A Five-Year-Old Bone Cancer (Osteosarcoma) Patient Undergoes South Africa’s First Van Ness Rotationplasty Procedure
-At Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital A 5-year-old Angolan patient with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in the right femur received a new lease on life after becoming the recipient of South Africa’s first Van Ness rotationplasty procedure at the expert hands of Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital’s super-specialised Life Orthopaedic Hospital team. Van Ness rotationplasty is a surgical […]
Back For Its 5th Edition, The Big 5 Construct Kenya Unlocks Access To 150 Local And International
-Leading Building And Construction Suppliers This November In line with Kenya’s Vision 2030 to reduce poverty and unemployment, The Big 5 Construct Kenya Construction Project Market Report produced by ABiQ, the event’s Knowledge Partner, highlights consumer spending and public infrastructure development as the key drivers of economic growth. From 9–11 November 2022, over 8,000 public and private […]
More Than 600 International And Regional Defence Delegates To Gather At The 1st ‘International Defence Exhibition And Conference’ In Ghana
Global and Local Defence Chiefs and Leaders come together in Accra for the ‘International Defence Exhibition and Conference’ Ghana 2022, that kick starts today, October 11th, 2022 More than 600 international and regional defence delegates participated in the first International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEC) that started today in Accra, Ghana. Hosted by the Ghana […]
The Blockchain Revolution: Why Africa Needs To Pay Attention
By Anton Baumann and Mark Fitzjohn When the average Joe hears about blockchain, he’d be forgiven for thinking “cryptos”, but there is much more to blockchain technology than the cryptocurrency market. Along with “blockchain”, there is also a tendency for people to hear the terms “bitcoin” and “nonfungible tokens (NFTs)” and to associate these with […]
Tanzania’s National Social Security Fund Becomes TDB Group’s 20th Institutional Shareholder
With an investment of over USD 11 million in Class B shares, the United Republic of Tanzania’s National Social Security Fund (NSSF) joins the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group) as its 20th institutional shareholder. TDB Group President Emeritus and Managing Director Admassu Tadesse said “This year, NSSF Tanzania is the second […]
The Nando’s Hot Young Designer Talent Search’s Top 10 Design Talents For 2022
The South African design industry is at an exciting point in its evolution; established designers continue to refine and define a uniquely South African aesthetic that has global resonance, and in turn, their work is increasingly spotlighted on the global stage. Meanwhile, a new crop of designers continues to emerge, ready to contribute their unique […]
Africa, The Looted Continent
By Baher Kamal Africa. The birthplace of “Homo Sapiens.” The land of plenty. The origin of farming. The richest region in terms of natural resources. And human capital. Home to over 1.3 billion humans, continues to be looted. With 500 million plus people living in extreme poverty, Africa has also been transformed in a sort of grave […]
