In many rural parts of South Africa, getting to a hospital, school or workplace depends on the condition of a gravel road. When that road collapses during rain or potholes make it impassable, the ...

Rural livelihoods in west Africa are changing in new ways as well as those that remain longstanding, and no mode of change is linear. This was the message emerging from a recent colloquium on long ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mini-grids are small power stations usually supplying rural communities - Copyright AFP Kola Sulaimon Mini-grids are small power stations usually supplying rural ...

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 ...

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 ...

Africa faces a major rural road access challenge, with nearly 60 per cent of its population unable to reach all-weather roads, a gap that continues to limit economic opportunities and access to ...