Energy and chemicals company Sasol’s business continues to be impacted by a volatile operating environment and continued operational challenges, but, despite this, it delivered a stronger... 

The transfer of mRNA technology, through the World Health Organisation (WHO), to South African biotechnology company Afrigen, is strategically of the utmost importance, WHO mRNA Technology Transfer... 

Five months after pulling a planned initial public offering South African medical cannabis company Cilo Cybin Holdings plans to try again — this time with the backing of Malaysian biotechnology... 

Industrial service solutions providers TMS Group Industrial Services and industrial and engineering solutions provider Redec Services have merged. Both businesses are part of Sekta Group, a 51%... 

Paarl-based manufacturing facility Afriplex, in collaboration with the Cannabis Research Institute (CRI), has developed technology to extract cannabidiol (CBD) isolate from locally cultivated... 

Owing to the highly solvent-intensive processes associated with active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) manufacturing, a single batch of APIs can use and generate significant amounts of waste.... 

Chemicals supplier Active Chemicals offers on-site technical assistance and training for operational personnel in the gold plant and water filtration works sector. The service provides customers... 

During a visit to local biopharmaceutical Biovac’s manufacturing facility on March 9, Pfizer and Biovac held a showcase of their partnership, including an official opening ceremony of the recently... 

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings shares extended their rally after the chief executive officer of Africa’s largest drugmaker said it has agreed to deals to produce more vaccines and other treatments for... 

Photographic and imaging company Fujifilm South Africa has officially opened its new local head office, located at 18 Holt street, in Sandton, Johannesburg. The opening of the newly built building... 

JSE-listed pharmaceuticals manufacturer Adcock Ingram has increased its revenue and gross profit by 8% year-on-year for the six-month period ended December 31. Its trading profit also increased by... 

Diversified industrial, chemical and logistics group KAP Industrial increased its revenue for the six months ended December 31 by 12% year-on-year to R15.26-billion but earnings before interest,... 

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (IPASA) this week signed a... 

South Africa plans to offer additional Covid-19 booster vaccines to people at highest risk of complications associated with the disease. The government intends making top-up inoculations available... 

The Covid Treatment Quick Start Consortium delivered its first shipment of Paxlovid, a Covid-19 treatment made by Pfizer, to Africa on Monday with 1 000 courses of the drug arriving in Zambia. The... 

JSE-listed pharmaceutical company Aspen has reached an agreement for $30-million of grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations... 

According to the World Platinum Investment Council, there are signs that a global market in green hydrogen or green hydrogen derivatives is emerging, with more than 80 announcements between 2020... 

Cannabis pharmaceuticals and health device manufacturer Cilo Cybin says it has missed the set timeframe required to list as a special purpose acquisition company on the JSE. Although the... 

South African biopharmaceutical company Biovac and South Korea-based international non-profit organisation the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) jointly announced in Cape Town on Wednesday that... 

JSE-listed diversified chemicals producer Omnia grew its interim earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, excluding its Zimbabwean operations and impairments, by 30%... 

Last month, global designer and manufacturer Emerson announced that a customer in China has recently purchased the three-millionth Fisher FIELDVUE digital valve controller for use in the water... 

Steel, tube and valve supplier Stewarts & Lloyds’ Pipes & Fittings division has received its first consignment of vacuum break valves from local valve manufacturer Variant Air and has distributed... 

Researchers from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in conjunction with industry counterparts, have pooled efforts to use biocatalysis – a green production method – to help... 

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretary-general Wamkele Mene has said the automotive sector is at the heart of Africa’s industrialisation and can play a vital part in the global... 

What is posited to be Africa’s most advanced imaging facility opened in Cape Town on October 19, boasting some of world’s best optical microscopes now available at no cost to scientists across the... 

Pharmaceutical, biotech and biohacking company Cilo Cybin is in the process of listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the hopes to expand its business, both in South Africa as well as abroad. 

Midrand-based cannabis pharmaceuticals and health device manufacturer Cilo Cybin intends to use capital raised during its planned JSE listing to ramp up cannabis product production, as well as... 

Investment holding company Remgro recorded a strong financial year ended June 30, despite headwinds that the company says can be regarded as extreme events, which disrupted the global and local... 

Maintenance schedules depend on the type of humidifier and the humidifier application. Humidification and dehumidification equipment supplier Humidair owner Pieter Aldred notes that modern... 

Economic challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in many companies’ “skimping” on air-conditioning maintenance, as it is viewed as an unnecessary additional expense, says... 

Booming demand for medicinal cannabis from Europe to Australia has seen a South African producer sell all of its output for next year in advance. SafriCanna signed sale deals with Germany and... 

Africa is about to get its first listing of a medical cannabis-focused SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company, when Cilo Cybin raises money in Johannesburg later this year. The company is... 

Mixing and pumping equipment manufacturer Afromix’s AMX range of agitators comprises the lion’s share of its global exports, which accounts for about 80% of the company’s revenue.  The company’s... 

Africa must continue to pursue, and drive the recent momentum in, the establishment of vaccine production capabilities and capacity on the continent to combat diseases and ensure healthy societies.... 

Aspen Pharmacare has signed a deal with the Serum Institute of India to manufacture and sell four Aspen-branded vaccines for Africa, as it seeks to utilise its near-idle Covid-19 vaccine production... 

Women’s safety wear manufacturer Sisi Safety Wear is continuously educating the local market on the need to procure personal protective equipment (PPE) designed for the growing female workforce,... 

Despite accounting for only 15% of the global population, Africa has historically borne a disproportionate 25% share of the global disease burden, while only 2% of the world’s research output is... 

Part of a Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plant in South Africa launched by US biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong and President Cyril Ramaphosa is available to rent after a plunge in demand for...