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Laois social entrepreneurs invited to apply for funding and support Reporter: express reporter news@leinsterexpress.ie Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) is making €50,000 seed funding available through its Ideas Academy to individuals who have an innovative idea to solve a particular social problem and are looking to take the first steps from idea to action. A further €100,000 will be awarded through its Impact Programme. The funding is part of a suite of supports on offer to social entrepreneurs on its Ideas Academy and Impact Programme, which are both currently accepting applications...

ISS: Fake COVID-19 vaccines seized in SA just the start for Africa Written by ISSAfrica - 123 The lucrative market is the latest in a burgeoning counterfeit medicines trade run by organised crime networks. New posters have popped up on the streets of South Africa advertising ‘vaccination R150’. At first glance they could be referring to any vaccine, but COVID-19 is likely the disease in question. And recent incidents suggest there is cause for concern. In November 2020, the South African Police Service raided a warehouse in Germiston east of Johannesburg and discovered a consignment of...