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 | MICHAEL CHERRY University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers are expected to start a phase one clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine candidate, hAd5 T-cell, later this month... read |
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 | SALIOU SAMB CONAKRY - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked six African countries to be alert for possible Ebola infections...read |
|  | ANDREA RADEMEYER, ISSUED BY ASK AFRIKA South Africans are torn with regards to whether or not they get vaccinated against Covid-19. According to the Ask Afrika Covid-19 Tracker study, just over half of respondents (52%) said they planned to get vaccinated when the vaccine roll-out programme reaches them...read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Being acknowledged and appreciated is everything and this April it's the turn of brand managers on Biz... Read |
| Covid-19 |
 | ED RYBICKI, ANNA-LISE WILLIAMSON, DON COWAN & STEPHANIE G BURTON The recent appearance of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus causing Covid-19 infections), that may be associated with increased transmission of the virus and disease severity... Read |
 | CHRIS SULLIVAN While the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine has signified the first signs of light at the end of the tunnel, the reality is that this public health crisis is still far from over... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL On 10 March, Henley Business School Africa will present the first class in a progressive, brand-new course that addresses both the realities of Covid 19 and the accelerated disruption of the digital age... Read |
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 | The Cheeba Cannabis Academy will host the 2021 Craft Cannabis Summit on 25 and 26 February. The two-day virtual event will include nine webinars... Read |
| Mental health |
 | ISSUED BY LEAP COMMUNICATIONS Maintaining an active lifestyle and exercising regularly has stronger mental health benefits than intermittent bouts of intense aerobic activity, a new study has found... Read |
| Palliative care |
 | ISSUED BY MANGO-OMC The HPCA recently launched three updated palliative care courses for a diversity of healthcare providers within the healthcare and medical sector... Read |
| Pharmaceuticals |
 | South Africa's Dis-Chem Pharmacies said on Wednesday group revenue rose 12.1% for a 22-week period to 2 February, boosted by consumer demand for preventative medicine... Read |
| Public Health |
 | Research has found that viruses that cause diseases such as the common cold, measles, or Covid-19 can hijack an existing molecular process in the cell in order to block the body's antiviral immune response to a viral infection... Read |
 | The R287m Observatory Forensic Pathology Institute (OFPI) is expected to come online in mid-2021, if everything goes according to plan... Read |
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 | The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is calling for applications for its 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. With the deadline fast approaching on 31 March 2021... Read |
 | WILDU DU PLESSIS AND MORNE VAN DER MERWE In Part 1 of this series, we analysed merger-and-acquisition data in sub-Saharan Africa - here we look at country specific M&A activity in SA, Ethiopia and Ghana... Read |
 | CD Baby has appointed music business manager and independent music advocate Sakhele Mzalazala to lead its expansion into southern Africa. Read |
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 | KEVIN SOUTH To unlock the power of true digital transformation, leaders need to find ways to put digital first, encouraging everyone in a company to start thinking about... Read |
 | The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) in partnership with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) has established an Economic Distress Fund to provide concessionary business loans to Black-owned and managed enterprises... Read |
 | Founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk has launched the XPrize Carbon Removal competition which aims to create... Read |
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