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In the 2000s activists across the world campaigned for antiretroviral treatment to be made available to people with HIV. One of the consequences of this was PEPFAR, the United States government’s foreign aid HIV programme. Since 2003 it has saved millions of lives. But now its future is unclear. Photo from the Treatment Action Campaign’s march for HIV treatment in Cape Town on 14 February 2003. (photographer unknown)

CSI & Philanthropy

Trump’s sudden suspension of foreign aid puts millions of lives in Africa at risk

Liezl Human 23 Jan 2025

HIV/AIDS

Vaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing them

Glenda Gray and Asa Tapley 2 Jan 2025

Training boosts output, disease control for Kenyan smallholder fish farmers

Fishing

Training boosts output, disease control for Kenyan smallholder fish farmers

19 Dec 2024

TV

MultiChoice Talent Factory nurtures next-gen African filmmakers

10 Dec 2024

Healthcare

Mopo brings 24-hour solar power to Sierra Leone healthcare facilities

10 Dec 2024

Pharmaceuticals

African drug supply chain gets smarter with IBM-powered AI platform

14 Nov 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

Source: Francesca Conradie.

Tuberculosis

Study revolutionises global TB treatment

28 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

4 ways Medic East Africa is turning the tide on regional health challenges

12 Jul 2024

Branding

Brand South Africa's Today I woke up in South Africa most loved campaign in SA's 30 years

Danette Breitenbach 13 Jun 2024

Grindstone backs 40 SA startups with new programme

SMEs

Grindstone backs 40 SA startups with new programme

30 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. Amsterdam Institute for Global Health & Development.

Tuberculosis

$94m injected into TB fight

25 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

Publishing

Khetha 2024 Story Project launches journalism fund to tackle wildlife crime

13 Nov 2023

Rene Salmon, EGA’s Production Manger showcasing the assembling of the solar panels to delegates. Source: Supplied

Sustainability

USAID delegation visits EGA's all-woman solar panel assembly plant

22 Sep 2023

US, Norway join forces to boost African agriculture

Agriculture

US, Norway join forces to boost African agriculture

Daphne Psaledakis 20 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Seithati Molefi, deputy chief-of-party at Right to Care.

Women's Health

Let's talk about sex that is safe and satisfying

Seithati Molefi 16 Aug 2023

#AfricaMonth: Mimi Kalinda - Living her passion for a better Africa

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Mimi Kalinda - Living her passion for a better Africa

Danette Breitenbach 31 May 2023

Enlit Africa: Shedding light

Energy

Enlit Africa: Shedding light

Issued by Enlit Africa 5 May 2023

TV

National Geographic to premiere brand new episodes of Team Sayari this Autumn

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 1 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied.

HIV/AIDS

More men living with HIV are reaching out for treatment

1 Dec 2022

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

Shifting power and advancing equity in global reproductive health and development

Katja Hamilton 24 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Modern contraceptives on the rise across sub-Saharan Africa

16 Nov 2022

Team Sayari revealed as title for National Geographic Kids Africa programme

TV

Team Sayari revealed as title for National Geographic Kids Africa programme

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 16 Aug 2022

RFI: ATI-001 technical and management support to USAID Southern Africa Trade Market Systems Activity

Research

RFI: ATI-001 technical and management support to USAID Southern Africa Trade Market Systems Activity

Issued by USAID TradeHub 9 Jun 2022

Production commences on National Geographic Kids Africa educational entertainment series

TV

Production commences on National Geographic Kids Africa educational entertainment series

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 21 Apr 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

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Smart lockers expand countrywide as patients demand quick medicine collection

5 Apr 2022

CSI & Philanthropy

AWIEF launches USAID-funded SMEs Investment and Export Readiness Programme

4 Apr 2022

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Food, Water & Energy Security

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Nafisa Eltahir and Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah 4 Apr 2022

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

Funding

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

23 Mar 2022

Covid-19

Significant rise in vaccination rates in sub-Saharan Africa

21 Feb 2022

UN WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch programme to support food system innovations in Rwanda

Food, Water & Energy Security

UN WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch programme to support food system innovations in Rwanda

7 Jan 2022

Solutions to Africa's waste and food security problems sought

Food, Water & Energy Security

Solutions to Africa's waste and food security problems sought

22 Dec 2021

Aquaponics farming helps Free State farmers living with disabilities sustain livelihoods

Fishing

Aquaponics farming helps Free State farmers living with disabilities sustain livelihoods

25 Nov 2021

Source: ©supplied by agency 3,400 EVDS users, 380 contact centre staff and over 3,100 vaccinators have been trained to use the EDVS

Covid-19

Over 18-million vaccines administered save over 47,700 lives

12 Oct 2021

Source: ©tashatuvango

Tuberculosis

TB: an orphan disease?

Danette Breitenbach 1 Oct 2021

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

Energy

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

29 Sep 2021

Launch and invitation to participate in the South Africa Exporter of the Year Awards 2021

Import/Export

Launch and invitation to participate in the South Africa Exporter of the Year Awards 2021

Issued by USAID TradeHub 14 Sep 2021

Insights for African countries from the latest climate change projections

Climate Change

Insights for African countries from the latest climate change projections

Victor Ongoma 12 Aug 2021

New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

FMCG

New Nespresso blend helps revive fragile coffee farming in the DRC

5 Aug 2021

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

Sustainable Farming

Ghana's farmers aren't all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution

17 Jun 2021

The 2021 World Food Prize recognises that fish are key for reducing hunger and malnutrition

Food Security

The 2021 World Food Prize recognises that fish are key for reducing hunger and malnutrition

Ben Belton 26 May 2021

Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year

Food, Water & Energy Security

Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year

Maytaal Angel 6 May 2021

#Newsmaker: Khangelani Dziba to head up Rapt Creative's new PR and influencer marketing division

PR & Communications

#Newsmaker: Khangelani Dziba to head up Rapt Creative's new PR and influencer marketing division

Jessica Tennant 23 Apr 2021

Advertising

Khangelani Dziba to lead Rapt Creative's new public relation division

19 Apr 2021

Service provider to catalyse an annual export awards event competition for trade and investment

Events & Conferencing

Service provider to catalyse an annual export awards event competition for trade and investment

Issued by Development Alternative Initiatives 7 Apr 2021

Maker spaces give engineers and designers the tools to build low-cost medical equipment using locally available materials.
Brandon Martin, Rice University, CC BY-NC-ND

Covid-19

'Frugal design' brings medical innovations to communities that lack resources during the pandemic

Rebecca Richards-Kortum & Theresa Mkandawire 31 Mar 2021

Dr Mohammed Rassool, deputy director, and Dr Pauline Howell, senior medical officer, Clinical HIV Research Unit

Tuberculosis

#WorldTBDay2021: Dramatic strides in research, but with challenges

Mohammed Rassool & Pauline Howell 24 Mar 2021

Several protests have trailed the privatisation of the power sector in Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Energy

Nigeria's post-privatisation energy sector is a mess: here are some solutions

Okechukwu Marcellus Ikeanyibe 26 Feb 2021