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Financial Services

How digital wallets are transforming African finance

30 Jan 2025

Regulations limiting the access to the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant have been found to be unconstitutional and invalid by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Welfare

Explosive court ruling on SRD grant

Marecia Damons 24 Jan 2025

MICE

Registration for Meetings Africa 2025 is now open

2 Jan 2025

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

R7.6bn loan to implement just energy transition concluded

18 Nov 2024

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Agriculture

Land reform can work: Prioritising rural economic development and inclusive change

Peter Setou 13 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied. Thabo Molefe, head of Africa Regions at TransUnion.

Fintech

How data sharing can drive financial inclusion in Africa

Thabo Molefe 24 Jul 2024

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Climate Change

SA’s response to climate change outlined in new law

24 Jul 2024

President Cyril Ramaphosa is leaning hard on infrastructure as the route to SA's prosperity.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Ramaphosa puts infrastructure at centre of GNU

Lindsey Schutters 23 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

Banking

World Bank approves Nigeria's $2.25bn loan request

14 Jun 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

IMF board approves members to channel reserve assets to MDBs for hybrid instruments

Andrea Shalal 16 May 2024

Addressing South Africa’s water scarcity is everyone’s responsibility

Food, Water & Energy Security

Addressing South Africa’s water scarcity is everyone’s responsibility

Issued by Irvine Partners 22 Mar 2024

Safaricom dominates Ethiopia mobile money with M-Pesa

Telecoms & Networks

M-Pesa Safaricom, Onafriq ink deal to boost Ethiopian remittances

20 Mar 2024

Tourism boosts Cape Town: Record influx and investor interest soar

Tourism

Tourism boosts Cape Town: Record influx and investor interest soar

2 Feb 2024

Markets & Investment

Agoa trade deal talks: South Africa will need to carefully manage relations with the US and China

Arno J. van Niekerk 30 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters. Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, addresses the media on the fourth day of the annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank, following last month's deadly earthquake, in Marrakech, Morocco.

Banking

Cautious welcome: World Bank and IMF return to Africa, but questions remain

Carlos Lopes 12 Oct 2023

Health & Welfare

Unicef pledges $270m to support poverty alleviation in Nigeria

Felix Onuah 23 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied.

Banking

African Development Bank group to secure major funding for low-income countries

30 May 2023

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Remuneration & Payroll

National Minimum Wage increases

Dhevarsha Ramjettan 22 Feb 2023

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

Energy

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

Vincent Obisie-Orlu 26 Jan 2023

The pandemic has shown southern Africa can do staycations: Could this momentum hold in the long run?

Travel

The pandemic has shown southern Africa can do staycations: Could this momentum hold in the long run?

Sophia Labadi 6 Jan 2023

World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

Health & Welfare

World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

Andrea Shalal 6 Oct 2022

Unlocking the potential of agriculture in Alexandra township | LFP's Hydro Coop

Sustainable Farming

Unlocking the potential of agriculture in Alexandra township | LFP's Hydro Coop

Issued by LFP Agri 30 Aug 2022

SA rooibos industry pays out R12.2m to Khoi and San communities

Agro-processing

SA rooibos industry pays out R12.2m to Khoi and San communities

14 Jul 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Unpacking China and Africa's multibillion-dollar relationship

Virusha Subban 6 Jul 2022

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Supply Chain

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Jonathan Munemo 28 Apr 2022

There's a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa's food supply

Agribusiness

There's a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa's food supply

Fenji Materechera and Mary Scholes 21 Apr 2022

Muvatera Ndjoze-Siririka, acting CEO of NTA with Tom Mkhwanazi, CEO of W&RSETA, at the signing of the MoU in Johannesburg on 24 February. Source: Supplied

Training

South Africa's W&RSeta signs collaborative MoU with Namibia Training Authority

28 Feb 2022

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Agro-processing

No perfect solution: Africa's smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

Ratemo Michieka 7 Feb 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

Food Security

Are small farms the solution to food insecurity? Uganda study shows policies can get it wrong

Juan Pablo Rud, Diego Restuccia and Fernando Aragon Sanchez 2 Dec 2021

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Agro-processing

Lessons from Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Andrew Newsham, Toendepi Shonhe and Tsitsi Bvute 26 Oct 2021

Private sector must accelerate efforts on sustainability

CSI & Philanthropy

Private sector must accelerate efforts on sustainability

Lesedi Ntuli 19 Jul 2021

Rethinking ESD post Covid-19

SMEs

Rethinking ESD post Covid-19

Mark Frankel & Clive Govender 7 Jul 2021

International aid to Africa needs an overhaul. Tips on what needs to change

CSI & Philanthropy

International aid to Africa needs an overhaul. Tips on what needs to change

Tigist Mekonnen Melesse 18 May 2021

CoCT invites public comment for improving Informal Trading By-law

Law Practice

CoCT invites public comment for improving Informal Trading By-law

19 Mar 2021

Post-Covid-19: A chance to leapfrog Africa's development through digitalisation

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Post-Covid-19: A chance to leapfrog Africa's development through digitalisation

Cristina Duarte 16 Mar 2021

Design & Manufacturing

Many African countries had a surprise manufacturing surge in 2010s - it bodes well for the years ahead

Gaaitzen de Vries, Emmanuel B Mensah, Hagen Kruse and Kunal Sen 2 Mar 2021

South African policies go some way to tackling poverty and inequality. But more is needed

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

South African policies go some way to tackling poverty and inequality. But more is needed

Sophie Plagerson 15 Jan 2021

Bloom Financial Services endorses Universal Health Coverage Day

Healthcare

Bloom Financial Services endorses Universal Health Coverage Day

Issued by Bloom Financial Services 11 Dec 2020

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Import/Export

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 27 Oct 2020

Dr Stella Bvuma appointed as board member of SEDA

Entrepreneurship

Dr Stella Bvuma appointed as board member of SEDA

8 Oct 2020

Andy Jury, CEO, Mukuru

Fintech

How the social impact of remittances is aiding wellbeing in developing countries

Andy Jury 18 Sep 2020

Tourism & Travel

Impacting lives through sustainable tourism and transformation

Sisa Ntshona 29 Jul 2020

Maria Helena Semedo, deputy director-general, UN FAO

Food Security

We must act now to avert an imminent food crisis in Africa

Maria Helena Semedo 30 Jun 2020

A deserted street in Cairo after coronavirus-related restrictions were tightened. Egypt has been one of the hardest hit in Africa. Photo by Mohamed Elraai/picture alliance via Getty Images

Economy

Controlling Covid-19 will carry devastating economic cost for developing countries

Borja Santos Porras 4 Jun 2020

Coverage of Chinese presence in Africa has been somewhat misleading. Shutterstock

Markets & Investment

China's investments in Africa: a fresh lens offers more balanced insights

Simon Manda 25 Mar 2020

Global progress on gender equality 'limping along' - new report

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Global progress on gender equality 'limping along' - new report

6 Mar 2020

Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

Noncommunicable diseases

Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

Martin Heine 13 Feb 2020