While malaria comes with fevers and chills, antimicrobial resistance creeps in invisibly—deadlier yet harder to recognize—and could cause millions of deaths if urgent action is not taken, experts warn.

African farmers face challenges ranging from volatile global food prices and low yields to weak infrastructure and limited adoption of agricultural technology. Experts say boosting productivity is essential for the continent to fully benefit from the proposed BRICS grain trading platform.

Women in sub-Saharan Africa spend about 40 billion hours a year collecting water, a UN report says. This is a staggering burden, worsened by lack of transport. In rural Zimbabwe, electric tricycles are easing this burden and changing daily life for women.

The World Health Organization warns that more than 430 million people worldwide currently live with disabling hearing loss, a number projected to exceed 700 million by 2050. In Africa alone, around 40 million people—3.6 percent of the population—are affected. One of Africa's young audiologists is determined to change that story.

Russian and US officials met in Alaska recently to discuss rising tensions over the Ukrainian conflict, in a rare high-level effort to stabilize relations and explore paths to peace.

While Africa sends much of its wealth overseas for “safety,” a development finance expert says keeping it abroad could be even riskier, and bringing billions home is a recipe for the continent's economic growth.

Could predictive mathematics rooted in African realities be the key to leapfrogging global artificial intelligence leaders?

The incidence of climate change has caused lower yields, threatening food security in much of Africa’s drought-stricken farmland. But an innovative, solar-powered Internet of Things (IoT) solution promises to tip the balance back.

When a rural woman who cannot use a smartphone suddenly makes an online sale worth millions, “that’s what success looks like, where a tool in hand becomes money in the bank. Where knowledge acquired becomes a tool to make money and reach new customers,” according to a digital literacy advisor.

In a twist few saw coming, Namibia, the world’s third-largest uranium producer, will soon switch from importing energy from its neighbors to hosting Southern Africa’s second nuclear power station—courtesy of Russia’s Rosatom.