Remember Madonna's grand plan to build an ultra-green school for girls in Malawi? It turns out that it's a bit of a sore spot for locals, who are refusing to move off the plot of land where the pop singer's school is supposed to be ...READ»
Here's the deal. Make your way to Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, by Tuesday at 2.15 p.m. By Friday, in a nearby village, you must turn two dilapidated buildings into teachers' housing and build a new community resource centre. The ...READ»
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»
Paul English, the cofounder of travel search engine Kayak.com, wants to blanket all of Africa with free and low-cost Wi-Fi. It's a "big, big project," one that will consume the next decade of his life, English tells ...READ»
As President Obama addresses the Young African Leaders Summit today in Washington, he's recognizing the fast-changing face of the Continent--and what it means to American business in the next decade.READ»
Malaria kills one million people a year, most of them children in Africa's so-called Malaria Belt (the sub-Saharan region). In partnership with the Gates Foundation, pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline is preparing an ambitious ...READ»
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Forbes Calls Africa The ‘Last Investment Frontier’
“In 1989, there were just five sub-Saharan stock exchanges; now there are 16." - Forbes, John Christy
Africa Thriving ...READ»
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When the sun is out in the summertime, the last thing you may want is some shade -- but your eyes need it. Proenza Schouler's 2010 sunglasses feature the same hardware as the brand's ultra-popular handbags, and they'll ...READ»
Access to on-demand lighting is a given for many of us, but some developing countries don't have the proper electrical grid set up to allow even a basic light bulb to turn on. Solar power is a popular way to address this problem, a ...READ»
A global league of economists called J-PAL is deploying its experimental methods and one all-powerful asset -- data -- to explain human behavior, change how we help the poor, and try to save the world.READ»
In a 4x4 vehicle arranged by a local group that monitors Mozambique's forests, I travel to Maganja da Costa in the once-heavily-wooded Zambezia province, the country's poorest. Maganja is a tiny district, a five-hour drive along ...READ»
