Durban — Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic, the threat of new pandemics still looms, and the urgency remains. As the fourth International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2025) began in Durban, South Africa, a big question emerged: Is Africa prepared for the next pandemic? In his opening remarks at a press briefing,…
For over 30 years, Philip Morris International (PMI) has been innovating by exploring ways to commercialise less harmful alternatives to combustible cigarettes. Ten years ago, the company embarked on an ambitious journey to revolutionise public health by developing and promoting science-based alternatives to traditional cigarette smoking. The goal was simple yet transformative: to create a smoke-free…
Starlink, the satellite internet division of SpaceX, has affirmed its commitment to launching in South Africa, announcing plans to spend R2.5 billion on local infrastructure and pledging compliance with Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) legislation. Read: Sony ULT Field 5 Review: ULTimately Based Ryan Goodnight, Senior Director of Market Access at SpaceX, delivered the update at…
Maxwell Gomera, resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) South Africa Africa’s young innovators are not waiting for handouts, they are already creating solutions to the continent’s most pressing challenges. However, without systems that allow these innovations to grow, their potential will remain untapped. Speaking at the fourth annual Future of Work Dialogue,…
NewsFeed US President Donald Trump has ordered Israel to halt its bombing of Gaza, saying Hamas is ready to make peace. The order came after Hamas agreed to parts of Trump’s peace proposal, including the release of all Israeli captives. Trump thanked Arab states for their help in trying to end the war. Published On…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One upon departure for New York, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 11, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump said Saturday he is “ready to do major Sanctions on Russia” once all NATO countries have started “to do the same thing” and pause…
As the deadline looms for suspending support for Windows 10, nearly half of general users and 60% of corporate users are still using the ageing operating system. According to statistics from security software vendor Kaspersky, only 33% of respondents in a survey have upgraded their devices to Windows 11. In Africa, this figure stands at…
Are you ready for the InterSystems READY 2025 Summit. InterSystems, a creative data technology provider managing more than 1 billion health records globally, will host its flagship READY 2025 Summit in South Africa this September, bringing together healthcare leaders, partners and innovators to explore how artificial intelligence (AI), interoperability and advanced data platforms are reshaping…
Bruce Busansky, app platform specialist for sub-Saharan Africa at Red Hat. Quantum computing, open source, agentic AI and innovation are key to strategies being developed to future-proof organisations, according to Bruce Busansky, app platform specialist for sub-Saharan Africa at Red Hat. Speaking at the Red Hat Technology Innovation event hosted in Johannesburg this week, Busansky…
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has expressed confidence that Ghana is on the right path to becoming one of the leading producers of pharmaceuticals in Africa. He made the statement at a meeting with local pharmaceutical companies on Monday, August 25, 2025, in Accra. The meeting brought together key players in the industry…
