Economic Inclusion

Kenyan prisoners fight agricultural woes with super crop.

The True Cost documentary exposes the grim realities of the fast fashion industry

A score of Hindu deities, almost forgotten in India, are worshipped in Japan.

The 193 member states of the United Nations have officially approved the new set of development goals that address global hunger and poverty.

As the world celebrates his endeavors for girls’ education, Afghan youth icon Nang Attal is back to his war-torn country.

A social enterprise in Rwanda is using sports to champion peace and reconciliation while empowering women to contribute to the country’s development.

Growing up in Kenya’s rural South, Keiyo, Alex Kiplimo Chebotibin was always a dreamer. Then, he built a helicopter out of nothing.

In 2014, the government of Cameroon cut subsidies on petroleum products. This led to an increase in prices, rough for those dependent on kerosene for light.

Zimbabweans walk away from their former jobs without even a crumb of bread to show for their hard work. The culprit is new legislation for the labour market

Municipal budgets increasingly include funds for defensive architecture, designed to keep out ‘undesirable’ members of the public.

At 23, Barclay Paul Okari, a Kenyan entrepreneur, is helping thousands of poor girls in East Africa stay in school thanks to his re-usable sanitary pads.

Solar powered android phones help to fight Malaria, a disease that kills on average 30,000 Kenyans per year.

People in Spain are fed up of missing solutions by the authorities, which rescued banks but not the people in the economic crisis.

An initiative launched in Berlin has seen more than 800 locals offer places in their homes to asylum seekers and refugees to start new lives in Germany.

The central Bamiyan province of Afghanistan, ancient Buddhist center, is celebrated as the Cultural Capital of South Asia for 2015.

For brands looking to connect themselves with social causes, advertising during the Super Bowl broadcast works well. This year it was all about feminism.