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Sars increases customs duties: What it means for your online retail orders

Retail

Sars increases customs duties: What it means for your online retail orders

Chetan Vanmali, Yael Shafrir, Emily Gammon, Sidrah Suliman, Lauren Jimmy & Danica Jonker 1 day

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Congo brings forward launch of mpox vaccine drive

Sonia Rolley 1 day

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Africa CDC confident it can raise $600m for mpox response

Anait Miridzhanian 1 day

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

WHO clears Bavarian Nordic's vaccine for mpox, sets up access scheme

Manas Mishra and Mrinmay Dey 2 days

Source: National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

Healthcare

Mpox: No global lockdowns, emphasis on increased education, vigilance, airport screening and monitoring

Katja Hamilton 24 Aug 2024

SADC Tourism Alliance: Southern Africa remains low-risk for mpox

Tourism & Travel

SADC Tourism Alliance: Southern Africa remains low-risk for mpox

21 Aug 2024

Source: National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

Healthcare

Mpox outbreak in Africa was neglected – it could now turn into the next global pandemic

21 Aug 2024

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Emergent to donate 50,000 vaccine doses to address mpox outbreak in Africa

20 Aug 2024

Healthcare

WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency

15 Aug 2024

Bryn Roberts’ Coast 2 Congo adventure with Dunlop Tyres

Automotive

Bryn Roberts’ Coast 2 Congo adventure with Dunlop Tyres

Issued by Sumitomo Dunlop 13 Aug 2024

Finance

RMB: Africa's top investment destinations

12 Aug 2024

TikTok's inaugural Visionary Voices Africa List 2024

Lifestyle

TikTok's inaugural Visionary Voices Africa List 2024

8 Aug 2024

Glencore has finally reached closure on the DRC criminal case

Energy & Mining

Glencore closes DRC criminal investigations

5 Aug 2024

Source: Alexas_Fotos via

Logistics & Transport

Tanzania launches $3.1bn railway to enhance infrastructure, trade

Nuzulack Dausen 5 Aug 2024

2024 GoGettaz Agripreneur finalists announced

Agriculture

2024 GoGettaz Agripreneur finalists announced

5 Aug 2024

Image source: Sasin Paraksa –

HR & Management

Is the green economy the key to job creation in Africa?

2 Aug 2024

Drones optimise last-mile deliveries and healthcare access

Logistics & Transport

Drones optimise last-mile deliveries and healthcare access

30 Jul 2024

The Continental Energy Investment Forum 2024 brought together the Africa Energy Colloquium.

Energy & Mining

African energy ministers call for more collaboration

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jul 2024

TotalEnergies injected some positivity in its share price when news broke of its intention to exit the offshore gas project in South Africa.

Energy & Mining

Despite SA plans, TotalEnergies still plays key role in Africa

4 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Congo authorities approve mpox vaccines to try to contain outbreak

1 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied

Tourism & Travel

Qatar Airways expands in Africa, lands in Kinshasa

14 Jun 2024

Omnia turns to battery metals to boost explosives business

Energy & Mining

Omnia turns to battery metals to boost explosives business

Nelson Banya 10 Jun 2024

June's cinematic delights: New releases and Encounters Film Festival

Lifestyle

June's cinematic delights: New releases and Encounters Film Festival

Daniel Dercksen 5 Jun 2024

Source: Reuters.

Legal

Congo lawyers say they have new evidence on Apple's minerals supply chain

Sonia Rolley 23 May 2024

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Kenya's KCB Group first quarter pretax profit up 53%

George Obulutsa 22 May 2024

Wits students set up Palestinian solidarity encampment

Education

Wits students set up Palestinian solidarity encampment

Ihsaan Haffejee 16 May 2024

Refugee and former car guard graduates with a PhD

Education

Refugee and former car guard graduates with a PhD

Mary-Anne Gontsana 10 May 2024

Source: AstraZeneca.

Healthcare

AstraZeneca admits to rare Covid-19 vaccine side effects in legal filing

30 Apr 2024

Trafficked Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller premiers this May

Marketing & Media

Trafficked Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller premiers this May

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 30 Apr 2024

Global Citizen announces winners of Global Citizen Prize and Cisco Youth Leadership Award

ESG & Sustainability

Global Citizen announces winners of Global Citizen Prize and Cisco Youth Leadership Award

Issued by OnPoint PR 12 Apr 2024

Operations officially launched at AGL Lobito Terminal to strengthen the Lobito corridor

Logistics & Transport

Operations officially launched at AGL Lobito Terminal to strengthen the Lobito corridor

Issued by Africa Global Logistics 2 Apr 2024

A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how

Automotive

A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how

Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Waqas Uzair, Yasir Arafat 26 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

To tackle poverty, Africa needs welfarist policies and people-centred development - Adesina

4 Apr 2024

Source: @Twitter/KCB Group.

Finance

KCB Group to sell National Bank of Kenya, report says

Duncan Miriri 20 Mar 2024

Marketing & Media

Detained Congolese journalist Bujakera has been freed, lawyer says

Bate Felix 20 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Bohani Hlungwane, head of trade and working capital, Pan-Africa, Absa CIB.

Finance

No more business-as-usual in African capital markets

Bohani Hlungwane and Ovizikhungo Sicwetsha 22 Mar 2024

Source: LinkedIn.

Finance

Mastercard & MTN partner to advance financial inclusion and SME growth in Africa

15 Mar 2024

How South Africa's automotive sector is navigating the green transition

Automotive

How South Africa's automotive sector is navigating the green transition

Justin Manson 12 Mar 2024

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is seen in Washington, D.C., USA. Source: Reuters/Andrew Kelly

ICT

Unanimous ruling favours Big Tech in DRC child labour cobalt claim

Jonathan Stempel 6 Mar 2024

Finance

South Africa's battle against greylisting: a year on

Hawken McEwan 4 Mar 2024

Marketing & Media

Congolese journalist denied provisional release after months in detention

Ange Kasongo, Nellie Peyton and Bate Felix 29 Feb 2024

Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo are among poorly-funded humanitarian crises for which the United Nations on Tuesday said it was allocating $100m - one of the lowest amounts released from its Central Emergency Response Fund in recent years. Image source: Reuters

ESG & Sustainability

UN earmarks $100m for poorly funded humanitarian crises

Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber 21 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Economic growth falls to 3.2% in 2023, African Development Bank

Rachel Savage 16 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Viebeg's chief executive officer, Tobias Reiter and chief commercial officer Alex Musyoka.

Healthcare

How one African health tech firm is expanding access to affordable health care in Africa

12 Feb 2024

Image source: mohamed abdelghaffar from

Legal

Lithium Fire Report: A global roadmap for lithium investors

8 Feb 2024

Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad speaks during the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2023 conference in Cape Town. Source: Reuters/Shelley Christians

Energy & Mining

#MI24: Anglo American considers further cost cuts as PGM crisis deepens

Felix Njini and Veronica Brown 5 Feb 2024

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets with President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi inside the Madama Palace (Senate) as Italy hosts the Italy-Africa summit in Rome, Italy. Source: Reuters/Remo Casilli

Energy & Mining

Italy joins race for African energy in new deal

Angelo Amante and Crispian Balmer 30 Jan 2024