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As soon as I arrived in Ethiopia's Tigray region I could already feel the dust in the air. While it's widely reported that the effects of this season's El Niño are …

The mango value chain in Kenya is a clear demonstration of harnessing the power of collaborative partnerships for business opportunity and development impact. In 2015, The Rockefeller Foundation supported TechnoServe (TNS) …

Earlier this month I traveled to Babati, located 200km away from Arusha Tanzania. It was an enjoyable drive, with the fresh air and tranquility in the village, farmers weeding their crop …

When The Rockefeller Foundation launched Digital Jobs Africa in 2013, we focused on six countries— Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and South Africa, where we have since worked with partners in …

The following post is part of a series based on research conducted around the health of urban working poor.  We all know that money isn't everything. But when it comes to …

For the first time in history, more than half of the world's population lives in cities—a figure that is expected to reach 65 percent by 2045. According to UN-Habitat, approximately …

Our global food system is facing a quiet crisis—one-third of all food produced is never consumed while 1.2 billion people go to bed hungry or under-nourished, and global economic losses mount …

While the world's attention focused on the horrific events unfolding in Paris last month, many of us in Africa were sadly reminded of other terrorist attacks and unfortunate incidents that …

In a small boardroom in downtown Johannesburg, 20 young South Africans are making a racket. Hip-hop is blaring, they’re sitting and chatting and surfing the web, surrounded by a mess …