Ghana’s poverty rate declined from 24.9% to 21.9% in less than one year. More than 360,000 people exited multidimensional poverty in Q3 2025. Rural areas and northern regions remain the most affected.

Multidimensional poverty in the country has steadily declined from 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 to 21.9 per ...

JOHANNESBURG – South African is starting a “national dialogue” Friday that is meant to bring all sectors of society together to discuss the country’s most pressing issues and find solutions. The talks ...

THE World Bank, a trustworthy source of information and data, says that Kenya is the 10th-poorest country in the world, with people living on less than 3 USD a day.According to the World Bank/Our ...

In 2025, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is home to the largest share of the world’s population living in extreme poverty, with 11.7% of the global extreme poor residing in ...

A new report warns that without urgent pension reforms, old-age poverty and funding gaps ...

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's economic growth rate quickened in the second quarter of 2025, reaching its fastest in two years, though it remains well below the level needed to meaningfully ...

Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...