Rural women are being left behind in Africa’s electric vehicle revolution. But one company thinks it has the answer.

KARAN, Mali (AP) — A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of steady power in other areas of this West African nation as it sees unprecedented ...

COMMON WISDOM #15: Non-farm enterprises in rural Africa are often operated due to economic necessity and survival. Consequently they tend to have low-productivity levels, do not create many jobs, and ...

Today, she is a driver of change in her village, thanks to an electric tricycle she now owns. In many parts of rural sub-Saharan Africa, women have long been excluded from mainstream economic ...

Village chickens in Petauke ... in four decades devastated crops and livestock in sub-Saharan Africa, causing food shortages in rural areas. Image Sheba Mwanza, a farmer in Petauke, tending ...

In Zimbabwe, the tricycles have changed the lives of many women dramatically, even for those who don’t own tricycles but use them for daily chores. Gone are the days of carrying firewood, buckets of ...

With data costs in South Africa amongst the highest on the continent, how can poor rural communities be expected to get online and join the fourth industrial revolution? Well, the village of ...

Electric tricycles are transforming the lives of some women in parts of rural Zimbabwe. They offer financial independence and social empowerment in a society long seen as deeply patriarchal.