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The power of a sticky tension: Why growth starts with people

The power of a sticky tension: Why growth starts with people

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Nespresso Professional brings premium coffee to SA’s SMEs with new Giorno Mini

Nespresso Professional brings premium coffee to SA’s SMEs with new Giorno Mini

Nespresso 9 Sep 2026

Members of the Civil Protection, a local community-based team that works to help mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus and ensure burials happen safely and quickly, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), carry a wooden coffin before loading the body of an unidentified man, who, according to his family, died of Ebola, as they attend to retrieve it from his house, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

DRC’s Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn’tJia B. Kangbai

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Source: Supplied. Ethos' chief executive officer, Peter Hayward-Butt will continue in his role.

Markets & Investment

Ethos Private Equity announces its imminent buyout

22 Nov 2022

Mattel launches NFT marketplace

E-commerce

Mattel launches NFT marketplace

22 Nov 2022

New desalination plant points towards Morocco's drought response

Infrastructure & Utilities

New desalination plant points towards Morocco's drought response

Ahmed Eljechtimi 22 Nov 2022

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

Climate Change

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

Mark Maslin, Priti Parikh, Richard Taylor, Simon Chin-Yee 22 Nov 2022

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Skills Training

Apply for Play Africa Design Thinking with Children Fellowship 2023

18 Nov 2022

Source: Pula Advisors.

Insurance & Actuarial

Closing the gender gap in digital microinsurance among women smallholders in Africa

Katja Hamilton 18 Nov 2022

Russian grain could be exported as flour to Africa via Turkey - Erdogan

Food Security

Russian grain could be exported as flour to Africa via Turkey - Erdogan

Yesim Dikmen and Ece Toksabay 18 Nov 2022

Gates Foundation pledges $7bn for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Gates Foundation pledges $7bn for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash

Ayenat Mersie 18 Nov 2022

EU, 4 member countries to provide over €1bn for climate adaptation in Africa - official

Climate Change

EU, 4 member countries to provide over €1bn for climate adaptation in Africa - official

Kate Abnett and Yasmin Hussein 17 Nov 2022

Africa deserves right to use natural gas reserves - AfDB president

Coal, Oil & Gas

Africa deserves right to use natural gas reserves - AfDB president

Simon Jessop and Emilie Madi 16 Nov 2022

Saipem wins $800m offshore deals in Middle East and Africa

Coal, Oil & Gas

Saipem wins $800m offshore deals in Middle East and Africa

Alvise Armellini 15 Nov 2022

African super app Yassir to launch its on-demand grocery delivery services in SA

Funding

African super app Yassir to launch its on-demand grocery delivery services in SA

15 Nov 2022

An armful of scientific evidence underpins Africa's case at COP27

Climate Change

An armful of scientific evidence underpins Africa's case at COP27

Duncan MacFadyen and Rendani Nenguda 15 Nov 2022

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Pharmaceuticals

AstraZeneca and partners act for equitable cancer care across Africa

14 Nov 2022

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Banking

The Egyptian Banking Institute launches executive programme for the African banking sector

14 Nov 2022

Curb on rights weakens Egypt's climate talks, campaigners say

Climate Change

Curb on rights weakens Egypt's climate talks, campaigners say

Dominic Evans 14 Nov 2022

Vodacom hit by Ethiopia network roll-out

Telecoms & Networks

Vodacom hit by Ethiopia network roll-out

14 Nov 2022

TFG CEO Anthony Thunstrom. Source: Supplied

Retailers

TFG upbeat about growth despite load shedding, economic pressures

11 Nov 2022

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Nairobi, Kenya, File. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Criminal Law

Kenyan court drops $60m corruption case against deputy president

Humphrey Malalo 11 Nov 2022

Source: Blnk

Funding

Egyptian startup Blnk raises $32m in funding round

Mahmoud Salama 10 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Insurance & Actuarial

African insurers take up climate change fight with $14bn pledge

10 Nov 2022

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Retail Marketing

Ye and Adidas break up: Why brand marriages sometimes go bad

Pankhuri Malhotra 10 Nov 2022

Zimbabwe miners say costs, power shortages dampen 2023 growth prospects

Mining

Zimbabwe miners say costs, power shortages dampen 2023 growth prospects

Nyasha Chingono 10 Nov 2022

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Fashion & Homeware

Levi's appoints Michelle Gass as president and CEO-in-waiting

10 Nov 2022

Transparency International seeks probe of Madagascar's lychee market

Agro-processing

Transparency International seeks probe of Madagascar's lychee market

Sudip Kar-Gupta 10 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. On-ground app demonstrations by the Yabx onboarding team educating the new-to-credit segments on how to apply for credits and loans through the platform.

Financial Services

Yabx enters Nigeria market, aims to double its growth in Africa

9 Nov 2022

Namibia secures €540m in climate finance at COP27

Climate Change

Namibia secures €540m in climate finance at COP27

Nyasha Nyaungwa 9 Nov 2022

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Financial Services

Prudential appoints new chief executive officer for Africa

9 Nov 2022

Gina Gapp

Research

Senior research hires for Verve in Chicago, Sydney and London

VERVE 9 Nov 2022

Court asks striking Kenya Airways pilots to resume work

Travel

Court asks striking Kenya Airways pilots to resume work

Duncan Miriri and Jeff Kahinju 9 Nov 2022

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