A hard-won recovery in sub-Saharan Africa has been overtaken by recent events. The sudden shift in the global outlook has clouded the region’s short-term prospects and significantly complicated policy ...

Sub-Saharan Africa has shown significant growth in financial inclusion over the past decade, much of it driven by mobile money account adoption. The region continues to work on promoting more overall ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to nearly half of the world’s fragile and conflict-affected states, where weak institutions and social cohesion, governance failures, and economic instability trap millions ...

Almost every country in the world has seen fertility rates decline over the past few decades, but one region's birth rates are still so high that it is expected to provide more than half the global ...

The digital payment landscape in sub-Saharan Africa is going through a remarkable transformation, driving developments that promise greater financial inclusion, economic empowerment and overall growth ...

Many of us take turning on a light switch or connecting our devices to a home Wi-Fi network for granted. If our phones need charging, we plug them in, if we want hot water we boil a kettle. These are ...

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The rate of electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa is stagnating, the International Energy Agency has said. The agency’s latest analysis reveals there were 730 million people worldwide that still ...

Thousands of USAID contracts have been cut. African health leaders say the cuts aren't surprising. But the lack of advanced warning has turned the lives of the already vulnerable upside down. The ...

Daniel Runde testified before the House Ways & Means Committee about the need for the United States to develop a 21st-century partnership with Africa that is based on more trade and investment and ...

Water systems in Sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly in crisis. Growing populations and expanding economies are relentlessly driving rising demands. Like the Red Queen in Through the Looking Glass, ...

An international team of researchers has made a key discovery: many children and young adults in Sub-Saharan Africa diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) may have a different form of the disease—one ...