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Banking

FNB announces world-first digital banking solutions

Katja Hamilton 7 Oct 2022

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Healthcare

US to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports

David Shepardson 7 Oct 2022

APO Group celebrates its 15th anniversary by offering one-year press release distribution to 15 NGOs

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APO Group celebrates its 15th anniversary by offering one-year press release distribution to 15 NGOs

APO Group 7 Oct 2022

Google to establish its first African cloud region in South Africa

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Google to establish its first African cloud region in South Africa

6 Oct 2022

World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

Health & Social Welfare

World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

Andrea Shalal 6 Oct 2022

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Technology

Can we right-size inventory for hyperlocal shopping?

David Lancefield 6 Oct 2022

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Hospital Groups

Putting sustainability at the core of Africa's health

Jabulile Nhlapo 5 Oct 2022

Morocco issues first permits for cannabis production

Agribusiness

Morocco issues first permits for cannabis production

Ahmed El Jechtimi and Angus McDowall 5 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. A staff member works at the reception of the paystack online payment company in the government reserved area in Ikeja, in Lagos, Nigeria, June 21, 2018.

Funding

Africa sees record venture capital investment, bucking global decline

Joe Bavier 5 Oct 2022

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Retailers

Massmart prepares to shut Game stores in East and West Africa

5 Oct 2022

African countries to push for more fossil fuel projects at COP27

Coal, Oil & Gas

African countries to push for more fossil fuel projects at COP27

Wendell Roelf 5 Oct 2022

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought

Agri Tech

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified crops in response to drought

Alexander Winning 5 Oct 2022

New Lego store in Joburg first of its kind in Africa

Retailers

New Lego store in Joburg first of its kind in Africa

5 Oct 2022

Catch the EuroShop 2023 roadshow in Joburg and Cape Town

Exhibitions & Events

Catch the EuroShop 2023 roadshow in Joburg and Cape Town

Scan Display 5 Oct 2022

World's tallest timber apartment complex to be built in Zanzibar

Construction & Engineering

World's tallest timber apartment complex to be built in Zanzibar

4 Oct 2022

Logistics & Transport

$400m loan to improve Egyptian logistics, transport sectors

Moataz Mohamed, Nadine Awadalla and Lina Najem 4 Oct 2022

Image supplied: Barrows develops new commercial business parks for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Mauritius.

Mixed-Use Property

Barrows to build 4 new business parks in Mauritius

4 Oct 2022

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Art

Absa L'Atelier reveals category winners

4 Oct 2022

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Nigerian oil firm NNPC buys OVH Energy's downstream assets

MacDonald Dzirutwe 4 Oct 2022

APO Group appointed official public relations agency of the All Africa Music Awards (Afrima)

PR & Communications

APO Group appointed official public relations agency of the All Africa Music Awards (Afrima)

APO Group 4 Oct 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners September 2022

Media

Biz Most Read Award winners September 2022

Bizcommunity.com 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. An artist paints a mural as part of the "cholera" campaign to depict the suffering of cholera patients in Sanaa, Yemen; April 25, 2019.

Healthcare

Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates rising - WHO

Jennifer Rigby 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference.

Public Health

Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

Elias Biryabarema 3 Oct 2022

Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe, founder and executive chair of African Fashion International and Lucilla Booyzen, director of South African Fashion Week. Source: Supplied

Fashion & Homeware

South Africans selected for BoF 500 Global Fashion Leader Index

3 Oct 2022

Image supplied: Xabiso Vili has been crowned the World Slam Poetry Competition champion

Art

Xabiso Vili crowned World Poetry Slam Champion

3 Oct 2022

UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust - president

Food Security

UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust - president

Jorgelina do Rosario and Nigel Hunt 3 Oct 2022

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Wieden+Kennedy cofounder, Dan Wieden, dies

3 Oct 2022

APO Group enters partnership with leading Ghanaian media company EIB Network

PR & Communications

APO Group enters partnership with leading Ghanaian media company EIB Network

APO Group 3 Oct 2022

Botswana's Morupule aims to boost coal output by 50% with new mine

Mining

Botswana's Morupule aims to boost coal output by 50% with new mine

30 Sep 2022

Prosper Cashew hosts event to address challenges in Nigeria's cashew processing industry

Agro-processing

Prosper Cashew hosts event to address challenges in Nigeria's cashew processing industry

30 Sep 2022