More Nigerians are likely to be plunged into poverty this year, despite inflation slowing for most of 2025, deepening ...

The first of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed on by world countries in the UN General Assembly in New York last year is to eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere.

These five powerful couples are so worth celebrating! They spend their lives spreading the love by using their influence and resources to make the world a better place. These couples illustrate the ...

Can chickens change the world? Bill Gates thinks so. Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates speaks to the media, in front of a chicken coop set up on the 68th floor of the 4 ...

In this article, we will be taking a look at the 35 poorest countries in Africa based on 2023 GDP per capita. To skip our detailed analysis, you can go directly to see the 10 Poorest Countries in ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - African presidents and policy makers are pushing back against pessimism to tell the world their continent's economic boom is real and sustained, but they say it must work ...

The vice-president of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, has emphasized that Africa’s pressing concerns lie in tackling poverty and climate change, not in developing nuclear weapons capabilities.

South African is starting a “national dialogue” Friday that is meant to bring all sectors of society together to discuss the country’s most pressing issues and find solutions. The talks, initiated by ...

The idea is to team up African nations willing to reform with private investors who would bring business and jobs to the continent. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Monday meet African leaders ...

Agriculture remains the backbone of the economy, supporting more than 75 percent of Ugandans. Museveni has rolled out ...

Nick Bernards shows long-term failures of microfinance in his book ‘A Critical History of Poverty Finance: Colonial Roots and Neoliberal Failures’. The burden of proof that microfinance makes any ...