customer is King as organisations try to differentiate from their competitors

Olatayo Ladipo-Ajai 15 Apr 2021

Positioning Mozambique as the premier tourism destination

Tourism

Positioning Mozambique as the premier tourism destination

Charné Hundermark 8 Feb 2021

Tharina Gombault, private health lead, Accenture in Africa

Financial Services

Revenue management and analytics can drive better healthcare

Tharina Gombault 17 Nov 2020

Wildlife tourism in southern Africa uses scarce water - we propose how much is enough

Tourism & Travel

Wildlife tourism in southern Africa uses scarce water - we propose how much is enough

Kevin Mearns 11 Sep 2020

Congolese artist Chris Shongo paints on the outside wall of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa on June 18, 2020.

Covid-19

Covid-19 shows that the DRC must invest in a health research industry

Dacquin M. Kasumba 14 Aug 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

Agriculture

SA agriculture sector 1Q20 recovery - where to from here?

Casey Delport 28 Jul 2020

Student accommodation: Designing for the new normal

Student Accommodation

Student accommodation: Designing for the new normal

John Schooling 22 Jul 2020

Agribusiness

How a global pandemic could strengthen agribusiness in Africa

Louis van Ravesteyn 8 Jul 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

Agribusiness

There's no need to reinvent the wheel to boost growth in agriculture

19 Jun 2020