Millions of Americans deal with mental illness each year, and more than half of them go untreated. As the mental health industry has grown in recent years, so has the...
It’s the worst thing to happen – to anyone. We meet Natasha Sibanda in Johannesburg’s bustling Central Business District. On the street, the cantankerous crowd has...
Twenty eight million. That’s the number of people in Africa who will die from cardiovascular illness, diabetes, and other non-communicable diseases, according to the World Health...
If you have got hard currency, you can afford to come to Africa to look good or feel better for less. Fourteen million people, spending between...
Many in South Africa’s private healthcare industry see the government’s plan for National Health Insurance (NHI) as a death knell to their businesses. Hermann Kohloffel, the...
At the Khayelitsha Youth Clinic Site C the reality of South Africa’s overburdened healthcare system hits home. Many have got out of bed before sunrise, some...
Economic gurus say Africa needs to industrialize, but Africa seems two jumps into the future and most of the initial public offerings (IPOs) for 2016-2017 will...
Agriculture has become an increasingly crucial issue for African governments. Poor infrastructure and lack of long-term finance have been fingered as the culprits blocking Africa’s path...
With a population growth rate of 2.7%, the Democratic Republic of Congo needs double-digit growth to keep poverty down. It is going to be tricky in...
When Zimbabwe-born Penny Streeter landed up in a London shelter for the homeless, pregnant and with two children, she knew she had to change her life.