The idea that rural Africans are self-sufficient subsistence farmers who grow what they eat and eat what they grow was only ever partly true. But it is becoming less relevant with each passing year.

SAN DIEGO — A nonprofit that started here in San Diego, helping people on the other side of the world, has grown tremendously since its start in 1987. In fact, Village Enterprise is leading the ...

770 million people in the world don’t have access to electricity. Many of them are on the African continent. In rural Africa there are at least two reasons for this: lack of disposable income and lack ...