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Eduvos and TASK launch Bio Centrifuge Africa competition, paving the way for biotech innovation

Education

Eduvos and TASK launch Bio Centrifuge Africa competition, paving the way for biotech innovation

Issued by Eduvos 21 May 2024

How UCT Online High School's Tanya du Toit became the country's top SAICA learner

Education

How UCT Online High School's Tanya du Toit became the country's top SAICA learner

Imran Salie 2 Apr 2024

6 UCT scholars secure Oxford University opportunity with Rhodes Scholarships

Education

6 UCT scholars secure Oxford University opportunity with Rhodes Scholarships

23 Nov 2023

Source: Derrick Akpalu, co-founder and chief executive officer of Revna Biosciences.

Healthcare

RevnaBio revolutionises cancer diagnostics in West Africa with advanced molecular testing

2 Nov 2023

Image supplied. Health workers conduct Hepatitis test during the celebration of World Hepatitis Day at Remera health centre

Marketing & Media

#WPRD2023: Rwanda harnesses PR in the fight against NCD

17 Jul 2023

2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation finalists announced

Construction & Engineering

2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation finalists announced

12 Jun 2023

Image source: Anna Shvets from

ESG & Sustainability

Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

Healthcare

SA launches first Covid-19 antigen self-test kit

12 Apr 2023

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

ESG & Sustainability

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Issued by Stone 6 Apr 2023

Generative AI like ChatGPT reveal systemic issues beyond the tech industry

ICT

Generative AI like ChatGPT reveal systemic issues beyond the tech industry

Jordan Richard Schoenherr< 6 Mar 2023

Understanding Eskom's high failure rate

Energy & Mining

Understanding Eskom's high failure rate

Neil Thomas Stacey 9 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Britain and South Africa agree health partnership on second day of state visit

Alistair Smout 25 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Cardiovascular disease is on the rise in South Africa

24 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Professor Thumbi Ndung’u is the new co-chair of the International Aids Society's 'Towards an HIV Cure' advisory board.

Healthcare

Towards an HIV cure: UKZN scientist takes on new role

2 Jun 2022

Government to look at 3D-printed houses and space as part of big tech revolution

ICT

Government to look at 3D-printed houses and space as part of big tech revolution

24 Jan 2022

Healthcare

#BizTrends2022: Introducing age reversal as South Africa's new therapeutic frontier

Katja Hamilton 5 Jan 2022

Source: ©vivilweb

Healthcare

State-of-the-art facility for SA biomedical sector

Prof Petro Terblanche 7 Sep 2021

Source ©morganka

Healthcare

Changing organ donation perceptions

3 Sep 2021

Some of the most vulnerable are yet to receive their first dose. Hanna Kuprevich/Alamy Stock Photo

Healthcare

Covid-19: WHO calls for moratorium on booster shots - is it justifiable?

Jonathan Pugh, Dominic Wilkinson & Julian Savulescu 16 Aug 2021

Alexandra Miszewski

Entrepreneurship

#WomensMonth: Alexandra Miszewski's bold vision for business

Evan-Lee Courie 9 Aug 2021

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

Retail

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

5 Aug 2021

Source: ©:Puwadol Jaturawutthichai

Healthcare

TB prevention has relied on the same vaccine for 100 years. It's time for innovation

Bavesh Kana 22 Jul 2021

The Lancet has published the results of an analysis of how critically ill Covid-19 patients did at 64 hospitals in Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Healthcare

Africa has a higher death rate among critically ill Covid-19 patients than anywhere else

Elsabé Brits 21 May 2021

Family members of Covid-19 infected patients stand in a queue with empty oxygen cylinders outside the oxygen filling centre in New Delhi, India. Photo by Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Healthcare

It's possible to build stronger systems to deliver oxygen: here's what it takes

Hamish Graham & Adegoke Falade 10 May 2021

Ikateleng helping students get distinctions

Education

Ikateleng helping students get distinctions

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 21 Apr 2021

Maker spaces give engineers and designers the tools to build low-cost medical equipment using locally available materials.
Brandon Martin, Rice University, CC BY-NC-ND

Healthcare

'Frugal design' brings medical innovations to communities that lack resources during the pandemic

Rebecca Richards-Kortum & Theresa Mkandawire 31 Mar 2021

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Healthcare

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Issued by Daikin 14 Dec 2020

Top hospital in Rwanda accredited for 4 years

Healthcare

Top hospital in Rwanda accredited for 4 years

Issued by COHSASA 26 Nov 2020

Dr Christina Johanna Grobler appointed as a member of the Professional Board for Medical Technology of the HPCSA

Healthcare

Dr Christina Johanna Grobler appointed as a member of the Professional Board for Medical Technology of the HPCSA

Issued by Vaal University of Technology 2 Nov 2020

Top SA environmental research centre faces funding crisis

ESG & Sustainability

Top SA environmental research centre faces funding crisis

Sarah Wild 7 Oct 2020

Professor Gerhard Walzl. Image: Twitter

Healthcare

Study to evaluate new TB diagnostic tests and treatments

9 Sep 2020

Congolese artist Chris Shongo paints on the outside wall of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa on June 18, 2020.

Healthcare

Covid-19 shows that the DRC must invest in a health research industry

Dacquin M. Kasumba 14 Aug 2020

Michael Moloney/Shutterstock

Healthcare

Antibiotic resistance: cheap diagnostic test could be a saviour

Lara Marks & Ankur Mutreja 11 Aug 2020

Cape Wine Master Winnie Bowman on women winemakers and the state of the SA wine industry

Agriculture

Cape Wine Master Winnie Bowman on women winemakers and the state of the SA wine industry

Janine Greenleaf Walker 3 Aug 2020

Some of the beneficiaries of Umthombo Youth Development Foundation

Healthcare

#BizUnity: NPO addresses healthcare staff shortages in rural hospitals

20 Jul 2020

Next-generation cloud and today's business paradigm

ICT

Next-generation cloud and today's business paradigm

Niral Patel 22 May 2020

Collaboration is crucial for scientists to tackle the COVID-19 epidemic. Getty Images

Healthcare

Coronavirus: never been a more compelling time for African scientists to work together

Salome Maswime, Collet Dandara & Sudesh Sivarasu 22 Apr 2020

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

Entrepreneurship

Covid-19: Alibaba Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation to donate medical supplies to Africa

18 Mar 2020

Why Africa needs more successful content businesses

Entrepreneurship

Why Africa needs more successful content businesses

Roy Morrison 11 Mar 2020

Many genetic abnormalities involve the oral and dental region of the face. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Dentists in South Africa aren't being taught genetics. Why they should

Manogari Chetty 11 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Healthcare

5 practices to improve doctor-patient relationships

Patricia Hannon 24 Jan 2020

Healthcare

Human gene editing: who decides the rules?

Sheetal Soni 16 Jan 2020

#EntrepreneurMonth: Turning creativity into wearable art

Entrepreneurship

#EntrepreneurMonth: Turning creativity into wearable art

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Nov 2019

Low-cost alloys would pave the way for affordable medical implants and prosthetics. Monstar Studio/Shutterstock

Energy & Mining

South Africa is one step closer to processed titanium alloys

Michael Oluwatosin 7 Nov 2019

#SingularityUSouthAfrica2019: How applied computing can save your life

Marketing & Media

#SingularityUSouthAfrica2019: How applied computing can save your life

22 Oct 2019