Uber spotlights SA women thriving in gig economy

Uber spotlights SA women thriving in gig economy

Dimakatso ‘Mama Dee’ Hlongwane, founder and owner of Mama Dee’s Fast Food. Uber is observing Women’s Month by spotlighting female drivers and merchants who are leveraging its platform to build financial independence in the gig economy. Sihle Lakhe, a Johannesburg driver, has grown her business to two Uber Black vehicles after starting with one. Similarly,…

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Africa: Momentum Builds For Long-Acting HIV Solutions As IAS 2025 Spotlights Scientific Progress, Funding Challenges And Leaders’ Calls To Action

Africa: Momentum Builds For Long-Acting HIV Solutions As IAS 2025 Spotlights Scientific Progress, Funding Challenges And Leaders’ Calls To Action

New WHO guidelines endorse long-acting injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention, Medicines Patent Pool expands licence for long-acting injectable cabotegravir for treatment, and Merck’s once-monthly oral pill MK-8527 advances to Phase 3 trials in Africa  14 July 2025 (Kigali, Rwanda)  – IAS 2025, the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science, opened today with a call to accelerate…

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