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The cost of Covid: 25 years of progress, halted

Africa Simon Allison - 16 Sep 2020

Development has been set back by two decades, says the Gates Foundation Goalkeepers report

Beware of Big Business bearing gifts

Opinion Ahmed Sule - 19 Jul 2020

Large corporates whose business has thrived because of inequalities, could be hijacking the anti-racist movement by offering money and not tangible changes

What relationship therapy can teach us about our connection to the world

Coronavirus Sorayah Nair - 27 May 2020

Handling a global crisis is not that different from dealing with partnership break-downs

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Blessed peace under lockdown

Analysis Paddy Harper - 29 Apr 2020

I’ve silenced the Bible Thumper and dumped social media drivel but physical distancing, an art the deputy prez has mastered, is tricky

To fight Covid-19 in Africa, we must fight inequality

Article Oumar Seydi - 18 Apr 2020

Our global health is only as strong as our most vulnerable community. The coronavirus pandemic can be defeated — but only if we leave no one behind

Jack Ma v. Bill Gates: Does Africa need another benevolent billionaire?

Africa Simon Allison - 18 Apr 2020

The latest member of the benevolent billionaires club could learn from what his peers have done right — and wrong

Building your own business

Article Cayleigh Bright - 4 Oct 2019

We need to become perpetual students, and the range of training offerings just keeps increasing

Eish, robot: The road to mecha

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Oct 2018

Lately our worst AI dreams have entered a realm much closer to home

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Microsoft co-founder, investor, philanthropist Paul Allen dead at 65

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Oct 2018

Allen died just two weeks after publicly revealing that non-Hodgkin's lymphoma he fought into remission nine years ago had returned

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Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma announces plans to retire at 54

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Sep 2018

Alibaba's co-founder and chairman Jack Ma plans to retire from the Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday to devote his time to philanthropy

Tedros aims to turn the WHO around

Africa Mercedes Sayagues - 8 Jun 2018

Good things are being said about the World Health Organisation since Ethiopia’s man came on board

Figureheads won’t help women

Article Palesa Lebitse - 11 May 2018

It takes political mobilisation, education, laws and economic opportunities

The dark side of bitcoin

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Dec 2017

Finding a bitcoin buddy could send you off the deep end

‘Elon Musk’ might only be 95% accurate, but it’s enough to inspire

Analysis Philip Machanick - 8 Aug 2017

Machanick reviews the merits of journalist Ashlee Vance's biography of Elon Musk.

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Nutrition remains single biggest ‘missed opportunity’ in health, says Gates

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 15 Feb 2017

Malnutrition contributes to almost half of all child deaths globally but receives 1% of foreign aid.

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

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Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

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special reports - 18 Sep 2020

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special reports - 18 Sep 2020

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges