Pan-African creative entrepreneur Julius Kyazze has called for increased investment in creative businesses, infrastructure and skills development, arguing that Africa’s next major opportunity lies not only in producing world-class talent but also in building sustainable enterprises capable of growing that talent. Speaking during an in-depth interview reflecting on his entrepreneurial journey, Kyazze said Africa has…
The first large-scale evidence from organisations implementing the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) suggests that recent funding and policy disruptions have triggered widespread interruptions to HIV services, with local organisations, children and key populations among those hardest hit. For more than two decades, PEPFAR has been held up as one of the…
Egyptian healthtech startup Reme-D has raised $1.45 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Anara Impact Capital to expand production of its molecular diagnostic tests and grow its presence across Africa and other underserved markets. The round included participation from the Global Innovation Fund, Africa Health Ventures and other investors. The funding follows…
Takealot Group CEO Frederik Zietsman Takealot Group is not treating Amazon’s arrival in South Africa as a threat to be survived so much as a contest just getting under way. “We’ve studied enough global scenarios to realise that with the launch of [Amazon Prime], it’s not the end of the game, it’s the start of…
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on countries to expand newborn screening for birth defects, highlighting how early detection and treatment can save lives and reduce lifelong disability for millions of children. A new WHO report, Strengthening capacity for newborn screening, diagnosis and management of birth defects, identifies newborn screening as an important opportunity…
Ethiopia — TANZANIA and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention have stepped up efforts to reshape primary healthcare financing, with a new push focused on expanding investment in community based health systems across the continent. The discussions in Ethiopia placed primary healthcare at the centre of strategies to achieve Universal Health Coverage and…
The ribbon cutting ceremony at Afrizan’s new contact centre. Afrizan People Intelligence BPO has opened a new contact centre in Cape Town, expanding its national footprint and creating employment opportunities for hundreds of young South Africans. The launch marks the next phase in the company’s rapid growth trajectory and strengthens its position as a high-performance…
SpaceX’s record US$75-billion public listing has made South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk the world’s first dollar trillionaire – but US$1-trillion is a sum so gargantuan that it’s almost impossible to comprehend. How much is a trillion dollars? Let’s make it simple. Start with time. If US$1 equals one second, then a million seconds works out…
Addis Ababa — United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called on Africa to move “from policy design to delivery of scale” and from “promising pilots to measurable impact.” In her message at the Africa Development Impact Forum (ADIF) in Addis Ababa today, she said that while the African continent is rich in ideas and…
Mark Govender, manager: Technical Sales, Africa, Veeam. (Image: Supplied) As scaling up AI deployments can increase data risk, organisations need the ability to classify, govern and continuously monitor all of their data and AI. This is according to Veeam data trust experts speaking during a webinar hosted by Veeam in partnership with ITWeb. They noted…
