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.

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,

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 two banks expect to see the program win support from private sector developers, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds and philanthropies by making investing in renewable energy across the sub-Saharan region more profitable.

Tatu City outside Kenya's capital is a startup city, privately owned and with aspirations of eventually having a population of 250,000.

Regional Editor Reyhana Masters takes a deep dive into the issues that dominated the electoral landscape in some of the countries that held elections across the continent in 2024.

Africa’s infrastructure requires a confluence of innovative technical and financial solutions. In 2024, the United States and African countries partnered to employ this approach, addressing critical infrastructure priorities such as those in the digital,

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.

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,

In the wake of Nubank's investment in the South African fintech Tyme, it's time to re-examine the growth of mobile money on the African continent.