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Private sector to scale ARC FMD vaccine production

Agriculture

Private sector to scale ARC FMD vaccine production

23 Sep 2026

FMD has changed South Africa’s red meat industry – what comes next

Import/Export

FMD has changed South Africa’s red meat industry – what comes next

Issued by AMIE 24 Jun 2026

Infectious Diseases

Biovac's €75m cash injection to boost vaccine production and create jobs

17 Apr 2026

Source: Supplied. GCIS. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

Finance

South Africa sets bold 3% inflation target in transformative fiscal strategy

13 Nov 2025

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Trends

Digital-led empathy: 5 healthcare trends to look out for in 2026

12 Nov 2025

Biovac opened a new product development laboratory in Cape Town. Image supplied.

Pharmaceuticals

Biovac boosts Africa’s vaccine capacity with new lab

6 Nov 2025

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Pharmaceuticals

South Africa inches closer to end-to-end vaccine manufacturing

4 Nov 2025

Image credit: Dima Solomin on Unsplash

Pharmaceuticals

SA's Biovac to make, distribute pneumonia vaccine across Africa

26 Jun 2025

HIV/AIDS

Vaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing them

Glenda Gray and Asa Tapley 2 Jan 2025

Source: Sanofi.

Pharmaceuticals

From Singapore to the world: Sanofi's new plant eyes global vaccine challenges

Katja Hamilton 27 Nov 2024

Source: Pixabay.

Covid-19

Leadership shakeup at Moderna ahead of major vaccine rollouts

Katja Hamilton 8 Nov 2024

Source: Biovac.

Emergency Medicine

Ghanaian minister visits Biovac to explore vaccine capabilities

14 Aug 2024

Source: @biovac_inst/X

Public Health

Biovac, EuBiologics partner to boost Africa meningitis vaccine

21 Jun 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

BioNTech gets $145m funding for African vaccine plants

Jennifer Rigby and Ludwig Burger 30 May 2024

6 trends driving Africa’s growth in 2024

Trends

6 trends driving Africa’s growth in 2024

Amadou Diallo 19 Feb 2024

Source: © 123rf As Covax closes on 31 December 2023, reflects on its successes and challenges in the bid to overcome inequity have underscored the clear need for the world to be better prepared the next time a viral threat with pandemic potential emerges

Covid-19

3 lessons from Covax as the organisation draws to a close

20 Dec 2023

A view shows a part of Sidi El Barrak dam at low water levels, in Nafza, west of the capital Tunis, Tunisia, 7 January 2023. Reuters/Jihed Abidellaoui

Climate Change

Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa's disease boss

30 Nov 2023

Diseases on farms in South Africa: Recent outbreaks point to weaknesses in the system

Agribusiness

Diseases on farms in South Africa: Recent outbreaks point to weaknesses in the system

Wandile Sihlobo 14 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

Healthcare

AUC, Africa CDC, and Gavi forge strategic vaccine partnership

16 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Medical Research

Biovac and EuBiologics partner for meningitis vaccine tech transfer

28 Sep 2023

Public Health

South Africa, Germany sign agreement for vaccine production

15 Sep 2023

Covid-19

SA Health Ministry hands over confidential Covid-19 vaccine contracts

Katja Hamilton 1 Sep 2023

Covid-19

#BRICS2023: Pandemic fund in focus for Brics Bank

Katja Hamilton 30 Aug 2023

Public Health

Africa CDC contributes vaccine manufacturing equipment to Sahpra

11 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccine scheme for poorest has $2.6bn left to spend as pandemic recedes

Jennifer Rigby 26 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

Mastercard Foundation and IPD bolster the continent's capacity to produce vaccines

5 Jun 2023

Public Health

Consortium sparks debate over intellectual property of mRNA vaccines manufactured in SA

Katja Hamilton 21 Apr 2023

Public Health

Green light for Cape Health Technology Park

28 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Britain and South Africa agree health partnership on second day of state visit

Alistair Smout 25 Nov 2022

Public Health

Time to combat the burden of disease on South Africa's healthcare system

8 Sep 2022

Source: FreePik.

Covid-19

New agreement paves way for development of first African-owned Covid-19 vaccine

27 Jun 2022

Economy

Local vaccine production boosts economic transformation and job creation in South Africa

Patrick Tippoo 22 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS.

Covid-19

New vaccine plant in Senegal gets €75m from EIB

6 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. Source: Supplied. Executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, pictured here in 2020.

Economy

High-level business delegation to represent South Africa at WEF 2022 in Davos

23 May 2022

Source: Supplied: Petro Terblanche, managing director of Afrigen,

Medical Research

#AfricaMonth: Injecting the continent - and the world - with hope

Katja Hamilton 20 May 2022

Source: Supplied.

Banking

AfDB to support SA's private-sector development in employment, health and vaccine manufacturing

24 Mar 2022

Markets & Investment

Africa is the place to invest, US congressional delegation acknowledges

28 Feb 2022

PSL highlights the millions of jobs lost to Covid-19, the NPA's fight against corruption, and booster shots

Magazines

PSL highlights the millions of jobs lost to Covid-19, the NPA's fight against corruption, and booster shots

Issued by Topco Media 15 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied.

Covid-19

J&J stops Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing in crucial plant

9 Feb 2022

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Distribution

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Jonathan Munemo 9 Feb 2022

Government to look at 3D-printed houses and space as part of big tech revolution

ICT

Government to look at 3D-printed houses and space as part of big tech revolution

24 Jan 2022

Source: Premier Alan Winde. The interior of the new NantSA vaccine plant opened in Cape Town at the same time as the launch of the AAAH coalition .

Healthcare

Cape Town unveils Africa's Access to Advanced Healthcare coalition

24 Jan 2022

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Agriculture

South African farming: New policy offers promise, but there's fixing to be done too

Wandile Sihlobo 21 Jan 2022

Covid-19

Release of first plant-based coronavirus vaccine imminent

8 Dec 2021

Covid-19

Biovac gears up to manufacture Pfizer vaccine

6 Dec 2021

Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new Covid variant Omicron

Travel

Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new Covid variant Omicron

Anthony Zwi 30 Nov 2021

Source: ©Francesco Remolo

Economy

SSA: Low vaccination rates & complex policy environment impacts economy

22 Oct 2021