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Scientists use gene-targeting breakthrough against COVID-19 cells with CRISPR Tool Called ‘PAC-MAN’

Viwe TyolwanaJune 5, 2020

by Viwe TyolwanaJune 5, 2020083

Scientists from Stanford University have found the perfect partners to work on a gene-targeting, antiviral agent against COVID-19, after teaming up with researchers at the

Women’s organizations in the Arab States region join UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s call for ceasefire in the face of COVID-19

Viwe TyolwanaJune 2, 2020

by Viwe TyolwanaJune 2, 20200117

Ninety-one women’s organizations from Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Syria and Yemen issued a joint statement to call for a ceasefire in the face of COVID-19, joining

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SA’s Use-It wins in inaugural HSBC Future Skills Innovation Challenge

Mpofu SthandileMay 29, 2020

by Mpofu SthandileMay 29, 20200114

The 12 winners of the inaugural HSBC Future Skills Innovation Challenge include South Africa’s Use-It, an organisation that teaches young people how to manufacture innovative

Event News Health And Welfare

CTU & SANTACO team up to donate food hampers in Olievenhoutbosch

Viwe TyolwanaMay 28, 2020

by Viwe TyolwanaMay 28, 20200245

During May, CTU, one of the largest taxi underwriters in South Africa, donated 160 much needed, family-sized food hampers and reusable facemasks to the residents

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Donors and NGO’s unite to create Muslims for Humanity

Amanda MkhizeMay 27, 2020

by Amanda MkhizeMay 27, 20200186

KZN-based Muslim businessmen, donors and other humanitarians have joined together to launch a donor led initiative to assist NGOs reach vulnerable people during the Coronavirus

African Union COVID19 Response Fund aims to raise $1 Million on Africa Day

Viwe TyolwanaMay 25, 2020

by Viwe TyolwanaMay 25, 20200188

The African Union has created an African Union COVID-19 Response Fund with the aim of strengthening the continental response to COVID-19 and mitigate its socio

Event News Health And Welfare

Oprah Winfrey pledges $12 Million for COVID-Relief

Viwe TyolwanaMay 22, 2020

by Viwe TyolwanaMay 22, 20200359

Oprah Winfrey has announced a commitment of $12 million through the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation in support of COVID-19 relief efforts in five cities she

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Pandemic Response and Recovery and Africa’s Energy Transformation

Viwe TyolwanaMay 22, 2020

by Viwe TyolwanaMay 22, 20200313

The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented global emergency that is affecting health, economies and livelihoods of billions of people. While the pandemic has reached

Event News

Pan-African leaders share critical perspectives on Covid-19 pandemic

Mpofu SthandileMay 14, 2020

by Mpofu SthandileMay 14, 20200227

Africa 2.0 members share a collection of short opinion pieces about the impact of the global pandemic on African and Afro-descendant communities and offer views

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Two SA airports named best in Africa

Amanda MkhizeMay 12, 2020

by Amanda MkhizeMay 12, 20200148

Amidst the Covid-19 SA lockdown blues, the 2020 Skytrax World Airport Awards has named two of South Africa’s busiest airports the best in Africa. Cape

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