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Economy

Oil hovers at one-month low with supply drivers back in focus

Laila Kearney 30 Oct 2024

South African click-and-collect firm Pargo considers continent-wide expansion

E-commerce

South African click-and-collect firm Pargo considers continent-wide expansion

Nqobile Dludla 22 Oct 2024

Source: Reuters.

Infectious Diseases

Gavi to buy 500,000 mpox vaccine doses from Bavarian Nordic

Jennifer Rigby 19 Sep 2024

Social Media

Zuckerberg regrets bowing to government pressure on Covid-19 censorship

30 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Lindeka (Leeds) Dzedze, is Standard Bank Global Markets Head of Strategic Partnerships.

Banking

#Women'sMonth: Lindeka Dzedze shares her vision for advancing women in finance

Katja Hamilton 28 Aug 2024

Social Media

The battle over TikTok: What lies ahead for South African creators?

Nick Corbett 22 Apr 2024

Source: © Jacobin McKinsey headquarters in New York. McKinsey is restructuring and 3% of workforce will be let go

Research

McKinsey restructures, 3% of workforce to go

Danette Breitenbach 15 Apr 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

World shares off record highs ahead of inflation tests

Yoruk Bahceli and Wayne Cole 26 Feb 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Investing in Africa's bright, green energy future

Angela Simpson and Matthew Martin 12 Feb 2024

South African business schools must take advantage of growth in trade and investment in Africa

Education & Training

South African business schools must take advantage of growth in trade and investment in Africa

Dr Chante van Tonder, Issued by JNPR 25 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Mining critical minerals will depend on creative funding solutions

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Mining critical minerals will depend on creative funding solutions

Rudi van Blerk and Tycho Möncks 8 Jan 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Oil jumps 2% as Middle East tension deepens

Arathy Somesekhar and Muyu Xu 18 Oct 2023

Huawei's comeback adds diversity to stagnant consumer electronics market

Hardware

Huawei's comeback adds diversity to stagnant consumer electronics market

Lindsey Schutters 21 Sep 2023

EV sales growth points to oil demand peaking by 2030 - so why is the oil industry doubling down on production?

Fuel & Energy

EV sales growth points to oil demand peaking by 2030 - so why is the oil industry doubling down on production?

Robert Brecha 20 Sep 2023

Some US companies still failing to meet conflict minerals rules, GAO says

Markets & Investment

Some US companies still failing to meet conflict minerals rules, GAO says

David Lewis 24 Jul 2023

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Kieran Whyte et al. 26 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

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

Rae Wee 1 Jun 2023

Oil prices fall, set for fourth weekly drop, as demand fears weigh

Coal, Oil & Gas

Oil prices fall, set for fourth weekly drop, as demand fears weigh

Yuka Obayashi and Andrew Hayley 12 May 2023

File photo: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a Reuters interview at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the Central Region of Uganda, January 16, 2022. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Legislation

Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged

Aaron Ross 2 May 2023

Source: Twitter @jpmorgan

Banking

JPMorgan seizes First Republic Bank

2 May 2023

Tanzania signs $667m deals for rare earth and graphite projects

Mining

Tanzania signs $667m deals for rare earth and graphite projects

Nuzulack Dausen 18 Apr 2023

US Vice President Kamala Harris meets with women entrepreneurs during her week-long trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, in Accra, Ghana 29 March 2023. Reuters/Francis Kokoroko

Corporate & Commercial Law

Africa's impact: US Vice President Kamala Harris visits Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia

Virusha Subban 31 Mar 2023

Media Freedom

Russia arrests The Wallstreet Journal reporter on spying charge

31 Mar 2023

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

Social Media

US government threatens TikTok ban unless Chinese owners divest

17 Mar 2023

Request for quotations: Peace Corps SA42 in-service training

MICE

Request for quotations: Peace Corps SA42 in-service training

Issued by Peace Corps South Africa 15 Mar 2023

Social Media

Joe Biden takes further steps to ban TikTok in US

8 Mar 2023

SA tech startup Sendmarc secures $7m in funding

Funding

SA tech startup Sendmarc secures $7m in funding

13 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Gerhard Oosthuizen, chief technology officer at Entersekt.

Trends

5 banking and payment security threats and trends to watch in 2023

Gerhard Oosthuizen 27 Jan 2023

Markets & Investment

Dollar on the back foot as China recovery hopes rise

Andre Cilliers 23 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied

Travel

Daily Delta flights to CPT to take off in December

12 Sep 2022

Markets & Investment

1nvest lists ETF that invests in US government bonds

8 Sep 2022

Covid-19

Moderna sues Pfizer

30 Aug 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

US and Kenya sign strategic trade and investment partnership

Virusha Subban 29 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters/Shelley Christians. A production scientist works with samples at the Afrigen Biologics' site in Cape Town.

Emergency Medicine

SA's Afrigen partners with US on mRNA vaccine research

Bhargav Acharya, Nellie Peyton and Josie Kao 12 Jul 2022

United commences non-stop flights between Cape Town and New York

Travel

United commences non-stop flights between Cape Town and New York

7 Jun 2022

Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight

Mining

Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight

Helen Reid and Clara Denina 9 May 2022

Almost two-thirds of South African preschoolers are struggling to thrive

Early Childhood Development

Almost two-thirds of South African preschoolers are struggling to thrive

11 Apr 2022

The power of tech giants has made them as influential as nations. Here's how they're sanctioning Russia

Technology

The power of tech giants has made them as influential as nations. Here's how they're sanctioning Russia

Rob Nicholls 7 Mar 2022

Markets & Investment

Africa is the place to invest, US congressional delegation acknowledges

28 Feb 2022

Covid-19

Significant rise in vaccination rates in sub-Saharan Africa

21 Feb 2022

REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

Covid-19

SA allows use of Merck Covid pill but government not buying

18 Feb 2022

Medical Research

SAMRC sponsors landmark Covid-19 vaccine trial in collaborative bid to combat HIV

13 Jan 2022

Source: © Alexandr Rozhkov

Media Freedom

Assange's unconditional release called for by R2K

5 Jan 2022

Hybrid warfare is on the rise globally. Might South Africa's Eskom be its latest victim?

Energy

Hybrid warfare is on the rise globally. Might South Africa's Eskom be its latest victim?

Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann and Dries Putter 9 Dec 2021