Developing countries hunger for connectivity to boost their economies and welfare
The World Bank estimates that for every 10 percent increase in high-speed Internet connections, a country’s gross domestic product rises by 1.3 percent.
For small farmers in East Africa, a new tool for getting...
A new digital platform called 2KUZE is set to revolutionize how farmers get their goods to market in East Africa and make more money for them.
This Peruvian mine produces clean water for Arequipa
The Cerro Verde copper mine built a wastewater treatment plant for Arequipa, Peru, solving the town's clean water needs as well as its own.
Trump administration approves new pipeline
The U.S. gives the green light to build the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada to refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast once complete.
Green Climate Fund will help local communities achieve sustainability
The Green Climate Fund will help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change. The fund has already approved eight proposals.
Harvest rainwater, help the environment
A Mexican group, Isla Urbana, is collecting and cleaning rainwater for households, schools and health clinics, and changing lives.
Building a new world for the new millennium
At the turn of the century, as much as 10 percent of the world's children died before they reached their fifth birthday, and one-fourth...
Want to help end poverty? There’s an app for that.
How can I best help the poor? Could I survive as a refugee? The British website Training Zone picked five mobile learning apps that...
Can they make a flag so big it will be seen...
Imagine a giant version of the South African flag — 66 football fields long and big enough to be seen from space — made of 2.5 million desert plants.