A similar comparison of urban prices — based on data from 125 cities, including nine in Sub-Saharan Africa (the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living Survey) — finds African cities to ...

Urbanization in African cities is among the fastest globally, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where populations are expected to triple by 2050. As of 2024, Africa's population stands at ...

This Economic Issue is based on IMF Working Paper 99/51 "Adjustment and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa." Citations for the research referred to in this shortened version are provided in the original ...

The World Bank report highlights the growing role of nature-based solutions (NBS) in climate resilience across Sub-Saharan ...

The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

The International Diabetes Federation estimated in 2021 that 24 million adults in sub-Saharan Africa were living with the ...

To address this gap, WRI is launching the Green-Gray Infrastructure Accelerator, aimed at assisting 11 cities across Sub-Saharan Africa in merging nature-based solutions with conventional ...

Many African cities are already taking great strides. Through the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa initiative, over 360 sub-national governments have pledged their commitment to these ...

To reduce unacceptably high death rates from snakebite envenomation, sub-Saharan Africa must adopt not only ... This means, by and large, cities or district hospitals often covering areas of ...

A new study has revealed that type 2 diabetes is rising faster in sub-Saharan Africa than previously thought, potentially affecting millions more in the coming decades. The research, published in The ...

Global conditions are more favourable, supporting firmer economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa, financial organisation Nedbank Group’s economic unit notes in its ‘Africa Insights for sub ...