One out of 4 people in Africa a victim of hunger, WFP says

Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Africa.

Record 10,500 tons of seed to be delivered for April planting season

In a concerted push to revive agriculture and avert hunger in Ebola-hit countries, the World Bank Group has mobilized up to $15 million in emergency financing to provide a record 10,500 tons of maize and rice seed to over 200,000 farmers in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in time for the April planting season.

More than one million people could go hungry unless they...

Child under nutrition caused by hunger is causing an estimated loss of between 1.9 per cent and 16.5 per cent of gross domestic products (GDP) among African countries as costs to health and productivity per year, a new study shows.

Congo-Brazzaville, Guinea, Mali and Niger agree to a micro-tax on oil, gold, phosphate and uranium to finance a UN fund to fight malnutrition.

Conflicts, floods and failed rains caused by El Nino have sparked a dramatic rise in the number of people going hungry in east Africa, especially in drought-hit Ethiopia, the United Nations said Thursday. El Nino, a global weather pattern that periodically wreaks havoc, is expected to last until early 2016.

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Net Worth: $2 BILLION

Industry: Diversified

Country of Citizenship: Tanzania 

Age: 39

Number of Jobs Created: 16,800

Mohammed Dewji has seen his net worth rise considerably over the past year as his MeTL group, a conglomerate in 11 countries with interests in trade, FMCG and manufacturing, undergoes significant expansion.

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Scientists at Oxford University in the United Kingdom have put Tanzania on the list of 15 African countries that are at high risk of an Ebola outbreak. They have also warned that more than 22 million people across Africa are at risk of infection.

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