Experts agree that the private sector must play a role in African urbanization, saying African states are too fiscally constrained to fill the investment gap themselves. Rendeavour, a private company with a multibillion-dollar balance sheet, has deep enough pockets to make a difference.

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by Moscow to lessen Western influence on the continent.

Dr. Joseph Lubega calls sickle cell disease “probably the saddest story of a health problem that you could imagine.” He and his colleagues at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine are working to change that narrative.

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a "horrific" crackdown on desperate people trying to eke out a living.

The World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB) have announced terms for African countries to secure $40bn in power finance under the Mission 300 programme. In 2019, electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa varied from 1% in South Sudan to 94% in South Africa,

The European Union (EU) Commission has allocated €510 million to Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Sub-Saharan African countries should be given more financial and technical support to cope with climate change disasters, so that they can continue to spend funds on economic development.

At that point Africa will be home to approximately 2.5bn people, or around a quarter of humanity. And unless Africa finds a way to boost its sagging productivity, it will continue to fall further behind the rest of the world,

The commission stated that the EU has budgeted €1.9 billion for humanitarian assistance to vulnerable populations worldwide.

Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth is expected to improve to an average 4.2% this year from an estimated 3.8% in 2024, boosted by investments in energy and infrastructure and an expanded services sector,

Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa. The African continent, a booming region with a population rivaling China’s that is set to double by 2050, is where Carter's legacy remains most evident.

New platform aims to expand energy access in sub-Saharan Africa with cutting-edge renewable and storage solutions.