Digital transformation could go a long way towards addressing several of Guinea Bissau's fragility drivers, particularly by boosting financial inclusion.

Better road infrastructure can foster a better integration between the main coastal economies in West Africa.

A quarter of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa still lacks mobile broadband coverage. Affordability is the primary constraint to mobile broadband adoption.

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has clearly affected all areas of social and economic activity, and both governments and nongovernmental organizations around the world are mobilizing to find…

If you paid some of the highest electricity tariffs in the world, you would expect some of the most reliable electricity services. Unfortunately, this logic does not hold in West Africa, where…

Today, on the occasion of the World Youth Skills Day , we are pleased to announce the winners of the Blog4Dev 2021 competition.

By 2050, demand for meat and dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase by 327% and 270%, respectively, while demand for grains is projected to rise by 190%, in comparison with…

Many young people in my country, especially girls, have promising futures stolen from them by child marriage. This phenomenon has the capacity to delay and distort the victim’s psychological and…

Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Nearly four in 10 girls marry each year before their 18th birthday, many of them becoming mothers at a young age.…

The recovery in low-income countries (LICs) stalled in 2019.