Africa’s electric vehicle (EV) market is accelerating. But so far, one particular group of potential users — rural women — has largely been left behind, with investors favoring electric motorbike ...

Nathan Williams, assistant professor at the Golisano Institute of Sustainability, has long been fascinated with solving complex problems. Williams’ passion was in mathematics and physics, but his ...

It is well documented that women small-scale farmers are hard done by in an environment where they farm without security of tenure, which inhibits their ability to raise finance with which to grow ...

Indonesian villages have been rated among the most attractive local areas in the world, offering nature, authentic cultures and local life. Indonesia is set to develop and promote rural tourism in its ...

To understand the changing economics of the African countryside, talk to Jovelence Kemizano. Her banana garden slopes into a bucolic valley in Bushenyi, western Uganda. It is too small to feed her ...

New research from the University of Notre Dame studies how local nongovernmental organizations in Ethiopia, Malawi and the Central African Republic maintain and repair community water handpumps. The ...

This table tracks the rural population in 53 African countries using available data from 1960 - 2023. In Africa, a large portion of the continent’s population - about 80% reside in rural areas but ...

Some Canadian companies are using creative ideas and solar technology to power up rural Africa, from battery swapping to rent ...

“Applying this framework shows that approximately half of the people living with HIV, diabetes or hypertension in a South African community have unmet health needs and that the unmet needs are ...

Nigeria's long-standing rural mobile dead zones are set to vanish as Airtel Africa rolls out Starlink's Direct-to-Cell service this ...