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4 crucial steps to strengthen climate resilience against El Niño and La Niña
Agriculture
4 crucial steps to strengthen climate resilience against El Niño and La Niña

2 May 2024

Chocolate prices continue to rise
Agriculture
Chocolate prices continue to rise

Paul Makube 8 Apr 2024

Global polycrisis requires transformative philanthropy
ESG & Sustainability
Global polycrisis requires transformative philanthropy

Issued by Next Generation 12 Mar 2024

Biosecurity in South Africa: A perfect storm?
Agriculture
Biosecurity in South Africa: A perfect storm?

John Hudson 17 Jan 2024

Source: Dilip Naran, vice president, product architecture, CompuGroup Medical South Africa.
Healthcare
#BizTrends: NHI to boost South Africa's digital healthcare

27 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters.
Healthcare
SA v. Israel: Accusations spotlight "danger for the historically protected position of healthcare workers" worldwide

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. Nqobile Ndlovu, chief executive officer of ASLM and Tom Berkovits, senior director of Illumina Africa Middle East and Asia-Pacific during the MoU signing between The African Society for Laboratory Medicine and Illumina at the 6th Biennial ASLM2023 conference in Cape Town.
Healthcare
ASLM and Illumina: Genomics empowers Africa's pandemic readiness

29 Dec 2023

Beef market outlook: Is the beef industry likely to rebound in 2024?
Agriculture
Beef market outlook: Is the beef industry likely to rebound in 2024?

8 Dec 2023

A surprise nosedive in agriculture GDP outcomes in Q3, 2023
Agriculture
A surprise nosedive in agriculture GDP outcomes in Q3, 2023

Paul Makube 6 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
ESG & Sustainability
Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa's disease boss

30 Nov 2023

Climate change and farming: Economists warn more needs to be done to adapt in sub-Saharan Africa
Agriculture
Climate change and farming: Economists warn more needs to be done to adapt in sub-Saharan Africa

Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso and Abiodun Olusola Omotayo 22 Nov 2023

Agriculture sector defies odds with 10% year-on-year job growth in Q3 2023
Agriculture
Agriculture sector defies odds with 10% year-on-year job growth in Q3 2023

Paul Makube 15 Nov 2023

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

Wandile Sihlobo 14 Nov 2023

Africa could see $168bn tourism boost in next decade
Tourism & Travel
Africa could see $168bn tourism boost in next decade

3 Nov 2023

Source:
Healthcare
Exodus of SA doctors and nurses places more responsibility on pharmacists

29 Sep 2023

Source:
Healthcare
#BRICS2023: Pandemic fund in focus for Brics Bank

Katja Hamilton 30 Aug 2023

Intelligent farming is transforming agriculture. Source: Supplied
Agriculture
How intelligent farming can boost productivity and profits

Marius Wessels 30 Aug 2023

Source:
Healthcare
Phaahla urges Brics nations to maintain vigilance against Covid-19

8 Aug 2023

Source: josealbafotos via
Agriculture
A further deterioration in agriculture GDP outcomes turn negative in Q1 of 2023

Paul Makube 7 Jun 2023

How cultivated meat technology will affect farmers, veterinary professionals
Agriculture
How cultivated meat technology will affect farmers, veterinary professionals

20 Mar 2023

Source:
Healthcare
Roche teams with US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to strengthen lab systems

6 Mar 2023

Source:
Healthcare
Steady rise in demand for contraception among women, study shows

27 Jan 2023

Agribusiness confidence drops below neutral 50-point mark in Q4
Agriculture
Agribusiness confidence drops below neutral 50-point mark in Q4

Wandile Sihlobo 1 Dec 2022

Crime, Covid and climate change - South African tourism faces many threats, but it's resilient
Tourism & Travel
Crime, Covid and climate change - South African tourism faces many threats, but it's resilient

Kaitano Dube 26 Oct 2022

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Healthcare
Study to unlock answers to diseases with unknown causes

23 Sep 2022

Botswana suspends beef exports over suspected FMD outbreak
Agriculture
Botswana suspends beef exports over suspected FMD outbreak

Brian Benza 25 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters. A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund - World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Indonesia in 2018.
Healthcare
World Bank funds Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention $100m

Alexander Winning, Joe Bavier and Andrew Cawthorne. 25 Jul 2022

#StartupStory: Producing healthy food for both animals and people with Mangau Animal Feeds
Agriculture
#StartupStory: Producing healthy food for both animals and people with Mangau Animal Feeds

Robin Fredericks 14 Jul 2022

TotalEnergies' Startupper of the Year Challenge winners announced
Entrepreneurship
TotalEnergies' Startupper of the Year Challenge winners announced

11 May 2022

How leveraging technology can help African farmers weather climate change
Agriculture
How leveraging technology can help African farmers weather climate change

5 Apr 2022

Source:
Healthcare
WHO Pandemic Treaty: The makings of a New World Order?

Katja Hamilton 8 Mar 2022

SA beef industry outlook shows promise despite challenges
Agriculture
SA beef industry outlook shows promise despite challenges

17 Dec 2021

Aquaponics farming helps Free State farmers living with disabilities sustain livelihoods
Agriculture
Aquaponics farming helps Free State farmers living with disabilities sustain livelihoods

25 Nov 2021

Source: ©mirco1
Healthcare
Genomic surveillance key in Africa's Covid-19 fight

14 Sep 2021

Thusang Mahlangu, CEO, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty South Africa
Finance
Top 3 risks to businesses in 2021

Thusang Mahlangu 25 Jun 2021

Source: ©Esben Hansen
Healthcare
Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

Maria De Jesus 23 Jun 2021

The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it
Healthcare
The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

Maureen Miller 3 Jun 2021

Botswana suspends some SA animal, meat imports
Agriculture
Botswana suspends some SA animal, meat imports

Brian Benza 1 Jun 2021

Mykola Samoilenko/Shutterstock
Healthcare
Scabies: the neglected tropical disease no one wants to talk about

Michael Head 22 Apr 2021

Veterinary involvement critical in Covid-19 response
Agriculture
Veterinary involvement critical in Covid-19 response

Dr Leon de Bruyn 29 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: Agricultural review of 2020 and outlook for the year ahead
Agriculture
#BizTrends2021: Agricultural review of 2020 and outlook for the year ahead

John Hudson 6 Jan 2021

#Newsmaker: Motheo Matsau, Ster-Kinekor Theatres' acting CEO
Marketing & Media
#Newsmaker: Motheo Matsau, Ster-Kinekor Theatres' acting CEO

Jessica Tennant 7 Dec 2020

Cabinet approves measures to address threatened biodiversity
ESG & Sustainability
Cabinet approves measures to address threatened biodiversity

25 Nov 2020

Shutterstock
Healthcare
South Africa is testing digital technology to detect outbreaks of respiratory diseases

Cheryl Cohen & Sibongile Walaza 5 Nov 2020

Building back better on food and agriculture
Agriculture
Building back better on food and agriculture

QU Dongyu 10 Sep 2020

Lizeth Kruger, national clinic manager, Dis-Chem
Healthcare
#WomensMonth: Covid-19 taught Lizeth Kruger to adapt to change

Nicci Botha 27 Aug 2020

Congolese artist Chris Shongo paints on the outside wall of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa on June 18, 2020.
Healthcare
Covid-19 shows that the DRC must invest in a health research industry

Dacquin M. Kasumba 14 Aug 2020

Census enumerators in Nairobi, Kenya. Countries need to collect comparable statistics about populations. SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images
Healthcare
Flaws in the collection of African population statistics block Covid-19 insights

Emmanuel Olamijuwon, Fidelia A. A. Dake & Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun 13 Aug 2020

Secure meat-hungry food systems to prevent next pandemic
Agriculture
Secure meat-hungry food systems to prevent next pandemic

Fatima Arkin 24 Jul 2020

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