December 11, 2023
Africa: Tobacco Harm Reduction Not a One-Size Fits all Approach
As the world moves to embrace Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) interventions through adopting novel nicotine products such as electronic cigarettes, nicotine patches and others, there… Read more »
November 24, 2023
Africa: Banning Flavoured E-cigarettes Won't Reduce Smoking Rates-Experts
The public health community is working on numerous interventions to restrict and ban the uptake and use of novel nicotine products. Among their strategies include imposing stiffer… Read more »
November 23, 2023
Africa: The Animation School chooses Honoris United Universities for its Pan-African Expansion
Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions, is pleased to announce the latest addition to its group: The… Read more »
Africa: Vaping and Smoking Interchangeably Puts Young People's Health at Risk
As conversations around Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) ensue, there seems to be little or no consensus between public health and THR advocates on the adoption of nicotine… Read more »
October 10, 2023
Africa: Securiport Announces Diamond Sponsorship of the Airport Council International Africa
Securiport, a global leader in civil aviation security with an expertise in the use of data analytics and rules-based targeting for risk assessment and threat detection,… Read more »
May 30, 2023
Africa: Securiport Announces Bronze Sponsorship of the 79th IATA AGM And World Air Transport Summit
Securiport, a global leader in civil aviation security with an expertise in the use of data analytics and rules-based targeting for risk assessment and threat detection,… Read more »
November 10, 2023
Africa: PIEX Group Completes Acquisition of the Apexfarma Group and its Subsidiary Cross Pharm
PIEX Group, a leading distributor of healthcare and wellness products in Africa, announces that it has signed the acquisition of Apexfarma group, a company that specializes in the… Read more »
Africa: Countries Reap Benefits from Implementing Tobacco Harm Reduction Programs
With the world losing over 8 million people to tobacco-related deaths, there is a need for safer alternatives that deliver nicotine without exposing consumers to harm. However,… Read more »
November 08, 2023
Africa: PMI Confident in Attaining Smoke-Free Status By 2030
Seven years from now, one of the world’s leading innovative Tobacco Companies, Phillip Morris International (PMI), could realize its target of eliminating combustible… Read more »
November 07, 2023
Africa: Nicotine Innovation Versus Regulation - Players Urged to Prioritise Child Protection
Innovation is the mainstay of every successful economy. Owing to the massive opportunities’ innovation presents on the economic front, it is no surprise that governments are… Read more »
Africa: Nicotine Ignorance Killing More People Than Smoking Itself
At the recent Global Nicotine Tobacco Forum (GTNF) in Seoul, South Korea, BAT's global head of business communications, Jonathan Atwood warned that a lack of knowledge and… Read more »
November 02, 2023
Africa: COP10 Presents Platform for Tobacco Industry and Public Health to Find Common Ground on Tobacco Harm Reduction
The upcoming Conference of Parties (COP10), to be held in Panama from November 20 to 25, 2023, is an opportunity for the Tobacco industry to learn from each other on how best to… Read more »
October 30, 2023
Africa: Huawei Announces Business Results for the First Three Quarters of 2023
Huawei unveiled its business results for the first three quarters of 2023 on October 27, 2023. During this period, Huawei generated CNY456.6 billion ($62,47 billion) in… Read more »
October 26, 2023
Africa: Should the Media Take a Neutral Stance In the Tobacco Harm Reduction Discourse?
The late South African Philanthropist and clergyman, Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the… Read more »
Africa: Quit Or Die - The Moral Dilemma Facing Tobacco Harm Reduction Interventions
Forty-seven years on since Professor Michael Russell’s famous quotation, people are still dying from tar despite smoking for nicotine, the World Health Organisation (WHO)… Read more »
October 03, 2023
Africa: We Cannot Achieve SDGs Without Sustainable Food Systems - Reflections from the 2023 United Nations General Assembly in New York
The General debate of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly UNGA closed on September 26, 2023, in New York marking a crucial milestone in the journey… Read more »
September 19, 2023
Africa: FCTC No Longer Relevant in Tobacco Harm Reduction Efforts - Experts
Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts have warned that the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), in its current form, is not… Read more »
June 29, 2023
Africa: IATF 2023 In Egypt - Afreximbank Targets More Than $42 Billion In Trade Deals
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is expected to oversee more than $42 billion in trade deals at this year ’ s Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2023). Read more »
June 12, 2023
Africa: HNS 2023 | Huawei Data Center Network Solution Is Upgraded, Creating Ultimate Network Experience in the Diversified Computing Era
At Huawei Network Summit 2023, Huawei launched the comprehensively upgraded Easy CloudFabric Solution with major hardware and software breakthroughs. Read more »
Africa: Huawei Network Summit 2023 - Architecture Drives Diversified Service Innovations for Senelec
At Huawei Network Summit 2023, Mam Singui, Power Transmission Manager with Senelec, Senegal, spoke about his company's collaboration with Huawei in terms of building an advanced… Read more »
May 31, 2023
Africa: Cairo Named New Venue For 3rd Intra-African Trade Fair
The Egyptian capital city of Cairo has been announced as the new host of the third Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) which will now take place from 9 to 15 November 2023. Read more »
May 18, 2023
Africa: Leveraging On Smoke-Free Tobacco Alternatives For Better Public Health Outcomes
The debate around whether smokers should adopt Smoke-Free alternatives has been raging for years. A number of options to reduce harm linked to smoking tobacco have been suggested,… Read more »
April 01, 2023
Africa: Delphos International Commits To Mobilize Usd250 Million By 2027 To Advance Women's Economic Security
Amb Roya Rahmani of Delphos joins VPOTUS Kamala Harris during her visit to Zambia and announces Delphos’s contribution in support of the the Global… Read more »
January 31, 2023
Africa: Driving African Infrastructural Development
Inadequate infrastructure has long been identified as one of the biggest brakes on sustainable and inclusive economic growth in Africa. Read more »
December 16, 2022
Africa: Tobacco Harm Reduction - Regulation, Business And Public Health In Africa
On December 9th, 2022, the 10th E-Cigarette Summit took place in London, United Kingdom (UK). Scientists, practitioners, regulators, public health sector and industry gathered… Read more »
