Blog
Each day, an estimated 137 women around the world are killed by a family member, and 52 of those killings take place in Africa.
Each day, an estimated 137 women around the world are killed by a family member, and 52 of those killings take place in Africa.
As the city of Douala sprawls along the Wouri river, the growing flow of commuters puts a huge strain on transport infrastructure.
Eliane Mbende, our Blog4Dev Cameroon winner, says a multisectoral approach could end child marriage in Africa
The Nachtigal Hydropower Dam is one of the very few public-private partnerships in hydropower in Sub-Saharan Africa. It will put an end to power outages and the cost of electricity, and connect all of Cameroon’s cities, urban and rural, to electricity.
The latest economic analysis for the region predicts predicts economic activity will decline by 3.3 percent in 2020, confirming the region’s first recession in 25 years.
Africa’s poorest countries saw little to no progress on average in improving the quality of their policy and institutional frameworks in 2018.
With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
Watch, listen and click through the latest videos, podcasts and slideshows highlighting the World Bank’s work in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Doing Business report provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. See where your country ranks.
