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Droga5's Once Upon a Future campaign for the UN to engage the youth

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests $50m in Namibia, boosting production capacity by 30%

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests $50m in Namibia, boosting production capacity by 30%

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The Coca-Cola System in Africa unveils Water Stewardship Initiative

The Coca-Cola System in Africa unveils Water Stewardship Initiative

16 Sep 2024

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Three outstanding African innovators walk away with Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2017.

Africa's top innovators announced

31 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: Does your brand walk its CSR talk?

Sindy Peters 21 Jul 2017

'Sixth extinction' of wildlife faster than feared: scientists

12 Jul 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Is southern Africa facing a food security disaster?

Alex Porter and Stellah Kwasi 29 Jun 2017

Mobile phone powered solar electricity for Nigeria

28 Jun 2017

2017 SERAS CSR Awards now open

2017 SERAS CSR Awards now open

21 Jun 2017

Clockwise, left to right: Julie Rezek, president of HackerAgency in North America; Josephine Pan, managing director at FCB Shanghai; Suhana Gordhan, creative director at FCB Joburg; Swati Bhattacharya, chief creative officer at FCB Ulka; and Joanna Monteiro, chief creative officer at FCB Brazil.

Here are the women - FCB's female dynamos tell it like it is

Leigh Andrews 1 Jun 2017

Dinesh Buldoo, director, transmission and distribution, WSP, Africa

Namibia is all set to power up on wind

31 May 2017

Entries close on 18 April for the SingularityU Southern Africa GIC

Entries close on 18 April for the SingularityU Southern Africa GIC

Mann Made 12 Apr 2017

Building a sustainable future in a changing landscape

Building a sustainable future in a changing landscape

Danette Breitenbach 22 Sep 2016

Why it's time Africa features in global plans to manage air pollution

Why it's time Africa features in global plans to manage air pollution

15 Jul 2016

Digitizing agriculture and growing knowledge

Digitizing agriculture and growing knowledge

Cari Van Wyk 18 Apr 2016

LorettaLynn via

Getting seeds where it's needed

12 Apr 2016

The eight students at the Wilderness Safaris Damaraland Adventure Camp where the first part of the course was offered - photo by Gerhard van Niekerk.

Amarula Trust training new generation field guides

2 Mar 2016

The Women in News editors and senior journalists from Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania. Rwandan Women in News journalists will join the programme soon.

Women in News has first 2016 Africa meeting

21 Jan 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa remains in grip of extreme poverty

Sub-Saharan Africa remains in grip of extreme poverty

15 Oct 2015

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

16 Sep 2015

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

14 Sep 2015

Google makes $10,000 available for NPOs in South Africa, Botswana & Kenya

Google makes $10,000 available for NPOs in South Africa, Botswana & Kenya

3 Sep 2015

Drought, climate change and forestry: the role of science and technology

Drought, climate change and forestry: the role of science and technology

Mandi Smallhorne 25 Aug 2015

More than half of the continent’s population relies directly or indirectly on forests for livelihood

Africa to debate the sustainable future of forests

3 Aug 2015

Zimbabwe company inks USD1.1bn thermal power deal with China

Zimbabwe company inks USD1.1bn thermal power deal with China

27 Jul 2015

Mozambique destroys over two tonnes of contraband ivory, rhino horn

Mozambique destroys over two tonnes of contraband ivory, rhino horn

8 Jul 2015

Why haven't Madagascar's famed lemurs been saved yet?

Why haven't Madagascar's famed lemurs been saved yet?

Julia P G Jones 1 Jul 2015

Eco-friendly Engen for Réunion

Eco-friendly Engen for Réunion

12 Jun 2015

Climate change to be a game-changer

11 Jun 2015

Cash-only Malawi moving forward to digital payments

4 May 2015

Female millennials are the most confident and ambitious of any female generation

Female millennials are the most confident and ambitious of any female generation

5 Mar 2015

Public urged to join Gift of Light campaign for festive season

Public urged to join Gift of Light campaign for festive season

19 Dec 2014

Engen rolls out EV charging stations in Réunion

Engen rolls out EV charging stations in Réunion

29 Sep 2014

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Three outstanding African innovators walk away with Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2017.

Africa's top innovators announced

31 Jul 2017

#CSIMonth: Does your brand walk its CSR talk?

Sindy Peters 21 Jul 2017

'Sixth extinction' of wildlife faster than feared: scientists

12 Jul 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Is southern Africa facing a food security disaster?

Alex Porter and Stellah Kwasi 29 Jun 2017

Mobile phone powered solar electricity for Nigeria

28 Jun 2017

2017 SERAS CSR Awards now open

2017 SERAS CSR Awards now open

21 Jun 2017

Clockwise, left to right: Julie Rezek, president of HackerAgency in North America; Josephine Pan, managing director at FCB Shanghai; Suhana Gordhan, creative director at FCB Joburg; Swati Bhattacharya, chief creative officer at FCB Ulka; and Joanna Monteiro, chief creative officer at FCB Brazil.

Here are the women - FCB's female dynamos tell it like it is

Leigh Andrews 1 Jun 2017

Dinesh Buldoo, director, transmission and distribution, WSP, Africa

Namibia is all set to power up on wind

31 May 2017

Entries close on 18 April for the SingularityU Southern Africa GIC

Entries close on 18 April for the SingularityU Southern Africa GIC

Mann Made 12 Apr 2017

Building a sustainable future in a changing landscape

Building a sustainable future in a changing landscape

Danette Breitenbach 22 Sep 2016

Why it's time Africa features in global plans to manage air pollution

Why it's time Africa features in global plans to manage air pollution

15 Jul 2016

Digitizing agriculture and growing knowledge

Digitizing agriculture and growing knowledge

Cari Van Wyk 18 Apr 2016

LorettaLynn via

Getting seeds where it's needed

12 Apr 2016

The eight students at the Wilderness Safaris Damaraland Adventure Camp where the first part of the course was offered - photo by Gerhard van Niekerk.

Amarula Trust training new generation field guides

2 Mar 2016

The Women in News editors and senior journalists from Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania. Rwandan Women in News journalists will join the programme soon.

Women in News has first 2016 Africa meeting

21 Jan 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa remains in grip of extreme poverty

Sub-Saharan Africa remains in grip of extreme poverty

15 Oct 2015

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

WWF: global marine populations slashed by half since 1970

16 Sep 2015

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

Empowering women can help drive sustainable forest use in Africa

14 Sep 2015

Google makes $10,000 available for NPOs in South Africa, Botswana & Kenya

Google makes $10,000 available for NPOs in South Africa, Botswana & Kenya

3 Sep 2015

Drought, climate change and forestry: the role of science and technology

Drought, climate change and forestry: the role of science and technology

Mandi Smallhorne 25 Aug 2015

More than half of the continent’s population relies directly or indirectly on forests for livelihood

Africa to debate the sustainable future of forests

3 Aug 2015

Zimbabwe company inks USD1.1bn thermal power deal with China

Zimbabwe company inks USD1.1bn thermal power deal with China

27 Jul 2015

Mozambique destroys over two tonnes of contraband ivory, rhino horn

Mozambique destroys over two tonnes of contraband ivory, rhino horn

8 Jul 2015

Why haven't Madagascar's famed lemurs been saved yet?

Why haven't Madagascar's famed lemurs been saved yet?

Julia P G Jones 1 Jul 2015

Eco-friendly Engen for Réunion

Eco-friendly Engen for Réunion

12 Jun 2015

Climate change to be a game-changer

11 Jun 2015

Cash-only Malawi moving forward to digital payments

4 May 2015

Female millennials are the most confident and ambitious of any female generation

Female millennials are the most confident and ambitious of any female generation

5 Mar 2015

Public urged to join Gift of Light campaign for festive season

Public urged to join Gift of Light campaign for festive season

19 Dec 2014

Engen rolls out EV charging stations in Réunion

Engen rolls out EV charging stations in Réunion

29 Sep 2014

Free broadcast text message could save lives in Africa each year. Floods in South Africa killed at least 32 people in March. Image: Vanessa O'Neale Crous

Text messages may save lives in flood-prone Africa

26 Mar 2014

First bursaries awarded by Regenesys and Microsoft 4Afrika

First bursaries awarded by Regenesys and Microsoft 4Afrika

10 Mar 2014

Four government ministers in Tanzania have been fired over their alleged involvement in rhino and elephant poaching.Image:

Tanzania fires ministers over anti-poaching abuses

24 Dec 2013

African philanthropists push for prosperity

African philanthropists push for prosperity

Kingsley Ighobor 19 Dec 2013

Practical approaches on how to tackle the global waste problem

Practical approaches on how to tackle the global waste problem

Alan Kahn 13 Sep 2013

Open for business

Open for business

Bizcommunity.com 11 Sep 2013

Widespread drought threatens 400,000

Widespread drought threatens 400,000

9 Aug 2013

Africa's food security improves

Africa's food security improves

7 Aug 2013

Malnutrition stunts Swaziland's growth

Malnutrition stunts Swaziland's growth

1 Aug 2013

Unilever says Africa is next growth market

Unilever says Africa is next growth market

21 Jun 2013