By 2030, sub-Saharan Africa is expected to represent 65% of global poverty Goal 1 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to ‘eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere’ – and Agenda ...

Professor Kwaku Gyebi Duodu, Head of the Department of Consumer and Food Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa, has ...

Where US trade policy with Africa was once framed around poverty reduction and export promotion, current priorities emphasise security, resource access and geopolitical leverage. The African Growth ...

Children living in poverty often suffer from anemia, a condition linked to serious health risks. A research team led by ...

Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is forecast to firm to 3.7% in 2025 and strengthen to an average of 4.2% in 2026-27, the World Bank has revealed in its June 2025 Global Economic Prospects report.

Human activity has caused the temperature of the Earth and its atmosphere to rise by about 1 ° C above pre-industrial levels, triggering fundamental changes to the planet’s physical and social ...

In 2024, sub-Saharan Africa received nearly $10 billion in remittances from the United States — almost as much as the $12 billion in foreign assistance it received before President Trump took ...

Much of that progress is seen in Asia where social protections like giving cash to families in poverty have helped kids stay in school. CAPPA: Now, the case of Africa is a little bit more complex.

IN a significant move to propel Tanzania into the digital age and foster technological advancement, the University of Dodoma ...

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2025—The Africa region of the World Bank Group (WBG) is about to announce the opening of the application period for the 2026 WBG Africa Fellowship Program for Ph.D. candidates and ...

Illegal activities incur costs of more than $19 trillion (more than China’s GDP), slow down growth and investments and ...

The World Bank Group is partnering with the African Development Bank and other partners on Mission 300, an ambitious initiative to connect 300 million people to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa by ...