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Caps collected from used plastic bottles are stored in a bucket at the Waste museum in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 23 February 2022. Reuters/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

ESG & Sustainability

Nigeria to ban single-use plastics next year

Isaac Anyaogu 26 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

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

4 Apr 2024

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Construction & Engineering

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Nyasha Nyaungwa 7 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Belgium drafting new fuel quality law targeting exports to Africa

3 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Dollar retreats as Fed pause eyed; US debt deal clears House

Rae Wee 1 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Indian labs to give 'top priority' to tests on cough syrup exports - regulator

25 May 2023

Marketing & Media

TikTok CEO Shou Chew shares message with Americans ahead of Congress appearance

22 Mar 2023

The US has more than a 100 million TikTok users with many being GenZ. Source:

Marketing & Media

US government threatens TikTok ban unless Chinese owners divest

17 Mar 2023

Our buildings are driving us closer to 'climate hell' - how do we get back on course to net zero?

Construction & Engineering

Our buildings are driving us closer to 'climate hell' - how do we get back on course to net zero?

Anna Hurlimann, Georgia Warren-Myers, Judy Bush 10 Nov 2022

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Legal

African energy transition policies and regulatory developments - Part 2

4 Nov 2022

Finance

Binance launches new global advisory board

26 Sep 2022

Why public relations (PR) professionals need to mind their language when working in Africa

Marketing & Media

Why public relations (PR) professionals need to mind their language when working in Africa

Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, Issued by APO Group 9 Sep 2022

Nigeria hasn't been able to produce steel: remanufacturing could be the solution

Construction & Engineering

Nigeria hasn't been able to produce steel: remanufacturing could be the solution

Okechukwu Okorie and Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi 21 Jul 2022

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Energy & Mining

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi and Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke 30 Mar 2022

Finance

Negative risk sentiment expected to continue; exporters' opportunity to cover short-term exposure

Andre Cilliers 27 Jan 2022

Healthcare

FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: Future of transformation - beyond BEE

HR & Management

#BizTrends2022: Future of transformation - beyond BEE

Leanne Emery 5 Jan 2022

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Finance

SA earns over half of investment banking fees in sub-Saharan Africa

12 Oct 2021

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

Agriculture

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

4 Oct 2021

Nigeria foresees 2022 oil production at 1.88 million bpd, GDP growth of 4.2%

Energy & Mining

Nigeria foresees 2022 oil production at 1.88 million bpd, GDP growth of 4.2%

Camillus Eboh 23 Sep 2021

Want to act on climate change but not sure how? Tweaking these 3 parts of your life will make the biggest difference

ESG & Sustainability

Want to act on climate change but not sure how? Tweaking these 3 parts of your life will make the biggest difference

Andreas Chai 10 Sep 2021

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Energy & Mining

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Kerry Rippy 30 Aug 2021

Ethiopia to build local rival to Facebook and other platforms

ICT

Ethiopia to build local rival to Facebook and other platforms

23 Aug 2021

A woman walks over pipelines crisscrossing Ogoniland in Rivers State, Nigeria September 18, 2020. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde//File Photo

Energy & Mining

Nigerian lawmakers pass historic oil overhaul bill

Libby George & Camillus Eboh 2 Jul 2021

Quarantine hotels: A history of controversy and occasional comfort

Tourism & Travel

Quarantine hotels: A history of controversy and occasional comfort

Kevin James 17 May 2021

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

Agriculture

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

29 Apr 2021

Energy & Mining

More coal-fired power or 100% renewables? For the next few decades, both paths are wrong

22 Apr 2021

Dr Cyprian Ngong, a staff member of National Hospital, Abuja, receives Covid-19 vaccine. Adam Abu-basha/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Healthcare

Nigeria at sixes and sevens on Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Solomon Bakarey 15 Mar 2021

Winning the future

Marketing & Media

Winning the future

Issued by Dentsu 23 Feb 2021

10 biggest startup layoffs in 2020 hit 25,500

Entrepreneurship

10 biggest startup layoffs in 2020 hit 25,500

Justinas Baltrusaitis 13 Jan 2021

Healthcare

#BizTrends2021: African demands for post-Covid healthcare align impact with investor opportunity in 2021

Jason Mitchell 11 Jan 2021

A Covid-19 test in Utah. The country’s pandemic response has been politicised, making comprehensive changes to public health more difficult.
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Healthcare

Poor US pandemic response will reverberate in healthcare politics for years, health scholars warn

Simon F Haeder & Sarah E Gollust 4 Nov 2020

Why the batteries of electric vehicles should be repurposed

Automotive

Why the batteries of electric vehicles should be repurposed

Lance Dickerson 28 Oct 2020

There aren't enough batteries to electrify all cars - focus on trucks and buses instead

Logistics & Transport

There aren't enough batteries to electrify all cars - focus on trucks and buses instead

Cameron Roberts 31 Jul 2020

Preventing Covid-19 from becoming a hunger crisis in Africa

Agriculture

Preventing Covid-19 from becoming a hunger crisis in Africa

Mimi Alemayehou 6 Jul 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari raises his fist during an inspection of honour guards on parade to mark Democracy Day in Abuja, on June 12, 2019.
Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Finance

Buhari's Covid-19 economic plan: old wine in new wineskins

Stephen Onyeiwu 25 Jun 2020

Why Ford, Chanel and other companies pitch in during a crisis - without the government ordering them to

ESG & Sustainability

Why Ford, Chanel and other companies pitch in during a crisis - without the government ordering them to

Elham Mafi-Kreft and Steven Kreft 26 May 2020

Tourism & Travel

Norwegian Cruise Line announces suspension extension

21 May 2020

Drugs security is a serious issue in Nigeria as Covid-19 rages Pius Utomi Ekpe/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Nigeria relies heavily on drug imports. Why this is worrying in the time of Covid-19

Wuraola Akande-Sholabi 1 Apr 2020

A visitor sanitises hands before entering a state hospital at Yaba, Lagos. Hospitals like this are likely to suffer power cuts as lock down force Nigerians to stay at home and consume more power.
Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Energy & Mining

Covid-19: Nigeria should prioritise power supply to healthcare facilities

Samuel Ayokunle Olowosejeje 31 Mar 2020

Why marine protected areas are often not where they should be

Agriculture

Why marine protected areas are often not where they should be

25 Mar 2020

Suffering from sanctions, Russia is trying produce more and gain market share.
Yegor Aleyev via Getty Images

Energy & Mining

The oil shock of 2020 appears to be here - and the pain could be wide and deep

Scott L. Montgomery 17 Mar 2020

Bill Chen at San Francisco International Airport after arriving on a flight from Shanghai. Chen said his temperature was screened at the Shanghai airport before he departed.
AP Photo/Terry Chea

Healthcare

Airplanes spread diseases quickly - so maybe unvaccinated people shouldn't be allowed to fly

Christopher Robertson & Keith Joiner 4 Mar 2020

Ethiopia’s economic growth hovered between 8%-11% for over 10 years but its sovereign credit rating has not been upgraded Shutterstock

Finance

African countries aren't borrowing too much: they're paying too much for debt

Misheck Mutize 20 Feb 2020

Camp beds set up for travelers returning to Germany from China, who will be isolated for two weeks to make sure they don’t have coronavirus.
YANN SCHREIBER/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Quarantines have tried to keep out disease for thousands of years

Leslie S. Leighton 5 Feb 2020

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Marketing & Media

StarTimes completes DTV project for 1000 Nigerian villages

7 Nov 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & Media

India's tech to support Nollywood

4 Nov 2019

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Marketing & Media

NBC in Nigeria to switch off analogue signal in 2020

31 Oct 2019

Nigeria govt pledges support for relocated AFRIMA

Marketing & Media

Nigeria govt pledges support for relocated AFRIMA

24 Oct 2019