Namibia, a sunny lower-middle-income country of about 3 million people, faces numerous challenges. The 2024 Global Hunger Index rates hunger as serious, ranking Namibia 84th of 121 countries. Nearly 43% of people live in multidimensional poverty. One in three households cannot afford a basic nutritious diet. About 70% of Namibians depend on the agri-food sector, […]
At 18 years old, as Black Enterprise reported in September 2026, Max Owobu is doing everything a normal high school senior does: studying for exams, going to parties and applying to universities. But there is one difference. He frequently flies back and forth to Ghana to manage his nonprofit, the Yenko Foundation. This Story Starts […]
Digital tools for farmers in Cameroon are creating new ways for small farmers to improve their work and reach a wider audience. Agriculture provides work for a large part of the country’s population, but many farmers still have limited access to markets, information and modern farming tools. The World Bank-supported Acceleration of the Digital Transformation […]
Who Gives a Crap is a company that makes and sells toilet paper using recycled paper or bamboo. The company donates 50% of its profits to partnerships that aim to provide fresh clean water and access to clean toilets and proper sanitation through partnerships with Fresh Life, WaterAid Australia and Water For People. Who Gives […]
Located on the western coast of Africa, Nigeria is home to diverse people and cultures. Nigeria’s population was estimated at 237.5 million in 2025, according to UNFPA. A country supporting a population this large, and covering more than 350,000 square miles, needs the ability to continuously expand infrastructure, agriculture and promote positive civilian life. There […]
For 52-year-old grandmother Inácia Laquareta Abraão, social protection has meant more than receiving money. Caring for her three grandchildren, she once relied on irregular income and grew what she could to help feed her family. Through Mozambique’s Productive Social Action Program (PASP), Inácia earned income while helping restore the coastline at Zalala Beach. She later […]
A Ukrainian journalist who once worked in television news took a job in a French warehouse. A former business owner who fled her country with her husband and three children found work as a cleaner. Both are refugees in France. A French language instructor who taught them told The Borgen Project that their experiences point […]
Latvia has made progress in reducing some forms of deprivation, but poverty continues to affect a significant portion of the population. In 2024, approximately 404,000 people, or 22% of Latvia’s population, were at risk of poverty. For a person living alone, this meant having a monthly disposable income below €699. Poverty also varies greatly depending […]
Education for girls and women in Afghanistan has seen a dramatic reversal since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. During the previous two decades, access to education had expanded considerably. By 2021, almost one million girls were enrolled in secondary education. Since then, girls have been prevented from attending education beyond grade six, and […]
Despite improvements over the last decade, poverty in Serbia remains a persistent problem. Once a constituent republic of Socialist Yugoslavia, the country sits in Southeastern Europe and had a population of about 6.6 million in the 2022 census. Based on Serbia’s income and living conditions survey, the national at-risk-of-poverty rate decreased from 21.4% in 2021 […]
