The distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine from drugmakers to billions of people around the world is likely to be the supply chain management profession's greatest endeavour ever...
20 Nov 2020
TOURISM & TRAVEL
Airline health advice has so far mostly focused on staying hydrated and avoiding deep vein thrombosis. What passengers really want, however, is free hand masks, hand sanitiser and more space between passengers...
Ramon Zenel Shaban and Cristina Sotomayor-Castill 4 hours ago
RETAIL
For its inaugural investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, The PepsiCo Foundation will introduce programmes to improve access to water and sanitation for thousands of people in South Africa...
8 hours ago
MARKETING & MEDIA
At the close of 2019, marketing agency HaveYouHeard won the integrated account for the Campari Africa business in a four-way creative pitch...
HaveYouHeard 9 hours ago
CSI & SUSTAINABILITY
In 2020, countries were to come forward with plans for stronger emissions cuts to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement...
1 day ago
MARKETING & MEDIA
Under the theme "Communication in a Changing World; Challenges and Opportunities", Zambia will make history as the first African nation to host the World Communication Forum, from 24-25 November 2020...
20 Nov 2020
MARKETING & MEDIA
Africa's foremost branding agency, HKLM, is celebrating two branding wins this month: Glo, Nigeria's second largest telecommunications operator has been acknowledged as Nigeria's most popular brand in 2020 by Top 50 Brands Nigeria, and the 28th most admired African brand for 2020 in Brand Africa's annual survey...
HKLM 20 Nov 2020
CSI & SUSTAINABILITY
The Namibia Hake Trawl and Longline Fishery has become the first fishery in Namibia, and the second in Africa, to meet the globally recognised standard for sustainable fishing set by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)...
MSC 19 Nov 2020
HEALTHCARE
The World Health Organisation (WHO) introduced an essential medicine list in 1977. The aim was to help countries prioritise which medicines to make available for public use...
Allyson M Pollock, Moses Ocan & Petra Sevcikova 19 Nov 2020
ENERGY & MINING
Blockchain is expected to play an essential role as African countries transition towards a distributed, digitised, and decentralised power system...
19 Nov 2020
TOURISM & TRAVEL
With world arrivals forecast to be down 50% by the end of 2020, the global travel supply chain is under immense pressure...
19 Nov 2020
AGRICULTURE
Researchers examined effect of mobile phone and internet access on farming...
Eldon Opiyo 19 Nov 2020
TOURISM & TRAVEL
Academics and others concerned with benefitting from peer professional collaboration can use Covid-19 disruptions as an opportunity to improve conferences through smart design...
Caleb Wellum, Anne Pasek and Emily Roehl 18 Nov 2020
CSI & SUSTAINABILITY
Standard Chartered conducted a survey earlier this year among a panel of the world's top 300 investment firms with total assets under management (AUM) of more than $50tn...
18 Nov 2020
LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT
It's high time the international shipping industry radically curbed its emissions. The industry must set a net-zero target and adopt a realistic plan to meet it...
Christiaan De Beukelaer 18 Nov 2020
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING
Adjaye Associates has revealed the design for the new Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) in Edo State, Southern Nigeria...
18 Nov 2020
RETAIL
Enygma Ventures has invested R9.2m in Black Mamba Foods, an Eswatini-based ethical producer of specialty food products...
17 Nov 2020
RETAIL
Clothes shops are among the worst-hit retailers from the coronavirus pandemic, but luxury brands appear to be weathering the conditions relatively well...
Shaun Borstrock 17 Nov 2020
TOURISM & TRAVEL
Entries are open for Reigniting Africa, a new award category in the inaugural WTM Africa Travel & Tourism Awards to acknowledge the most impactful, story-driven Covid-19 campaign...
17 Nov 2020
LIFESTYLE
The South African chapter of Women in Music (WiM) will be hosting its first webinar, alongside co-host Africa Rising Music Conference (ARMC), on 19 November 2020...
17 Nov 2020
