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SA startup Float sets sights on UK growth

SMEs

SA startup Float sets sights on UK growth

9 hours

Sanra, backed by the Mastercard Foundation have granted about $9.3m in loans and grants to creative businesses in Kenya (Image @ Impact Newswire

Marketing & Media

Kenya backs creative economy with $9.3m funding

18 hours

Google has exceeded $1bn Africa investment target

Technology

Google has exceeded $1bn Africa investment target

Nqobile Dludla 2 Jul 2026

Your dashboard is lying to you: Why brands keep missing the 1 trillion rands township economy

Advertising

Your dashboard is lying to you: Why brands keep missing the 1 trillion rands township economy

Kabelo Kale, Issued by The Media Krate 29 Jun 2026

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2026 | Heineken is Creative Brand of the Year

28 Jun 2026

Gauteng to boost IT modernisation with R1.9bn digital investment

ICT

Gauteng to boost IT modernisation with R1.9bn digital investment

26 Jun 2026

Ring Magazine's campaign received a Silver Lion.

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2026 | Middle East secures Craft Lions as Africa misses out

Karabo Ledwaba 24 Jun 2026

3D structure of a melanoma cell derived by ion abrasion scanning electron microscopy. Image credit: on

Medical Research

SA scientists make breakthrough in decoding cancer’s most effective survival strategy

Kevin Naidoo 22 Jun 2026

Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Climate Change

UCT develops world’s first early biodiversity heat warning system

22 Jun 2026

Source: Supplied.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Fresh design flexibility opens doors for site-specific playgrounds

18 Jun 2026

Matla Media’s Nompumelelo Zwane asks how we can empower the next generation (Image supplied)

Youth Month

#YouthMonth | Marketing's role in empowering the next generation

Nompumelelo Zwane 18 Jun 2026

#YouthMonth | The Lab's Matthew Tyler on conscious consumption, resale culture and purpose-driven brands

ESG

#YouthMonth | The Lab's Matthew Tyler on conscious consumption, resale culture and purpose-driven brands

Evan-Lee Courie 15 Jun 2026

Stop chasing speed

Advertising

Stop chasing speed

Izak van der Walt and Scott Reinders, Issued by The Up&Up Group 12 Jun 2026

WPP has launched Hex, the company’s frontier studio built for the era of AI. The talent for Hex is sourced from WPP’s Creative Tech Apprenticeship programme (Source@ WPP

Artificial Intelligence

WPP launches Hex, the frontier studio built for the era of AI

11 Jun 2026

Supplied image: Talifhani Khubana (CFO, Protec), Munei Tshiovhe (GM Business Development, Protec) and Daniel Phukubje (Protec) with students at the official opening of the Science Resource Centre.

Primary & Secondary Education

New Science Resource Centre opens at Masiqhakaze Secondary School

8 Jun 2026

How a Covid lockdown phone call sparked a local biotech triumph

2026 Western Cape Economic Innovation Awards

How a Covid lockdown phone call sparked a local biotech triumph

Issued by Cape Chamber 4 Jun 2026

Supplied image (L-R): Adri Marais, CEO of Christel House South Africa; David Maynier, Western Cape Minister of Education and Wendy Viljoen, Senior Manager: Edu Invest (Wesgro)

Primary & Secondary Education

Christel House SA celebrates 25 years by opening new high school campus

26 May 2026

NIQ research reveals new rules of commerce: AI is beginning to decide what consumers buy

Research

NIQ research reveals new rules of commerce: AI is beginning to decide what consumers buy

Issued by NielsenIQ 22 May 2026

UP academics receive National Orders for reshaping South Africa’s future

Higher Education

UP academics receive National Orders for reshaping South Africa’s future

Issued by University of Pretoria 20 May 2026

A Congolese health worker checks the temperature to screen a traveller at the Grande Barrier border following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, at the border crossing point between Congo and Rwanda, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Arlette Bashizi

Infectious Diseases

Cross-border Ebola threat sparks Africa CDC alert as SA urged vigilance

19 May 2026

Primary & Secondary Education

New Soweto tech hub a leap toward closing SA’s 4IR gap

14 May 2026

ESG

Local brand, The Lab is redefining sustainability through fashion care

14 May 2026

Supplied image - front L-R: Inga Javu, Limise Kalolo, Mesuli Meneze and Shaun Ngubo (all Joe Slovo High School).
Back L-R: Joe Slovo High School learners Minenthle Ngweni, Lultho Daniso, Maude Modise (Director of the Shoprite Foundation), Alulutho Mnyobe, Anam Kalman, Kungawo Mkhalali, Xoliswa Mahlangu (Head of Digital Learning and Technology at Sifiso EdTech) and Lisolethu Fana

Primary & Secondary Education

Khayelitsha high school receives new robotics lab

11 May 2026

A person in protective clothing walks next to an ambulance during an evacuation operation of suspected hantavirus patients, following an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, in Praia, Cape Verde. Image credit: Reuters/Danilson Sequeira

Infectious Diseases

South Africa traces 62 contacts after fatal Andes hantavirus found

7 May 2026

Tourism

Bushtec unveils unified brand to deliver 'the value of remarkable experience

Issued by Bushtec 6 May 2026

Minister announces withdrawal of Draft AI Policy

4th Industrial Revolution

Minister announces withdrawal of Draft AI Policy

28 Apr 2026

How Lumico and Lava Lamp Lab built a high-impact website for the Tygerberg Hospital Children’s Hospital

CRM, CX, UX

How Lumico and Lava Lamp Lab built a high-impact website for the Tygerberg Hospital Children’s Hospital

Issued by Lumico 24 Apr 2026

Retail Marketing

Fashion care brand, The Lab’s latest campaign reframes 'care as culture'

24 Apr 2026

Advertising

This alcohol brand’s “low calorie” claim didn’t hold up, rules ARB

Karabo Ledwaba 21 Apr 2026

Podcasts

Resonate Podcast Festival is coming to South Africa - Applications open for residency

15 Apr 2026

From left, Shoeshoe Qhu (MDDA CEO), Prof Pamela Maseko (Executive Dean) and Moipane Malefane, MDDA Board Member. Source: NMU.

Media

NMU launches an industry ready media agency lab

13 Apr 2026

Image supplied.

Nutrition

How MetaLab is transforming protein from gym essential to pantry staple

Maroefah Smith 8 Apr 2026

Advertising

Spotify releases new ad formats

1 Apr 2026

The future of African healthcare unfolds at WHX 2026

Public Health

The future of African healthcare unfolds at WHX 2026

1 Apr 2026

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Real student support is more than just funding

Nokuthula Siqebengu 24 Mar 2026

The winners will be announced in June. Source: Supplied.

Media

African finalists shine in Wan-Ifra's 2026 Digital Media Awards

20 Mar 2026

DBSA and Shoprite Foundation launch first joint robotics lab in Mpumalanga

Education

DBSA and Shoprite Foundation launch first joint robotics lab in Mpumalanga

Issued by Sifiso Learning Group 19 Mar 2026

Realness Institute has announced a new Board and Alumni Advisory Council aimed at strengthening sustainability, mentorship and industry development for African screenwriters and producers. (Image supplied)

Film & Cinematography

Realness Institute expands leadership to strengthen African film and television storytelling

9 Mar 2026

How everyday users and AI experts are experiencing the state of AI right now

Artificial Intelligence

How everyday users and AI experts are experiencing the state of AI right now

Ari Ramkilowan and Stef Adonis, Issued by Helm 9 Mar 2026

The $750bn solution: How Afda alumnus Nkululeko Mdluli is disrupting global diagnostics

Higher Education

The $750bn solution: How Afda alumnus Nkululeko Mdluli is disrupting global diagnostics

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 3 Mar 2026

Neglecting customer experience is stunting small business growth

CRM

Neglecting customer experience is stunting small business growth

Liezel Jonkheid 2 Mar 2026

Tech stock rally set for a test as Nvidia results due

Technology

Tech stock rally set for a test as Nvidia results due

Alun John and Scott Murdoch 25 Feb 2026

Your marketing strategy was built for a budget you no longer have

Marketing

Your marketing strategy was built for a budget you no longer have

Issued by AdBot 24 Feb 2026

Samro invites applications for 2026 Music Publisher Programme

Radio & Audio

Samro invites applications for 2026 Music Publisher Programme

Issued by SAMRO 20 Feb 2026

New era of African skin and hair health research to Arise in Cape Town

Aesthetic Medicine

New era of African skin and hair health research to Arise in Cape Town

23 Feb 2026

Sven Huberts (left) has been appointed LePub global president, with (right) Bruno Bertelli, CEO and CCO, LePub Worldwide (Image supplied)

Advertising

Sven Huberts’ appointed LePub global president

19 Feb 2026

Ribbon-cutting ceremony: Louise Wiseman, managing director of Emeris and Geoff Whyte, CEO of ADvTech, at the official opening of Emeris Sandton

Higher Education

ADvTech's Emeris opens mega campus in Sandton

11 Feb 2026

Can entrepreneurship be taught? Here’s the neuroscience

Entrepreneurship

Can entrepreneurship be taught? Here’s the neuroscience

Victor (Vik) Perez 10 Feb 2026