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Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: How to blunt the impact
Agriculture
Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: How to blunt the impact

Wandile Sihlobo 6 Mar 2024

Ons Jabeur appointed World Food Programme Global Goodwill Ambassador
Lifestyle
Ons Jabeur appointed World Food Programme Global Goodwill Ambassador

7 Feb 2024

A logo of the World Food Program is seen at their headquarters after the WFP won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, in Rome, Italy 9 October 2020. Reuters/Remo Casilli/File Photo
ESG & Sustainability
WFP plans food relief for 270,000 Zimbabweans, poor harvest expected

Nyasha Chingono 5 Jan 2024

A man carries his bicycle over a flooded area in Muloza on the border with Mozambique after the tropical Cyclone Freddy, around 100km outside Blantyre, Malawi, 18 March 2023. Reuters/Esa Alexander
ESG & Sustainability
Extreme weather events under the spotlight as Africa Climate Summit kicks off

Hereward Holland 4 Sep 2023

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks
Agriculture
Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Carien du Plessis, Chris Mfula and Elias Biryabarema 15 Jun 2023

Renewing Black Sea grain deal critical for Africa, WFP boss says
Agriculture
Renewing Black Sea grain deal critical for Africa, WFP boss says

John Irish 20 Feb 2023

Are 'better-for-you' options helping to beat SA's breakfast cereals market crunch?
Retail
Are 'better-for-you' options helping to beat SA's breakfast cereals market crunch?

Issued by Insight Survey 1 Feb 2023

WFP plans food relief for 700,000 Zimbabweans
ESG & Sustainability
WFP plans food relief for 700,000 Zimbabweans

13 Sep 2022

Grain ship in Ukraine readies for journey to Africa
Agriculture
Grain ship in Ukraine readies for journey to Africa

Andrea Shalal 15 Aug 2022

Obstacles to overcome before Ukraine grain deal eases global food crisis
Agriculture
Obstacles to overcome before Ukraine grain deal eases global food crisis

Nigel Hunt 10 Aug 2022

Source: Deneen LT via
Agriculture
Russia/Ukraine grain export deal promises major benefits for poor countries. If it holds

Wandile Sihlobo 25 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (centre) at the recent WTO Ministerial meeting - at the MC12 Closing Press Conference, 17 June 2022.
Finance
Understanding the WTO Ministerial Meeting: What just happened and what's next?

Sean Doherty and Aditi Sara Verghese 24 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Healthcare
WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

Ukraine-Russia war likely to drive more global and local food insecurity
Agriculture
Ukraine-Russia war likely to drive more global and local food insecurity

29 Apr 2022

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight
ESG & Sustainability
Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Nafisa Eltahir and Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah 4 Apr 2022

Major food companies curb business activity in Russia
Retail
Major food companies curb business activity in Russia

9 Mar 2022

Source:123RF
Finance
Food price inflation pushes millions into poverty - the time to act is now

2 Mar 2022

Source: Africa Food Security via
Agriculture
Effects of Covid-19 on local food systems and rural livelihoods

23 Feb 2022

Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food - UN WFP
ESG & Sustainability
Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food - UN WFP

Giulia Paravicini 31 Jan 2022

UN WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch programme to support food system innovations in Rwanda
ESG & Sustainability
UN WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch programme to support food system innovations in Rwanda

7 Jan 2022

Global Citizen Live line-ups revealed for Lagos, Paris and NYC events
Lifestyle
Global Citizen Live line-ups revealed for Lagos, Paris and NYC events

Issued by OnPoint PR 11 Aug 2021

Herbalife Nutrition appoints first South African NAB member
Marketing & Media
Herbalife Nutrition appoints first South African NAB member

Issued by Clockwork Digital 13 May 2021

Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year
ESG & Sustainability
Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year

Maytaal Angel 6 May 2021

Covid-19 economic impact failed to put brakes on climate change - WMO report
ESG & Sustainability
Covid-19 economic impact failed to put brakes on climate change - WMO report

22 Apr 2021

DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge
Construction & Engineering
DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge

15 Mar 2021

A new way of processing cowpeas brings affordable nutrition to children
Agriculture
A new way of processing cowpeas brings affordable nutrition to children

Nokuthula Vilakati 15 Mar 2021

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response
Agriculture
Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response

Jules Siedenburg and John Paul Cauchi 26 Jan 2021

Children are going hungry, and their futures are on the line. Evidence from Ghana
Agriculture
Children are going hungry, and their futures are on the line. Evidence from Ghana

16 Nov 2020

Here's how community gardens can solve our food security crisis
ESG & Sustainability
Here's how community gardens can solve our food security crisis

Michael Rudolph 23 Oct 2020

Africa's young entrepreneurs can help in post-Covid recovery
Entrepreneurship
Africa's young entrepreneurs can help in post-Covid recovery

Kingsley Ighobora 13 Oct 2020

Africa has a growing food security problem: why it can't be fixed without proper data
Agriculture
Africa has a growing food security problem: why it can't be fixed without proper data

28 Aug 2020

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity
ESG & Sustainability
Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

23 Jul 2020

New UN report: Tens of millions more going hungry globally
ESG & Sustainability
New UN report: Tens of millions more going hungry globally

16 Jul 2020

'A food safety crisis now would bring SA's medical sector to its knees'
Agriculture
'A food safety crisis now would bring SA's medical sector to its knees'

22 Jun 2020

Covid-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system
Agriculture
Covid-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system

Kai Mausch, Michael Hauser, Todd Rosenstock and Wanjiku Gichohi-Wainaina 12 Jun 2020

AfDB unveils strategy roadmap to safeguard food security
Agriculture
AfDB unveils strategy roadmap to safeguard food security

9 Jun 2020

Marketing & Media
Cannes Lions reveals the Young Lions Live Award

4 Jun 2020

After Covid-19, Africa can build back better
ESG & Sustainability
After Covid-19, Africa can build back better

Amina J. Mohammed 28 May 2020

UN food agencies offer support to China
Agriculture
UN food agencies offer support to China

6 Feb 2020

WFP calls on global community to support hungry millions in Zim
ESG & Sustainability
WFP calls on global community to support hungry millions in Zim

31 Dec 2019

Farming in South Africa is under threat from climate change. Here's how
Agriculture
Farming in South Africa is under threat from climate change. Here's how

13 Nov 2019

Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general
Agriculture
Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general

27 Sep 2019

Lessons about housing from Ghana's Volta River project 50 years on
Property
Lessons about housing from Ghana's Volta River project 50 years on

Iain Jackson 26 Sep 2019

Ster-Kinekor Sales to air WFP's new "Feed our Future" ad campaign
Marketing & Media
Ster-Kinekor Sales to air WFP's new "Feed our Future" ad campaign

25 Sep 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zambian President Edgar Lungu meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in 2018. EPA-EFE/Alexei NikolskySputnik/Kremlin Pool
Finance
Russia in Africa: can it offer an alternative to the US and China?

János Besenyo 3 Jun 2019

#AfricaMonth: Taking drone solutions to new heights
Logistics & Transport
#AfricaMonth: Taking drone solutions to new heights

Evan-Lee Courie 29 May 2019

Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC’s North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA
Healthcare
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC's Ebola outbreak. Here are some

Mosoka Fallah 23 May 2019

2019 WSIS Forum concludes highlighting contributions of tech in achieving SDGs
ESG & Sustainability
2019 WSIS Forum concludes highlighting contributions of tech in achieving SDGs

17 Apr 2019

Photo: United Nations
Healthcare
#CycloneIdai: Cholera prevention and other relief efforts underway

3 Apr 2019

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