University of Cape Town

The Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition final is here. And after weeks of rigorous planning in the lead-up to this big, highly anticipated event, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) top student entrepreneurs are ready to pitch. And…

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has received a major funding boost from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a three-year capacity-building programme for malaria modelling in sub-Saharan Africa.The Malaria Modelling and…

The concept of infant mental health, which is gaining prominence in Africa, is powerfully shaped by positive mental health outcomes of both infants and primary caregivers. For this reason, hearty experiences during infancy are critical to…

The Office for Inclusivity and Change (OIC) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted a webinar in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) on 29 September. The ILO undertook…

They cannot be ignored: a group whose growing numbers, economic clout and influence must be factored into building healthy societies. This is the world’s over-60s, set to almost double from 12% to 22% by 2050. That’s 2.1 billion elders…

The newly launched Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has the potential to become a lighthouse of creative thinking on the African continent and beyond, said Andreas Peschke, the German ambassador to South…

Dr Lauren Arendse and Prof Kelly Chibale, researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) are part of a breakthrough finding that shows that a cancer drug, currently in clinical trials, can potentially protect from, cure, and prevent…

A cancer drug currently in clinical trials has shown the potential to protect from, cure and prevent transmission of malaria. The breakthrough finding by the University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers, in collaboration with several local…

Newest Financial Times rankings show the Executive MBA at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) is among the best of the best in alumni satisfaction and prior work experience, making it once again the only…

A second University of Cape Town (UCT) innovator, Dr Amber Abrams of the Future Water Institute, will be pitching at the Berlin Science Summit in Germany in November. Dr Abrams will participate in the Falling Walls Engage 2022…