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A mobile clinic for Joburg's destitute northern townships is just one legacy of the sixth and latest Cape Town to Cairo roadshow, an annual event by Philips and its partners focusing on health and well-being in Africa.

For the past five years, the focus of the Cape Town to Cairo trek has been Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. This year, mother and child health will still be a priority, with a shift towards the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. More innovative solutions are expected.

A unique clinical innovation developed by South African non-profit PowerFree Education Technology aimed at helping to curb high rates of infant mortality across Africa is being fine tuned and commercialised through a partnership with global technology firm Royal Philips.

A unique clinical innovation developed by South African non-profit PowerFree Education Technology aimed at helping to curb high rates of infant mortality across Africa is being fine tuned and commercialised through a partnership with global technology firm Royal Philips.

A meeting of the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce, to be hosted by Brand South Africa in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday, will discuss Africa's competitiveness and ways of boosting intra-African trade.

A meeting of the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce, to be hosted by Brand South Africa in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday, will discuss Africa's competitiveness and ways of boosting intra-African trade.

South Africa is set for a boom in the use of LED lighting following the announcement of Africa’s largest energy-saving lighting deal between local power utility Eskom and global electronics giant Philips.
• Energy efficiency drive kicks off

Durban's International Convention Centre, venue for the UN climate summit kicking off on Monday, has a strong environmental vision and policy and already boasts a number of "green" features.

The town of Kimberley, a centre of the world’s diamond industry located in the Northern Cape, is set for major expansion with the announcement of a new gold jewellery factory to be developed at a cost of R100-million.