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Mentoring Women In A Global Economy

Through the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women’s Peace Through Business program, women in the U.S. mentor women business owners in Afghanistan and Rwanda so they can develop their businesses and become even stronger advocates for peace.READ MORE›

This $1 Plastic Chip Can Diagnose HIV In 15 Minutes

In Africa, waiting for blood work can take weeks, and many people don't bother getting their results. A new device could make testing in remote villages a possibility, and that could lead to drastically improved treatment.READ MORE›

Filmmaker's Path to Sundance Success Led Through Rwanda

Alrick Brown's award-winning debut, Kinyarwanda, highlights the global vision of a new generation of African-American filmmakers.READ MORE›

India Exports Knowledge, $250 Million to Develop Rwanda's Health and IT Sectors

Rwanda is to get a dose of Indian medical know-how in the latest India-in-Africa investment.READ MORE›

Investing in Post-Conflict Zone Startups Just Might Save the World

When Kevin Braithwaite tells fellow Silicon Valley types that he's investing in entrepreneurs in Lebanon, they usually look at him like he's crazy.READ MORE›

Elizabeth Scharpf's Banana-Based Pads Win the Curry Stone Design Prize

The founder of Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) was recently named winner of the prize and is pioneering a new era of home-brewed NGOs.READ MORE›

A Generation of Emerging Designers Who Design With Purpose

This emerging generation of designers wants to do more than create handsome and functional products. It’s out to protect the environment, improve health, reform education, and empower communities.READ MORE›

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Banana-Based Pad Maker Elizabeth Scharpf Wants Rwandan Women Educated. Period.

Not formally trained in design, her journey from Harvard Business School to social innovation has earned her a Curry Stone Design Prize nomination.READ MORE›

African Baobab Deposes Acai Berry as Reigning Superfood

Health buffs beware: There may be more vitamin C over in Africa than in Central and South America. READ MORE›

Rwanda's Exploding Lake Kivu Could Kill Millions or Power the Country for 100 Years

The lake's lethal combination of methane and carbon dioxide has residents fearing for their lives, but it's also the country's most vital and promising energy source.READ MORE›

Peace Through Business: U.S., Afghan, & Rwandan Women at IEEW Conference

There’s an old saying, “When you educate a woman, you educate a nation.” Combine this with the fact that an economically sound country has a much greater capacity for peace and you have the premise behind the Institute for the Economic Empowerment of Women’s Peace Through Business program. READ MORE›

Update: The Resurgence of Rwanda

Rwanda, whose grand attempt at renaissance we chronicled last April ("Rwanda Rising"), hit two milestones in recent months. First, the World Bank named it the No. 1 reformer in its Doing Business 2010 report, recognizing the steps the ...READ MORE›

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Kid Stuff "Boy Wonder," our April article about Chris Hughes, drew largely appreciative comments at FastCompany.com. "A pure sign of the changing social-media environment," wrote one. "Acknowledge it, ...READ MORE›

The Rwandan Genocide: Fifteen Years Later

Fast Company visits Nyamata, where the social enterprise Rwanda Works is helping locals preserve the old parish church-turned-killing ground as a memorial.READ MORE›

• Slideshow: The Rwandan Genocide 15 Years Later
• Rwanda Rising: A New Model of Economic Development

The Rwandan Genocide: 15 Years Later

There is a Rwandan proverb that says, roughly translated, you can't know where you're going unless you understand where you have come from. Today, Rwanda is one of Africa's bright spots--a developing country with great ambitions to lift its people out of poverty and a bold strategy to make that happen. Its rise is all the more remarkable if you recall that, just 15 years ago, the nation was ripped apart by the most stunning genocide of our time. About 1 million people, a full eighth of the population, were killed in three bloody months.READ MORE›

Rwanda to Obama: Emulate George W. Bush, Not Bill Clinton

Why the country's officials say they're taking a wait-and-see approach to the new administrationREAD MORE›

• Special Report: Rwanda Rising

Rwanda Rising: A New Model of Economic Development

Fifteen years after the genocide, the small African country has embraced a new model of economic development. Its strategy: Build a global network of powerful friends to lure private investment -- and market the brand of Rwanda.READ MORE›

• Slideshow: The Rwandan Genocide 15 Years Later

RIP Alison Des Forges

The Human Rights Watch activist, who died in the Buffalo plane crash, was controversial, but she cared: About Rwanda, about rights, about life.READ MORE›

Smackdown: Google, Microsoft and IBM in sub-Saharan Africa

American companies looking to diversify investments and expand grips in other markets are eyeing sub-Saharan Africa, and for good reason: The International Monetary Fund expects continuous annual growth of 6 percent and minimal effect from the recent turmoil of financial markets. Here's how the tech giants are faring.READ MORE›