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If you could, would you pay to live forever? Some Silicon Valley billionaires aren’t just making tech products – they’ve set their sights on immortality. Social media is flooded with influencers promoting peptides, “functional” mushroom powders and other (often non-evidence-based) hacks said to maximise your lifespan. Some even claim to reverse your “biological age“. The…
Johannesburg — As we open the #WCWSummit2025, our CEO Theo Sowa and Director of Programmes Shiphra Chisha (M.Inst.D), MBA set the tone for the day, centered on purpose, impact, and collective power. Theo reflected on the deeper purpose of our work, emphasizing that true equality requires collective action, balance, and systemic change. Inspired by a…
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has announced the winners of the 2025 West Africa Media Excellence Awards at a ceremony held in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday, October 11. The event was graced by Ghana’s Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, as the special guest of honour. In his remarks,…
The plane carrying the Nigeria team from South Africa to Uyo for their final World Cup qualifier was forced to make an emergency landing in Angola on Saturday, the Nigeria team’s media representatives said. The aircraft took off from Polokwane in South Africa and made a scheduled refuelling stop in the Angolan capital Luanda before…
Addis Ababa/Pretoria/Durban — The 4th International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2025) will take place from 22 to 25 October 2025 in Durban, South Africa, under the theme “Moving Towards Self-Reliance to Achieve Universal Health Coverage and Health Security in Africa.” Co-hosted by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC),…
Philip Morris International (PMI) is stepping up its drive to make smoke-free alternatives accessible across Africa and emerging economies. With millions of smokers still relying on combustible cigarettes, PMI is tackling both affordability and innovation head-on, ensuring the benefits of a smoke-free future reach every corner of the Global South. From cutting-edge, heat-not-burn devices to…
Black, Indian and mixed-race South Africans built their own sporting world during apartheid, defying segregation with parallel clubs and competitions. Archivists in Johannesburg are now working to save that history. The archives in the basement of Wits University are a real maze – but Ajit Gandabhai knows exactly where he is going. “There are a…
Geneva — About 4 million people are now displaced across Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and neighbouring countries – about two-thirds more than five years ago – the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) regional head for West and Central Africa, said on Friday. Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde addressed a UN press conference in Geneva, saying that the increase in…
Without a predictable financing mechanism, the mission remains trapped in a cycle of insecurity, mounting arrears and political instability. The governments of Somalia and the United Kingdom, the African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) met in New York on 25 September to strengthen backing for the AU Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM)….
A $125 billion fund will use profits from global markets to invest in forest protection. Can we trust the same financiers driving deforestation to save the world’s forests? The UK and US financial sector are better known for financing businesses driving deforestation. But now, the government of Brazil is seeking their advice on how to…
