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2025 Africa Impact Investment Awards announces winners

CSI & Philanthropy

2025 Africa Impact Investment Awards announces winners

13 Jun 2025

UNDP launches creative-tech incubator for early-stage African founders

Tech Startups

UNDP launches creative-tech incubator for early-stage African founders

5 Jun 2025

Cape Town to host Africa’s first creative-tech hub backed by UNDP, Uvu Africa

Technology

Cape Town to host Africa’s first creative-tech hub backed by UNDP, Uvu Africa

8 May 2025

Hook, Line and Sinker strengthens leadership team amid 2025 growth

Marketing

Hook, Line and Sinker strengthens leadership team amid 2025 growth

Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 19 Mar 2025

Hook, Line & Sinker celebrates 7 major client renewals for 2025

PR & Communications

Hook, Line & Sinker celebrates 7 major client renewals for 2025

Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 7 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters. Young residents carry water home after filling up a bottle at a community filling station in the informal settlement of Kanana after individuals died from cholera in Hammanskraal, South Africa, 24 May, 2023.

Finance

Former African presidents demand action as debt crisis reaches historic levels

Katja Hamilton 27 Feb 2025

Meet South Africa’s Entrepreneur Champion of 2024

PR & Communications

Meet South Africa’s Entrepreneur Champion of 2024

Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 26 Nov 2024

Climate Change

African countries shouldn’t have to borrow money to fix climate damage they never caused – economist

Carlos Lopes 6 Nov 2024

Hook, Line & Sinker wins international award for Creative PR and Communications Experts of the Year

PR & Communications

Hook, Line & Sinker wins international award for Creative PR and Communications Experts of the Year

Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 15 Oct 2024

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

PR & Communications

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

Adam Hunter, Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 5 Jun 2024

2023 Eco-Logic award

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

2024 Eco-Logic Awards - entries are now open

12 Apr 2024

Fund launched to empower young tech entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship

Fund launched to empower young tech entrepreneurs

26 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters.

Media

Somalia's first all-women newsroom spotlights female taboos

Abdi Sheikh 21 Sep 2023

Advertising

2022 Care Awards winners announced

16 Nov 2022

Northlink College receives ICT equipment from the UNDP with support from the Government of Japan

Higher Education

Northlink College receives ICT equipment from the UNDP with support from the Government of Japan

Thozamile Thomas Mvumvu, Issued by Northlink College 29 Mar 2022

NWU awards honorary doctorate to politician Dr Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

Higher Education

NWU awards honorary doctorate to politician Dr Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 22 Nov 2021

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Agri Tech

Ghana's rice farmers need finance for new technologies, but banks don't trust them

Philip Tetteh Quarshie and Evan Fraser 27 Sep 2021

Seed Awards winners announced

Social Entrepreneurship

Seed Awards winners announced

14 Jul 2021

Maker spaces give engineers and designers the tools to build low-cost medical equipment using locally available materials.
Brandon Martin, Rice University, CC BY-NC-ND

Covid-19

'Frugal design' brings medical innovations to communities that lack resources during the pandemic

Rebecca Richards-Kortum & Theresa Mkandawire 31 Mar 2021

DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge

Smart Buildings & Cities

DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge

15 Mar 2021

Saretec celebrates graduation of newly certified wind turbine service technicians

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Saretec celebrates graduation of newly certified wind turbine service technicians

18 Dec 2020

Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 in the midst of Covid-19

ESG & Sustainability

Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 in the midst of Covid-19

Lungile Manzini 9 Sep 2020

'We women need to help our sisters reach for the stars' - Onyi Nwaneri, Afrika Tikkun Services

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

'We women need to help our sisters reach for the stars' - Onyi Nwaneri, Afrika Tikkun Services

19 Aug 2020

Covid-19 lays bare impact of inequality, historical privilege

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Covid-19 lays bare impact of inequality, historical privilege

Steve Nicholls 30 Jul 2020

#YouthMonth: Staring down the barrel of youth unemployment

Education & Skills Development

#YouthMonth: Staring down the barrel of youth unemployment

Onyinye Nwaneri 1 Jun 2020

SANParks distributes food parcels to destitute communities

Tourism

SANParks distributes food parcels to destitute communities

20 May 2020

Erica Elk, founding executive director of the Craft & Design Institute

Trends

#BizTrends2020: Design thinking to rise in the public sector

Erica Elk 15 Jan 2020

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Events & Conferencing

Africa's greatest asset is its youth

Hanan Morsy 13 Dec 2019

New report: Africa gains development ground but new inequalities emerging

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

New report: Africa gains development ground but new inequalities emerging

12 Dec 2019

Youth must have a seat at the table to unlock jobs and economic growth

Recruitment

Youth must have a seat at the table to unlock jobs and economic growth

9 Dec 2019

Youth development tops AEC 2019 agenda

Youth Employment

Youth development tops AEC 2019 agenda

2 Dec 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

ESG

The path to sustainable structural transformation in Africa

22 Nov 2019

Ricardo Gomez Angel via

Agri Tech

Drone Users Conference 2019 takes flight

22 Nov 2019

ANPI announces top 10 finalists

Awards

ANPI announces top 10 finalists

15 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

ESG

UN enlists influencers to drive Africa's development agenda

10 Oct 2019

Developing entrepreneurs for inclusive economic growth

Community

Developing entrepreneurs for inclusive economic growth

Jacques Vermeulen 3 Sep 2019

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Research

'No real development in Africa without regional integration'

Kingsley Ighobor 21 May 2019

DoE launches wind resource map

Energy

DoE launches wind resource map

9 May 2019

2019 WSIS Forum concludes highlighting contributions of tech in achieving SDGs

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

2019 WSIS Forum concludes highlighting contributions of tech in achieving SDGs

17 Apr 2019

Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Rwanda has a booming economy that is controlled by an authoritarian regime Christian Marquardt/EPA-EFE

Markets & Investment

Rwanda's economic growth has given its strong state even more power

Marie E Berry & Laura Mann 27 Mar 2019

LifeStyles Condoms to support Youth against Aids in southern Africa

Health & Social Welfare

LifeStyles Condoms to support Youth against Aids in southern Africa

Issued by ACDOCO SA 12 Feb 2019

Plastic in the oceans is not the fault of the global south

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Plastic in the oceans is not the fault of the global south

Alisa Greenwood-Nguyen and Robin J. Roth 1 Feb 2019

Africa Centre for Climate and Sustainable Development launched

Climate Change

Africa Centre for Climate and Sustainable Development launched

29 Jan 2019

Task force on digital financing of UN SDGs launched

ESG & Sustainability

Task force on digital financing of UN SDGs launched

31 Dec 2018

Lamin M. Manneh is director, UNDP Regional Service For Africa.

Marketing & Media

Enabling youth entrepreneurship in Africa

Lamin M. Manneh 7 Dec 2018

#AEC2018: Freedom of movement essential for Africa's transformation

Marketing

#AEC2018: Freedom of movement essential for Africa's transformation

7 Dec 2018

#AEC2018: Accelerating AfCFTA to create growth for Africa

Marketing

#AEC2018: Accelerating AfCFTA to create growth for Africa

7 Dec 2018