- Plastic rarely gets recycled, ending up in landfills and our seas. From waste-reclaimers to waste-preneurs laboriously upcycling all kinds of material, will the circular economy become mainstream before we choke up our oceans and the planet with immutable rubbish? DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE FIVE…
- TOPLINE Rapper Travis Scott mounted his return to the music industry Wednesday with the announcement of several public performances, his first since 10 people were killed and hundreds were injured in a crowd surge at a music festival he headlined five months ago. KEY FACTS Scott’s first public show…
- TOPLINE Harvard University on Tuesday announced it would spend $100 million to study the university’s historic ties to slavery and work on the “process of reckoning and repair,” becoming the latest prestigious university launching a fund to study its own past. KEY FACTS The university released a…
- TOPLINE Antibodies produced by Covid-19 vaccines and booster shots may be less effective at defending against the omicron variant than previous coronavirus strains, a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University found—the latest data from the winter’s record-breaking Covid-19 surge. KEY FACTS…
- Questions abound! With newly-amended gender-based violence bills in South Africa, activists ask: will there be a significant decrease in the number of cases, will more victims report their perpetrators, and will reported cases finally be fairly prosecuted? IN APRIL 2021, 23-YEAR-OLD social media…
- The Galaxy S22 series, the most powerful devices Samsung has ever created is a game-changer. It’s designed for a hybrid world where most of us need to easily switch between multiple devices whether at work or play. The Galaxy S22 series includes the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+ and the Galaxy S22 Ultra…
- Phewww. That was fast! A little over 11 days after Elon Musk proposed paying $54 a share for Twitter, the company’s board approved the transaction on Monday, a surprise reversal. Twitter initially seemed opposed to the idea—it adopted a poison pill, a defense against an unsolicited bid like Musk’s—…
- For the first time on the African continent, the Forbes Under 30 Summit Africa kicked off in Botswana’s capital Gaborone yesterday, April 24, with 600 entrepreneurs in attendance for the five-day event. At the opening night in Gaborone’s historic Main Mall, an outdoor shopping and commercial hub in…
- How is African business viewing the new growth potential of Web 3.0? “Africa is ready for Web 3.0,” says Del Titus Bawuah, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Lili SmartCity, an entrepreneur in tech, sustainability and cultural impact and an early investor in Web 3.0.His reasoning for this is…
- The former head of state Mwai Kibaki of Kenya has died this morning at the age 0f 90. The Republic of Kenya’s third president, Mwai Kibaki, has passed away at the age of 90 as announcedthis morning. He had served during a critical time for the country as it transitioned from a one-partystate to a…
- TOPLINE The World Health Organization has recommended Pfizer’s antiviral pill Paxlovid to treat high-risk Covid patients, the agency announced Friday, which it said is safer, easier to administer and better at preventing hospitalizations than other available treatments. KEY FACTS The WHO’s expert…
- South African cultivated meat startup Mzansi Meat has recently become a pioneer with an edible, lab-grown beef burger, showcased at a proof-of-concept tasting last week. Just a few decades ago, it would have likely have been unthinkable to be eating a beef burger thatdidn’t cost the life of an…
- Every story starts somewhere, and for renowned author and TV producer Billy Carson, it all began at the age of 7. Billy didn’t come from a financially well-off family, and all that started to become apparent when he entered school. He used to go to school with holes in his shoes and would come home…
- TOPLINE Patients hospitalized with Covid-19-associated pneumonia were more likely to develop dementia than patients hospitalized with other types of pneumonia, according to a study published March 7 by Open Forum Infectious Diseases, adding to a growing body of research linking Covid-19 to…
- The South African electric vehicle (EV) landscape is set to accelerate in 2022 with a slew of new models. But with all its power and load-shedding issues, is South Africa ready? By Nafisa Akabor THE SOUTH AFRICAN EV MARKET IS ON THE FAST lane. Audi launched its highly-anticipated electric e-tron…
- One of South Africa’s finest women’s footballers of the last two decades, Rhoda Mulaudzi, also a royal princess, had to fight all the way to get to this point in her career – first with her family and then the South African football structure. She is now opening doors for other women to play…
- From teacher to actuary to entrepreneur, CEO and corporate titan, Sello Moloko has had an illustrious journey that could inspire any young African. Taking over as chairman of the Absa Group from April 1, he is all set to make his mark in defining the future of banking. By GODFREY MUTIZWA…
- The drone market is on a growth trajectory. In rural Africa, they are being increasingly used for transporting life-saving drugs and for collecting data for geographic information systems, agriculture and even film-making. DUMISANI KALIATI’S UNIVERSITY was close to a hospital, and each time he…
- TOPLINE Shanghai on Monday reported the first deaths linked to the city’s ongoing Covid-19 outbreak—China’s worst since the start of the pandemic—as the rise in cases in eastern China and the country’s commitment to a zero-Covid approach prompted more cities to impose pandemic restrictions despite…
- People diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder are about 3.7% more likely to experience a Covid-19 infection after being vaccinated than people without psychiatric disorders, according to a study published Thursday by JAMA Network Open that suggested a need for Covid-19 prevention efforts geared…
- TOPLINE Covid-19 infection is linked to eye conditions called retinal vascular occlusions—blockages of blood vessels in the eye that can cause vision loss—according to a study published Thursday by JAMA Ophthalmology that threw light on one of several little-understood long-term effects of the…
- Glimpses of the ongoing Ukraine war from the Africans who fled and those predicting a wider impact on the continent. Dr Akintoye Akindele, the Nigeria-based Executive Chairman of Platform Capital, ushered in 2022 inKyiv, the capital and most populous city in Ukraine now dominating the news. His…
- At least 300 people are reported dead and hundreds more missing with the eastern coastline of South Africa battered by floods over the last week. The rolling green foothills of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province were struck by tragedy this weekas devastating levels of rainfall saw homes and…
- The fallout from the war on Ukraine will be felt by all Africans, whether abroad or at home. How will it impact African trade? BY PAULA SLIER IN MOSCOW THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO UKRAINE was in 1992. The country had just declared independence from the Soviet Union and flying there from South Africa…
- Every minute of every hour of every day, a new NFT is dropped. Last year alone, NFT trading broke new records and surpassed $23 billion. It’s safe to say the crypto art industry has exploded exponentially. That unprecedented growth has attracted many newcomers to the NFT table. However, with the…
- TOPLINE Man-made climate change has caused hurricanes and tropical storms to drop more rain, according to an article published Tuesday by Nature Communications that analyzed data from the record-breaking 2020 North Atlantic hurricane season, when storms inflicted around $37 billion in damage across…
- 56-year-old Burkina Faso-born architect, Diébédo Francis Kéré, became the first African to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize in early March. According to BBC Africa, the prize is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. As an architect, educator, and social activist, Kéré’s work…
- While African football continues to give the world many top players, this is rarely recognized and French coach Claude Le Roy intends changing that. By Nick Said THERE ARE FEW MEN WHO KNOW MORE ABOUT African football than veteran French coach Claude Le Roy, who has worked on the continent for close…
- TOPLINE Covid-19 infections are tied to damage in the part of the brain associated with smell, according to a study published Monday by JAMA Neurology, offering a possible explanation for the long-term Covid-induced smell loss that afflicts up to 1.6 million Americans. Smell loss can be one of the…
- TOPLINE Tesla CEO Elon Musk has decided not to join the board of Twitter, the company’s CEO Parag Agrawal announced late on Sunday night, in a move that comes just a week after the billionaire disclosed he had acquired a 9% stake in the social media giant. KEY FACTS Making the announcement on…
- FROM TEACHER TO ACTUARY TO ENTREPRENEUR, CEO AND CORPORATE TITAN, SELLO MOLOKO HAS HAD AN ILLUSTRIOUS JOURNEY THAT COULD INSPIRE ANY YOUNG AFRICAN. TAKING OVER AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ABSA GROUP FROM APRIL 1, HE IS ALL SET TO MAKE HIS MARK IN DEFINING THE FUTURE OF BANKING. Get Your Digital Copy Here
- Breaking the mundanity of everyday urban living in London are the vibrant ring-necked parakeets, a species indigenous to Africa and with a squawky story. BY ALASTAIR HAGGER LONDON, AT ANY TIME OF YEAR, CAN BE stubbornly, oppressively grey; it is not unusual to wonder, after weeks of overcast skies…
- TOPLINE Captain America Comics No. 1, a 1941 comic book issue featuring the first appearance of the titular character, sold for over $3.1 million Thursday, becoming the one of the most expensive comic books ever sold at auction—the latest testament to the ongoing dominance of comic book lore in…
- Baron & Cabot have now expanded in Kenya and Nigeria. Africans can now invest in property within UK. Baron & Cabot, a UK property investment company has launched their new base in Kenya and Nigeria to finally help Kenyans and Nigerians invest in property within the UK in a simple and…
- Traditional ideas of vegans and vegetarians often conjure negative stereotypes, but innovation in the meat alternative industry and growing climate change awareness have joined to create a revolutionary and explosive market, and South Africa can count itself as an early pioneer. IN THE SHADOW OF…
