June 12, 2012
Africa: Continent Fails Her Newborn Children
Despite a significant reduction in child deaths around the globe, a new report released today shows that the health of newborn babies has been largely overlooked. Read more »
May 29, 2012
Africa: Presidents Commit to Nurturing Africa's 'Natural Capital'
Until Africa's forests are valued for the oxygen they produce for the world's ecosystems, they will be worth more when they are dead than alive, said Liberian president Ellen… Read more »
May 15, 2012
Africa: Empower Women for Food Security, Says UN
Ensuring the full equality of women and girls will make a significant contribution to reducing hunger and malnutrition in Africa according to a new report released by the United… Read more »
May 11, 2012
Africa: Keeping Pace With Change
While Africa is home to some of the world's fastest growing economies, if it aims to sustain this growth and improve the quality of life of its citizens, the continent cannot… Read more »
Africa: Inequalities Undermine Impressive Growth
Twelve years ago, the influential Economist magazine described Africa as "the hopeless continent". Last year the same publication ran the headline: "Africa rising: the hopeful… Read more »
May 04, 2012
Kenya: Court Ruling on Generic Drugs Sets Precedent for the Region
Thousands of people living with HIV and Aids in East Africa were given new hope on 25 April 2012, when a high court judge in Nairobi ruled that Kenya’s anti-counterfeit law… Read more »
April 26, 2012
Africa: Fighting Malaria - 'Best Investment in Health in Decades'
The pay-off from investment in anti-malaria programmes has been nothing short of spectacular, and every effort must be made to maintain these efforts, says the director of the… Read more »
April 05, 2012
Africa: Kickstarting Entrepreneurship and Progress
KickStart, a non-proft that promotes technology and entrepreneurism in Africa, was among those honoured at the first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls held… Read more »
Africa: Empowering Through Employment
In three years, Samasource has paid more than U.S.$1.5 million in real wages to over 2,000 trained workers in places where most people survive on less than $3 a day. The social… Read more »
December 13, 2011
Uganda: Money in the Dirt
Soft spoken Kika is a 25 year old from Kampala, Uganda. I met him on a road trip from Nairobi to Durban with the We have Faith Caravan with over 130 youth from all over the world.… Read more »
November 02, 2011
Africa: 'Environmental Challenges' Threaten Growth, UN Report Says
Over the next four decades Africa's progress in human development could outpace any other region of the world, but environmental challenges could threaten the continent's… Read more »
August 30, 2011
Niger: New Leader Emphasizes 'Accelerating Development' to End Famine and Improve Lives
Mahamadou Issoufou assumed the presidency in Niger on April 7 after winning second-round balloting in March. A long-time political figure in the landlocked west African nation,… Read more »
June 06, 2011
Africa: 'To Eradicate Hunger, Treat Small Farms as Business'
Feeding the world’s hungry is the challenge of our times, says Dr. Kanayo Nwanze, an energetic advocate for poor people, particularly poor, rural women. Nwanze is president… Read more »