Ultimately, South Africa's agriculture has a role in resolving the household poverty challenges. However, the responsibility does not lie solely in the sector. Other sectors of the economy can play an ...

To meaningfully empower Kenya's over 13m micro entrepreneurs, the government should plot a grant-based system.

The report, titled "Trends in Maternal Mortality," reveals the continued high risk of maternal deaths, with an estimated ...

A total of 259,061 people lost their lives in road accidents in the continent in 2021, according to the latest report from ...

The South African government’s proposed tax hikes in VAT over the next two years and increase in excise duties on alcoholic ...

On World Health Day, let’s not lose sight of hope, of taking action to make sure we create societies in which our children ...

The U.S.’s bizarre tariff formula creates a higher rate for low-income countries such as Lesotho and Madagascar that are simply too poor to import many U.S. products ...

In the poverty-stricken Plateaux de Bateke, a rural area of DRC’s capital Kinshasa, where Fr. Patrick Lonkoy Bolengu ...

Ever wonder how your sense of self shapes your economic decisions? Join Harvard economist Roland Fryer as he unpacks the powerful influence of identity on our choices and behavior. Photo: Free to ...

An initiative in Zambia is showing that a profit-seeking company can help rural farmers battling extreme weather breed ...

A reliance on passive job search methods among the unemployed in South Africa would not be surprising given the persistently high rate of unemployment and the consequent low probability (or hope) of ...