In Africa, a region that has consistently confronted food insecurity, a few countries have made noteworthy progress against ...

The Africa Net5.5G IP Gala Summit, themed "Bring Net5.5G to Reality, Inspire New Growth", concluded successfully as part of ...

At COP29, IBM and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) have announced new, publicly available artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions to inform more sustainable urban development for cities ...

African heads of state and government are calling for the continent’s vast natural capital to be considered when measuring the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of their countries. In a communique adopted ...

Stagnating incomes in sub-Saharan Africa’s resource-intensive economies necessitate more effective fiscal management and ...

A new global risk map for 2025 identifies countries that have the potential to pose high-risk and extreme risk for travelers.

The Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) for mpox has allocated an initial 899 000 vaccine doses for 9 countries across the African region that are hit hard by the current mpox surge.

Mosquitoes are more than just pests. They are the world’s most dangerous animal. Their presence signals the start of the ...

A map shared to social media in mid-October 2024 accurately compared the size of Texas to Europe. The map shared online moderately exaggerated the size of Texas; however it was more or less an ...

A major hurdle for dairy farmers in the region is the intense climate variability. Extreme weather events, such as the La ...

Africa’s working-age population is growing faster than any other region, driven by progress in child survival over the last two decades. Yet, Sub-Saharan Africa invests less in education per capita ...

Despite the instability reigning in the region, the music plays on at Sahel Sounds. We believe that Africa is poorly represented, and badly under-estimated. Beyond the vast opportunity manifest in ...