Africa: Healthcap Africa Urges Pension Funds to Finance Healthcare

Africa: Healthcap Africa Urges Pension Funds to Finance Healthcare

As international donor funding from USAID and other foreign assistance programs for healthcare continues to shrink, leading financial stakeholders convened by HealthCap Africa, at its Private Markets & Healthcare Roundtable called for a stronger domestic capital ecosystem to help finance Africa’s critical healthcare needs. Pension fund representatives at the meeting came from institutions collectively managing…

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UJ urges high school learners to pursue careers in STEAM

UJ urges high school learners to pursue careers in STEAM

University of Johannesburg career expo urges learners to pursue careers in STEAM. Limited understanding of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) fields among educators is making it harder to inspire learners to pursue careers in these areas, according to Moira De Roche, VP of the International Federation for Information Processing. De Roche, also a…

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Africa: Healthcap Africa Urges Pension Funds to Finance Healthcare

Africa: Xenophobia – Nigeria Urges AU to Take Stronger Action Against South Africa

Nigeria’s president says enough is enough and demands urgent action to sustain Africa’s solidarity and unity at the 21st Extraordinary AU Summit. President Bola Tinubu has formally reported the recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks against Africans and other nationals in South Africa to the African Union, warning that the incidents undermine the continent’s solidarity, unity…

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SpaceX urges ICASA to resolve ownership rules blocking Starlink in South Africa

SpaceX urges ICASA to resolve ownership rules blocking Starlink in South Africa

Appearing at public hearings hosted by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), SpaceX urged regulators to address the ownership compliance rules currently preventing Starlink from securing an operating license in South Africa. Representing SpaceX, Ryan Goodnight, Senior Director for Market Access and Development, addressed the authority regarding draft amendments to the Radio Frequency…

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Africa: Healthcap Africa Urges Pension Funds to Finance Healthcare

Africa: AU Urges Continent to Bolster Preparedness to Mitigate Potential Impacts of 2026 El Niño

Addis Ababa — The African Union Commission has emphasized today the need for stronger continental preparedness and coordinated action to mitigate the potential impacts of the anticipated 2026 El Niño phenomenon. The 2026 El Niño phenomenon is a Pacific Ocean warming climate phenomenon which is expected to pose risks to food security, livelihoods, water resources…

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Africa: Healthcap Africa Urges Pension Funds to Finance Healthcare

Africa: Reach a Hand Africa Urges Young People to Participate in National Cleaning Day Drive

Masaka — Reach A Hand Africa (RAHA) has urged young people across the country to actively participate in the government’s monthly National Cleaning Day initiative, describing environmental cleanliness as a shared responsibility that is critical to protecting public health and building resilient communities. The call was made as the organisation joined the rest of the…

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Africa: Healthcap Africa Urges Pension Funds to Finance Healthcare

Africa: ‘We’re Committed to Increasing Finance for Africa’ – CAF Urges Review of FIFA Proposal

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced plans to review FIFA’s proposal to open the commercial operations of the FIFA World Cup and other major tournaments to private investment. In a statement issued on Wednesday, CAF said its president, Patrice Motsepe, will meet with the Confederation’s Executive Committee next week to examine the proposal…

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