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  • Poverty Can Be Eradicated

    Extreme Poverty

    History will judge us harshly unless we act, writes Archbishop Njongo Ndungane.

    Author(s): 
    Archbishop Njongo Ndungane

  • Gates’ Upbeat Take on African Health, Food Initiatives

    Software entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist, Bill Gates, has issued an upbeat assessment on the prospects of overcoming the challenges faced by the world's poorest people, many in Africa, in the fields of health and agriculture.

    Gates argues that, "With vaccines, drugs, and other improvements, health in poor countries will continue to get better, and people will choose to have smaller families."

    Source: 
    All Africa

  • NGO Offers Soft Loans to Cassava Processors

    Sustainable Livelihoods and Development Network for Africa, has begun the process of empowering no less than 3 600 cassava processors in an attempt to alleviate poverty

    A Nigerian NGO, Sustainable Livelihoods and Development Network for Africa (SLIDEN Africa), has begun the process of empowering no less than 3 600 cassava processors as part of its efforts to alleviate poverty among the peasants in Nigeria.

    Under the arrangement, which is being sponsored by the World Bank and the University of Agriculture Micro Finance Bank, SLIDEN Africa also hopes to touch the lives of no less than 600 goat farmers, with the prospect of raising their income per annum to the tune of US$300.

    Source: 
    <br /> All Africa
    Article link: 
    http://allafrica.com/stories/200908270310.html

  • Aid Cuts Will Hit Africa Hard – World Bank

    AfDB warns that many African countries will be hard hit this year if aid flows slow down as a result of the global financial crisis

    The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that many African countries will be hard hit this year if aid flows slow down as a result of the global financial crisis.

    In an economic overview for this year, the bank says growth on the continent is likely to slow to just over two percent this year, after seven years of a sustained pace of expansion at five percent.

    Source: 
    <br /> Business Day
    Article link: 
    http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=76942