With regard to Eskom (which doesn't use copper like Telkom) the problem generally boils down to the desperate and the poor, stripping steel cables to sell to scrap metal dealers, for cash. For the ...

President Yoweri Museveni's attempts to bring stability and lasting peace back to Uganda are a clear example of his legacy. After the country gained independence in 1962 and struggled to get going for ...

In rural Zimbabwe, an innovative electric tricycle program is helping transport local farmers' produce to market.

Donkeys are an unassuming yet ubiquitous presence in northern Namibia. They traverse sandy village roads, pull carts stacked ...

In the drylands of Benin, West Africa, livestock farming is under growing pressure. These vast, hot landscapes cover roughly 70% of the country's land area. Their sparse pastures and scattered trees ...

Universities and government must take information to deep rural areas through mobile career services and application support ...

In the absence of a title deed, there should be ways to help owners with no hope of title deeds to realise the value of the asset in which they have invested.

The higher education system has focused too long on the narrow goal of access: getting students through the gate. True equity ...

Harmon Parker was building a school for a remote village in Kenya in the mid ’90s when the director of a non-governmental organization came to him and his partner with a request. “‘I know you are ...

A group of African tribes took part in a second taste test featuring well-known American candy. The reactions revealed sharp contrasts in sweetness tolerance, texture preference, and flavor ...