If Africa is to achieve the sustainable development goals, it needs to prioritise women's access to finance...
1 day ago
Hundreds of millions more Africans are predicted to live in cities over the next three decades as the continent rapidly urbanises...
1 day ago
As Easter approaches, all over the world orders ramp up for chocolate bunnies and Easter eggs. But, have you ever thought about where chocolate comes from and its environmental impact?
1 day ago
The recently concluded 10th World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum emphasised the importance of the WSIS Action Lines as a key United Nations framework for progress on the Sustainable Development Goals...
2 days ago
Seventy years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), we do not only have cause to complain, far from it...
Olivier de Frouville 3 days ago
Vodacom on Tuesday, 9 April, announced that it will no longer be issuing plastic bags to customers at its stores, replacing them with brown paper bags...
12 Apr 2019
Every year, the world's most "liveable" cities are celebrated, in city rankings published by Mercer, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and Monocle Magazine...
Jenny McArthur and Tim Moonen 12 Apr 2019
The World Bank has launched its Africa Human Capital Plan, a new plan to help African countries strengthen their human capital by enabling the continent's young people to grow up with optimal health and equipped with the right skills to compete in the digitising global economy...
12 Apr 2019
This year marks the third edition of Inspiring Fifty South Africa, a non-profit initiative that benchmarks and awards the 50 most inspiring women in STEM...
11 Apr 2019
Solving environmental problems usually just means cleaning up the mess people have made. But scientists are increasingly interested in creating something valuable from pollution...
Maria Sotenko 11 Apr 2019
Sun Exchange has announced plans to solar power several Western Cape schools via its global funding platform...
11 Apr 2019
Drinks giant Pernod Ricard has launched its 2030 Sustainability and Responsibility roadmap as part of the company's Transform and Accelerate strategic plan...
10 Apr 2019
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia (BGFZ) has resulted in 100,000 Zambian households having gained access to clean energy...
10 Apr 2019
The adoption continues for the .africa (dotAfrica) geographic Top Level Domain (gLTD) as Africa's biggest multi-industry website, Bizcommunity, announced the launch of its dotAfrica website...
dotAfrica 9 Apr 2019
African countries barely existed when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris, France in 1948, three years after the end of the Second World War...
Franck Kuwonu 9 Apr 2019
Bizcommunity is proud to announce the launch of BIZ | Daily - a daily top story round-up, curated from across 18 industry sectors by most impressions and social media shares...
Bizcommunity.com 8 Apr 2019
Cyclone Idai struck Beira, the fourth largest city in Mozambique, in mid-March with torrential rains and winds of more than 190 km per hour...
Channing Arndt and Claudia Ringler 5 Apr 2019
Climate change is underway, and human activities such as urbanisation, industrialisation and food production are key contributors...
Silvio Caputo 4 Apr 2019
Khumo Theko, trend spotter at Flux Trends highlights and identifies new urban tribes that brands should be aware of when communicating to their consumers...
Juanita Pienaar 3 Apr 2019
Around 900,000 doses of cholera vaccine have been unloaded in Mozambique to help stave off a possible epidemic, in the wake of the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai.
3 Apr 2019
