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Women's Health

Why women's health is key to economic success in South Africa

9 hours

The IAB SA 2025 Bookmarks Awards winners have been announced, with Ogilvy named Best Digital Agency of 2025 (Image supplied)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

Ogilvy and KFC take the double in the IAB Bookmark Awards

10 hours

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Inside SA’s multi-million rand plan to fill US funding void

Jesse Copelyn 8 hours

Source: GCIS. President Cyril Ramaphosa urged that water investment be central to finance discussions at the AU-AIP Water Summit 2025, which aligns with the launch of the Rand Water Zuikerbosch System Purification Plant in Vereeniging which he attended last week.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Global leaders unite in Cape Town to transform water investment strategy

1 day

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Women's Health

Embracing period leave: A step toward true workplace equality

Jessica Gbedemah 2 days

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Obstetrics & Gynaecology

How period poverty is derailing education in South Africa

2 days

2025 Effie Awards South Africa finalists announced

Marketing

2025 Effie Awards South Africa finalists announced

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 3 days

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Health & Social Welfare

Matshepo Msibi named CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities South Africa

11 Aug 2025

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Heavy periods affecting productivity in South Africa

3 days

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#WomensMonth: TotalEnergies' Lulu Likotsi is making energy a force for good

Maroefah Smith 3 days

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Women's Health

Gates Foundation leads charge into women’s health with unprecedented $2.5bn fund

8 Aug 2025

African startups take on medicine access gaps with smarter supply chains

Supply Chain

African startups take on medicine access gaps with smarter supply chains

30 Jul 2025

Ogilvy SA takes Best in Show at 2025 Sabre Africa Awards

PR & Communications

Ogilvy SA takes Best in Show at 2025 Sabre Africa Awards

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 22 Jul 2025

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HIV/AIDS

SA Health to fund HIV/Aids research to fill Pepfar void

10 Jul 2025

#WPRD2025 | Ogilvy PR & Influence's MD, Samantha Presbury: PR and its vital role in Africa

World PR Day

#WPRD2025 | Ogilvy PR & Influence's MD, Samantha Presbury: PR and its vital role in Africa

Robin Fredericks 14 Jul 2025

The finalists were announced on 9 July 2025. Source: Supplied

IAB Bookmarks Awards

All the 2025 Bookmark Awards finalists

9 Jul 2025

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Public Health

Healthcare, poverty alleviation at the heart of Bill Gates' final philanthropic push

Maroefah Smith 12 Jun 2025

Source: © Provoke Media Provoke Media has named the 10 Best Agencies in Africa, with Retroviral and the South African operation of global public relations agency We. Communications named PRovoke Media’s African Agencies of the Year for 2025

PR & Communications

Provoke Media names Africa's 10 best agencies and leading campaigns

20 May 2025

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Gates, others launch $500m maternal, newborn health fund, bucking aid cuts trend

30 Apr 2025

Source: © Retroviral The Sabre Awards Africa finalists have been announced, with Retroviral and Ogilvy each with seven finalists. Pictured: One of the finalists campaigns, The Eric Cantona Stunt for Showmax by T+W, Retroviral and Grid

PR & Communications

SA's PR agencies show their excellence in Sabre Awards Africa 2025 finalists list

22 Apr 2025

South African creativity shines in 2025 SABRE Awards shortlist

Marketing

South African creativity shines in 2025 SABRE Awards shortlist

5 Mar 2025

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Healthcare

Davos panel unveils $1tn opportunity by addressing women's health gap

Katja Hamilton 12 Feb 2025

HIV/AIDS

Vaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing them

Glenda Gray and Asa Tapley 2 Jan 2025

An educator uses a model of the HIV virus to illustrate a lesson on Aids to youths at a primary health centre in Kobi suburb, Abuja, Nigeria 30 November 2022. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

HIV/AIDS

New HIV prevention drug could reach poorest countries by 2025, says health official

Jennifer Rigby 18 Dec 2024

Ogilvy leads Assegai Awards with 46 wins across 10 clients

Marketing

Ogilvy leads Assegai Awards with 46 wins across 10 clients

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 28 Nov 2024

Uncap rolls out €30m fund for African SMEs

Funding

Uncap rolls out €30m fund for African SMEs

18 Sep 2024

Shape Africa’s independent voice: Register now for AMP 2024

Advertising

Shape Africa’s independent voice: Register now for AMP 2024

Issued by YehBaby Marketing Creatives 6 Jun 2024

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Tuberculosis

Next phase of TB vaccine clinical trial sparks hope of game-changing results – top SA scientist

28 Mar 2024

IITA collaborates with global leaders to transform African agriculture

Agriculture

IITA collaborates with global leaders to transform African agriculture

29 Jan 2024

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Research & Development

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Rémi Cardinael, Armwell Shumba and Vira Leng 7 Dec 2023

Source: Supplied. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Majesty King Charles III open the inaugural Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum.

Markets & Investment

UAE launches groundbreaking COP28 Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum

1 Dec 2023

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus is pictured in Seattle, Washington, US 5 May 2021. Reuters/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

Medical Research

Gates gives $40m to boost access to mRNA vaccines in Africa

Jennifer Rigby and Wendell Roelf 9 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccine scheme for poorest has $2.6bn left to spend as pandemic recedes

Jennifer Rigby 26 Jun 2023

More talent joins Global Citizen's 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'

Events

More talent joins Global Citizen's 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'

Issued by OnPoint PR 8 Jun 2023

Global Citizen announces 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'

Events

Global Citizen announces 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'

Issued by OnPoint PR 24 May 2023

Public Health

African leaders pledge to drive routine immunisation and polio eradication

20 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Vaccine-derived poliovirus detected in Burundi, Congo

Bhargav Acharya 20 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters. A health worker prepares a dose of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine in Dakar, Senegal February 23, 2021.

Public Health

Senegal institute wins $50m in boost to Africa's vaccine capacity

Nellie Peyton 25 Jan 2023

Second international summit on food production in Africa to open in Dakar

Food Security

Second international summit on food production in Africa to open in Dakar

20 Jan 2023

Media

Women's voices are missing in the media - including them could generate billions in income

Ylva Rodny-Gumede 17 Jan 2023

Healthcare

SA's Aspen gets $30m grant to make vaccines

Nqobile Dludla 12 Dec 2022

Image supplied. Ogilvy is the most awarded agency in the country this year

Advertising

2022: The year of the Ogilvy 'come back'

Danette Breitenbach 8 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

South Africa's Biovac in new oral cholera vaccine deal

Wendell Roelf 25 Nov 2022

Gates Foundation pledges $7bn for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Gates Foundation pledges $7bn for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash

Ayenat Mersie 18 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied.

Finance

Gates Foundation calls for bold and immediate action at COP27

9 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. Linda-Gail Bekker, professor of medicine and chief executive officer at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation.

HIV/AIDS

Decades of research make PrEP against HIV a reality for South Africa

25 Oct 2022

Medical Research

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation discloses locally led R&D initiatives

24 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

The Institut Pasteur de Dakar's new alliance bolsters West Africa's epidemic preparedness

7 Sep 2022