She said Africa needs to move land restoration from the aid column into the investment column by developing bankable landscape programmes, strengthening land tenure, deploying risk-sharing instruments and ensuring that farmers and pastoralists benefit from carbon and other emerging environmental markets. As negotiations continue at the 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat…
Gilead Bixlenvo drug Courtesy: Gilead The Food and Drug Administration approved a once-daily HIV pill from Gilead that could help simplify care for some patients, the company announced Thursday. The drug, marketed as Bixlenvo, is aimed at patients whose virus is already under control but who remain on complicated treatment regimens. It could also appeal…
Dolly Parton, one of the music prolific and revered country singers of all time, has died aged 80. The singer’s nephew Brian Seaver announced the news on behalf of the Parton and Owens family, revealing that Dolly had asked him years ago to be the one that made the announcement when the time came. Born…
Entrepreneurship rarely follows a straight line. For some, it begins with a long-held ambition. For others, with a question, an opportunity or simply the realisation that it is time to build something of their own. As South Africa marks Women’s Month in August, Bizmag speaks to four women entrepreneurs about the journeys behind their businesses…
Apple has officially scheduled its next major product launch for September 9 at 1 PM ET, streaming live on Apple’s website and YouTube. The keynote marks the first major product showcase led by incoming CEO John Ternus, who officially succeeds Tim Cook on September 1. Read: Apple refreshes Mac Mini with 2nm M6 chip and…
African countries have different independence anniversary dates. However, for most countries, more than six decades have now passed since colonial administrations ended. That raises an uncomfortable question: more than 60 years after colonialism, why do so many African countries still struggle with the basics of development; reliable public services, quality education, decent healthcare, productive economies,…
Fallout from a golf commercial described as “the worst ad known to man” continued Thursday when Callaway, one of the sport’s largest makers of equipment, announced it had cut ties with Good Good Golf, the brand it had partnered with for the past three years before their joint ad sparked controversy. Callaway said it would…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced on Friday that Senegal’s appeal of the decision to strip them of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title in favour of Morocco has been set for 8 October. At the 18 January final in Rabat, Senegal won 1-0 thanks to Pape Gueye’s extra-time goal, but the…
The 2026 cohort of Huawei South Africa’s Women in Tech digital skills development programme. As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption rapidly reshapes industries, economies and societies, South African women have been urged to help build the local AI economy and avoid being side-lined. This was the overarching theme, kick-starting the three-day 2026 Women in Techdigital skills…
They spoke at the sixth African Conference on Debt and Development (AfCoDD VI), organised by the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) in Nairobi, Kenya. . African countries need better systems for tracking public debt and stronger parliamentary scrutiny of government borrowing, said some development experts said on Wednesday. They spoke at…
