NNW Bureau

Over the years, the Indian Premier League has witnessed some explosive batting displays and towering totals. While massive scores are a regular feature, successful chases of such daunting targets are far less common. …

Asian Games silver medallist Murali Sreeshankar continued his strong start to the season by winning the men’s long jump title at the Simbine Classic 2026 athletics meet in Pretoria, South Africa, on Tuesday. Competing at the Pilditch …

Debates around agricultural tariffs rarely include a woman tending her farm at dawn, a single mother stretching a tight budget at the market, or a female farmhand depending on agricultural …

In Olinda, sitting at Alto da Sé on a warm evening, surrounded by a place so deeply woven into the region’s history, we found ourselves deep in conversations about jobs, …

Much of what we know about access to finance comes from studies of microfinance, small loans typically made to self‑employed individuals or household businesses. This large body of evidence has …

As we made the three-hour drive from Harare to Buhera district in Manicaland province, we felt both anticipation and anxiety about our planned stakeholder consultations. Our key objective was to …

Decades of investment in Africa’s electrification have delivered real gains, yet progress has been uneven and, in some of the continent’s largest economies, frustratingly slow. As governments and their international development partners …

Rabat, Morocco, April 28, 2026  –  Morocco could generate 1.7 million additional jobs by 2035 and increase real GDP by close to 20 percent above baseline – but realizing that potential will …

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2026—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $250 million in financing for the Kinshasa Urban Transformation and Jobs Program — known as Kin la Belle — to improve …

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2026 — Transport infrastructure is the backbone of Madagascar’s economy, supporting domestic trade, food supply chains, tourism, and exports. Yet years of underinvestment, compounded by repeated cyclones, have left …