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African startups take on medicine access gaps with smarter supply chains

Supply Chain

African startups take on medicine access gaps with smarter supply chains

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

The future of fuel retail in SA: NEVs and solar panels

Karen Keylock 18 Jul 2025

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Medtech

SA's health leaders are adopting AI at a rapid pace

Dean Wolson 11 Jul 2025

A new frontier: Technologically driven non-invasive products boosting SA’s analgesics market

Medical Research

A new frontier: Technologically driven non-invasive products boosting SA’s analgesics market

Issued by Insight Survey 9 Jul 2025

Big relief for little noses in South Africa’s allergy care market

Paediatrics

Big relief for little noses in South Africa’s allergy care market

Issued by Insight Survey 2 Jul 2025

AI note-taking easing health’s documentation fatigue

Medtech

AI note-taking easing health’s documentation fatigue

2 Jul 2025

Flanagan & Gerard and Sun International to develop GrandWest Mall in Cape Town

Commercial Property

Flanagan & Gerard and Sun International to develop GrandWest Mall in Cape Town

23 Jun 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Dis-Chem Pharmacies posts annual profit jump, declares final dividend

Nqobile Dludla 30 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Christina Mooki, Head: Medical Partnership Operations at Merchant Capital.

Healthcare

4 key trends driving growth opportunities for pharmacies

Christina Mooki 29 May 2025

Why your flu shot matters this winter

Public Health

Why your flu shot matters this winter

Issued by Stone 20 May 2025

Health Works opens bigger store at Hyde Park Corner

Health & Beauty

Health Works opens bigger store at Hyde Park Corner

6 May 2025

Clicks plans to open more stores and pharmacies across SA

Retailers

Clicks plans to open more stores and pharmacies across SA

16 Apr 2025

Natural and organic supplements ‘seed’ strong growth in South Africa’s supplements market

Pharmaceuticals

Natural and organic supplements ‘seed’ strong growth in South Africa’s supplements market

Issued by Insight Survey 9 Apr 2025

Girl power: Female-focused products driving South Africa’s vitamins market

Women's Health

Girl power: Female-focused products driving South Africa’s vitamins market

Issued by Insight Survey 2 Apr 2025

Medshield unpacks the good, the bad and the necessary of cholesterol

Noncommunicable diseases

Medshield unpacks the good, the bad and the necessary of cholesterol

Issued by Stone 31 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Mthobisi Kgathi, Business Development Manager – Health & Retail Solutions, BCX.

Medtech

The digital transformation of community pharmacies: from scripts to smart services

Mthobisi Kgathi 28 Mar 2025

Source: Megan Gonsalves, manager of Netcare Akeso’s Crisis Line.

Pharmaceuticals

From relief to reliance: Inside the silent painkiller epidemic

6 Mar 2025

SA's corporate FMCG retailers’ show resilience and growth in 2024

Retailers

SA's corporate FMCG retailers’ show resilience and growth in 2024

12 Feb 2025

Healthcare

The silent crisis: South Africa’s growing battle with OTC and opioid misuse

21 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Field Force’s Ged Nooy gives 5 standout retail trends driving leadership in 2025

Marketing

#BizTrends2025: Field Force’s Ged Nooy gives 5 standout retail trends driving leadership in 2025

Ged Nooy 17 Jan 2025

Pharmaceuticals

Contraceptive tablet mix-up: Bayer issues national recall

Katja Hamilton 21 Nov 2024

Pharmaceuticals

African drug supply chain gets smarter with IBM-powered AI platform

14 Nov 2024

Healthcare

The key role of pharmacy clinics in South Africa's evolving healthcare system

7 Nov 2024

A person walks past a Dis-Chem Pharmacy outlet in Cape Town, South Africa, 22 February 2024. Reuters/Esa Alexander/ File Photo

Healthcare

Dis-Chem life insurance business set to launch next year

Sfundo Parakozov 28 Oct 2024

SA's grocery retailers report reveals flat real growth despite turnover rise

Retail

SA's grocery retailers report reveals flat real growth despite turnover rise

15 Oct 2024

Medshield shares a guide on how to maximise your healthcare coverage when it runs out

Medical Aid

Medshield shares a guide on how to maximise your healthcare coverage when it runs out

Issued by Stone 17 Sep 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma Dynamics acquires MNI to expand in the thriving plant-based medicine market

6 Sep 2024

Medshield's guide to understanding prescribed minimum benefits

Medical Aid

Medshield's guide to understanding prescribed minimum benefits

Issued by Stone 5 Sep 2024

Introducing Pharma TV: Revolutionising retail media in independent pharmacies

OOH

Introducing Pharma TV: Revolutionising retail media in independent pharmacies

Issued by Provantage 3 Sep 2024

Discovery takes first 2 places on Ask Afrika Orange Index winners podium

CRM, CX, UX

Discovery takes first 2 places on Ask Afrika Orange Index winners podium

Issued by Ask Afrika 29 Aug 2024

Transforming the supermarket experience: Elevate your retail space with Smart Media

Retail

Transforming the supermarket experience: Elevate your retail space with Smart Media

Issued by Smart Media 28 Aug 2024

Primedia Out-of-Home extends their user journey programmatic targeting to include in-store screens

OOH

Primedia Out-of-Home extends their user journey programmatic targeting to include in-store screens

Issued by Primedia Out-of-Home 16 Aug 2024

Telemedicine can expand universal access to care and improve patient experience, by Medshield

Medical Aid

Telemedicine can expand universal access to care and improve patient experience, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 5 Jul 2024

Cognitive and sleep supplements boost South Africa’s supplements market

Pharmaceuticals

Cognitive and sleep supplements boost South Africa’s supplements market

Issued by Insight Survey 3 Jul 2024

A man walks inside a branch of the South African drug retailer Clicks, at the Mall of the North, in Polokwane in the Limpopo province of South Africa, 31 March 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/ File Photo

Competition Law

Clicks to sell drugmaker after court ruling

Nelson Banya 1 Jul 2024

Are functional vitamins enhancing South Africa’s vitamins industry?

Pharmaceuticals

Are functional vitamins enhancing South Africa’s vitamins industry?

Issued by Insight Survey 26 Jun 2024

Employers' role in health and wellness to promote employee well-being, by Medshield

Employee Wellness

Employers' role in health and wellness to promote employee well-being, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 25 Jun 2024

Are topical products helping to boost South Africa’s analgesics market?

Pharmaceuticals

Are topical products helping to boost South Africa’s analgesics market?

Issued by Insight Survey 19 Jun 2024

Are innovative formats driving South Africa’s allergy care market?

Public Health

Are innovative formats driving South Africa’s allergy care market?

Issued by Insight Survey 12 Jun 2024

A person walks past a Dis-Chem Pharmacy outlet in Cape Town, South Africa 22 February 2024. Source; REUTERS/Esa Alexander/file photo.

FMCG

Dis-Chem annual profit down 1.6%

31 May 2024

Source: Supplied. Chief executive officer of Cipla, Paul Miller.

Healthcare

Breathing new life into recycled asthma inhalers

21 May 2024

Spar gets secondary listing on A2X Markets

Banking & Finance

Spar gets secondary listing on A2X Markets

8 May 2024

Source: Supplied. Anthony Pedersen, interim chief executive officer of Icon.

Oncology

RMB Ventures and Bopa Moruo acquires majority stake in Icon Oncology Holdings

20 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Sheraan Amod, founder and chief executive officer of RecoMed.

Medtech

Japanese pharma Eisai invests in RecoMed

6 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Viebeg's chief executive officer, Tobias Reiter and chief commercial officer Alex Musyoka.

Healthcare

How one African health tech firm is expanding access to affordable health care in Africa

12 Feb 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Codeine Care Initiative: Tackling South Africa's rising substance abuse

31 Jan 2024