When people think about family planning in Africa, they often picture women visiting clinics, women making decisions, and women bearing the responsibility. Yet family planning affects both men and ...

A number of successful FOBs have made effective use of credit to scale their operations, becoming the well-known brand names that today span Africa’s sub-regions, including Dangote in Nigeria, Groupe ...

Africa, often referred to as the Motherland, offers an expansive tapestry of cultures, landscapes and experiences that make it an ideal destination for a family vacation, especially for Black families ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. When Robert Joseph Taylor was a young child, he had a familial ...

Children under 5 years of age in Africa are much more likely to die than those in wealthy countries as a direct result of poor health outcomes linked to air pollution, unsafe water, lack of sanitation ...

Social conservatives in Africa are pushing a charter that rejects longstanding international human rights standards and could roll back protections for women, girls, and LGBTQ people. Participants ...

Family Day in South Africa is an expanded version of Mother’s or Father’s Day—a time for all kinfolk to get together. South Africa’s whites and blacks last week celebrated the holiday in ironically ...

Africa’s private capital opportunity is primarily in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – backing companies with market caps of between $10m and $100m. African economies are largely driven by ...

Calling a friend "cousin" might not be just a term of affection among some African Americans. Now, a mathematical model shows that there is a good chance there is some type of family connection ...

Africa is the perfect destination for families, with vast open spaces, rich cultures and bucket-list wildlife experiences. Now that travel is slowly but surely recovering across the world, travel ...