This incredible collection of maps really puts the African continent's population, income, growth, and potential into context.
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Did you know that women make up half of Africa’s agricultural workforce overall, and more than half in several countries? Our report reveals that the gender gap in agriculture is making it impossible for African women to become the thriving farmers they need to be to pull themselves out of poverty and give their children a better life.
After working in and travelling through a number of different countries where white people are in the numerical minority, I’ve come to realise that there is one place being white is not only a hindrance, but negative - most of the developing world. Seven years later, I think we’re finally doing aid right, and I’m not there.
This year, Colombian farmer Albeiro Alfonso 'Foncho' Cantillo is the champion of Fairtrade Fortnight, and is travelling around the UK to highlight the pressure on banana farmers from aggressive price wars, driven by supermarkets, which drive banana prices down.
What could possibly be scarier than the global spread of a mysterious zombie disease in US thiller Contagion? How about this interactive map, which shows an alarming number of outbreaks for preventable diseases.
We’re looking for 100 young activists across Europe to lead the fight against extreme poverty in their communities. Could you be one of them?
Valentines Day is here, which means millions of us are trying to think of original and romantic gestures for our loved ones.
Restaurants are bombarding us with special menus and offers, greetings card shops are a blur of red, and on Friday we’ll be cramming on to buses and trains whilst trying not to crush bunches of flowers.
If you feel like you’ve tried every Valentine’s Day cliché and want something a bit different this year, try this.
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Our guest blogger today is Serginho Roosblad from Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Their My Song series is a weekly multimedia show that tells the personal story behind Africa’s most inspiring songs.
In April 2011, when Ugandans began ditching their cars and public transport to protest disputed elections and rising food and gas prices, Burney MC was getting inspired. The Ugandan rapper wrote the song “Walk to Work” for the same-named movement.
In this video edition of My Song, the rapper talks about the urge he felt...
African smallholder farmers are the people that feed Africa - but struggle to feed themselves. How is this possible? We’ve put the top three findings into share graphics to help visually break down this phenomenon and make it easy for you to learn the facts and share them on social media.
As Bill and Melinda Gates said in their 2014 Annual Letter earlier this month “By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient.”
Yet despite this fact, you’ve probably heard a lot of myths that paint a more depressing picture, especially around food and agriculture. “African countries can’t grow enough food to feed themselves” or “All farmers in Africa are poor”....