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Healthcare

Biovac, EuBiologics partner to boost Africa meningitis vaccine

21 Jun 2024

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

BioNTech gets $145m funding for African vaccine plants

Jennifer Rigby and Ludwig Burger 30 May 2024

Getting to grips with flu

Healthcare

Getting to grips with flu

Issued by Bonitas 17 Apr 2024

6 trends driving Africa’s growth in 2024

Logistics & Transport

6 trends driving Africa’s growth in 2024

Amadou Diallo 19 Feb 2024

Source: © 123rf As Covax closes on 31 December 2023, reflects on its successes and challenges in the bid to overcome inequity have underscored the clear need for the world to be better prepared the next time a viral threat with pandemic potential emerges

Healthcare

3 lessons from Covax as the organisation draws to a close

20 Dec 2023

A view shows a part of Sidi El Barrak dam at low water levels, in Nafza, west of the capital Tunis, Tunisia, 7 January 2023. Reuters/Jihed Abidellaoui

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa's disease boss

30 Nov 2023

Diseases on farms in South Africa: Recent outbreaks point to weaknesses in the system

Agriculture

Diseases on farms in South Africa: Recent outbreaks point to weaknesses in the system

Wandile Sihlobo 14 Nov 2023

Source: City of Hope.

Healthcare

Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa

Oyewale Tomori 2 Nov 2023

Healthcare

AUC, Africa CDC, and Gavi forge strategic vaccine partnership

16 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Biovac and EuBiologics partner for meningitis vaccine tech transfer

28 Sep 2023

Healthcare

South Africa, Germany sign agreement for vaccine production

15 Sep 2023

Healthcare

SA Health Ministry hands over confidential Covid-19 vaccine contracts

Katja Hamilton 1 Sep 2023

Healthcare

#BRICS2023: Pandemic fund in focus for Brics Bank

Katja Hamilton 30 Aug 2023

Healthcare

Africa CDC contributes vaccine manufacturing equipment to Sahpra

11 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Covid-19 vaccine scheme for poorest has $2.6bn left to spend as pandemic recedes

Jennifer Rigby 26 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Mastercard Foundation and IPD bolster the continent's capacity to produce vaccines

5 Jun 2023

Healthcare

Consortium sparks debate over intellectual property of mRNA vaccines manufactured in SA

Katja Hamilton 21 Apr 2023

Healthcare

Green light for Cape Health Technology Park

28 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Britain and South Africa agree health partnership on second day of state visit

Alistair Smout 25 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Time to combat the burden of disease on South Africa's healthcare system

8 Sep 2022

Source: FreePik.

Healthcare

New agreement paves way for development of first African-owned Covid-19 vaccine

27 Jun 2022

Finance

Local vaccine production boosts economic transformation and job creation in South Africa

Patrick Tippoo 22 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS.

Healthcare

New vaccine plant in Senegal gets €75m from EIB

6 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. Source: Supplied. Executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, pictured here in 2020.

Finance

High-level business delegation to represent South Africa at WEF 2022 in Davos

23 May 2022

Source: Supplied: Petro Terblanche, managing director of Afrigen,

Healthcare

#AfricaMonth: Injecting the continent - and the world - with hope

Katja Hamilton 20 May 2022

Source: Supplied.

Finance

AfDB to support SA's private-sector development in employment, health and vaccine manufacturing

24 Mar 2022

Finance

Africa is the place to invest, US congressional delegation acknowledges

28 Feb 2022

PSL highlights the millions of jobs lost to Covid-19, the NPA's fight against corruption, and booster shots

Marketing & Media

PSL highlights the millions of jobs lost to Covid-19, the NPA's fight against corruption, and booster shots

Issued by Topco Media 15 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

J&J stops Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing in crucial plant

9 Feb 2022

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Logistics & Transport

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Jonathan Munemo 9 Feb 2022

Government to look at 3D-printed houses and space as part of big tech revolution

ICT

Government to look at 3D-printed houses and space as part of big tech revolution

24 Jan 2022

Source: Premier Alan Winde. The interior of the new NantSA vaccine plant opened in Cape Town at the same time as the launch of the AAAH coalition .

Healthcare

Cape Town unveils Africa's Access to Advanced Healthcare coalition

24 Jan 2022

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Agriculture

South African farming: New policy offers promise, but there's fixing to be done too

Wandile Sihlobo 21 Jan 2022

Healthcare

Release of first plant-based coronavirus vaccine imminent

8 Dec 2021

Healthcare

Biovac gears up to manufacture Pfizer vaccine

6 Dec 2021

Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new Covid variant Omicron

Tourism & Travel

Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new Covid variant Omicron

Anthony Zwi 30 Nov 2021

Source: ©Francesco Remolo

Finance

SSA: Low vaccination rates & complex policy environment impacts economy

22 Oct 2021

Soure: supplied by agency

Healthcare

Pandemic-proofing Africa

16 Sep 2021

Source: ©geckophotos

Healthcare

Nobel laureates call for waiving of IP Covid-19 rules

14 Sep 2021

Source: ©luiscarceller

Healthcare

Vaccine inequality makes a case for African pharma opportunities

Julie Oppenheim, Daniel Mwathe & Micael Sehul 28 Jul 2021

Commemorate Madiba's legacy this July with Public Sector Leaders

Marketing & Media

Commemorate Madiba's legacy this July with Public Sector Leaders

Issued by Topco Media 23 Jul 2021

Dr Thulani Mhlanga, medical manager for vaccines at Pfizer South Africa

Healthcare

Adult vaccination could stop unnecessary deaths

20 Jul 2021

Source: ©Esben Hansen

Healthcare

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

Maria De Jesus 23 Jun 2021

Source: ©Stepan Popov

Healthcare

Covid-19 vaccine plant in Africa? This is what it would take to build one

23 Jun 2021

Covid-19 vaccination strategies have been affected by supply woes. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC

Healthcare

Ghana's Covid-19 vaccine rollout is struggling to keep up with its great start

Godfred Boafo 29 Apr 2021

The world spends billions on treated mosquito nets each year. Irene Abdou / Alamy Stock Photo

Healthcare

New malaria vaccine proves highly effective - and Covid shows how quickly it could be deployed

Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021

Hospital staff in Lagos, Nigeria, administer the AstraZeneca vaccine. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

Healthcare

How to get Covid-19 vaccines to poor countries - and still keep patent benefits for drugmakers

Dalindyebo Shabalala 16 Apr 2021

SA health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize.

Healthcare

UPDATE: First batch of Covid-19 vaccine arrives in SA

1 Feb 2021

South Africa does not have large-scale vaccine manufacturing capability. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Vaccine production in South Africa: how an industry in its infancy can be developed

Jeffrey Dorfman & Frank Kirstein 21 Jan 2021