Economic Inclusion

A Namibia secondary school student has invented a mobile phone with no sim card but which relies on radio frequencies to make calls anywhere at no cost.

Uganda has one of the biggest sectors of mobile health in Africa. Some apps have the potential to improve the child mortality rate, amongst other benefits.

Jaime Beck, a Colombian migrant, wanted to help in a refugee shelter and ended as a German teacher. He is now developing a teaching kit for professionals.

Around half of the world’s population is at risk of Malaria, as the disease is straining the poorest countries according to the World Health Organisation.

A citizen organization from Lima led by architects and sociologists tries to recover the street for the people, using urban micro-interventions.

When the Bahrain national anthem was played during last year’s Olympics, nothing was unusual, except that the person flying the flag wasn't born in Bahrain.

In the city library of Prijedor, Bosnia, hundred local health workers aged 18 to 50 gathered to find out how they could reach Germany, their promised land.

In an unlikely spot, wedged between a domino club popular with Turks and a Soviet-built apartment block, is a treat for beer-lovers in Kyrgyzstan’s capital.

Decades of attacks on oil installations in Nigeria have been leading to kidnappings, deaths and crippling of the economy of Africa’s most populous nation.

Ludwick Marishane is a young South African entrepreneur, who has built a successful business based on a product he developed, DryBath.

Inadequate provision of English classes and a lack of routes into work or study programmes are isolating many refugees in the UK, according to new research.

Africa Experience is a new restaurant run by ex-refugees, which opened last month in a famous historic street in Venice called Calle.

"Kati Kati", the debut film of Kenyan director Mbithi Masya has been released in Germany. The director Tom Tykwer spoke to FairPlanet about African myths.

Winifred Selby came up with the idea of making bamboo bicycles since she wanted to provide affordable and convenient transport as well as job opportunities.

At the 'Laureates and Leaders for Children' Summit-2016 held in New Delhi on Sunday, participants vowed to eliminate child labour from the world.

Vanessa Zommi is not your ordinary girl. When her mother was diagnosed with diabetes when she was 17 years, she decided to do something about it.