Author: Janice Kew

African scientists have received $7.2-million to find drugs that will help combat malaria and tuberculosis on the continent.

South Africa’s first four-day workweek trial shows some differences from other countries that have tried the switch.

Discovery plans to link South African companies with independent power producers selling renewable energy.

Africa’s largest clothing retailer is expanding rapidly in one of its newest segments – the sale of affordable mobile phones.

African efforts to produce Covid-19 vaccines on the continent may face a setback amid a dearth of orders for the injections.

South Africa is enhancing its capacity to identify and respond to emerging pathogens and deadly diseases after leading global efforts to identify new strains of the coronavirus.

South Africans contracting Covid-19 in the current wave of infections are 80% less likely to be hospitalised if they catch the Omicron variant, compared with other strains, according to a new study.