Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has officially handed over the model rural villages to residents, marking a promising ...

On September 20, 2025 the world observed International Clean-Up Day, during which millions of participants removed waste from ...

As Women’s History Month comes to a close, Village Enterprise is thrilled to announce a gift of $7 million from MacKenzie Scott that will have a transformative impact on the lives of the most ...

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 ...

South Africa's unique position in the global economy contrasts sharply with its educational outcomes … as nearly a million ...

Four years ago, Ghana launched a campaign to welcome people from the African diaspora back to the continent of their ancestors. The country has even created a settlement offering free land to ...

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 ...

When the congregants of two Kingman County churches discovered more about their newly appointed pastor, they decided to help the new member of their communities rather than turn away. When the ...

"Being supported by the Graça Machel Trust to showcase my product at a regional stage such as SIW was incredibly affirming. It showed that rural businesses like ours can compete globally, and it tells ...