There were widespread howls of alarm & outrage from all over Africa when the news broke in Washington that foreign aid was ...

For the past several months, foreign aid has been in freefall. The massive cuts by the U.S., the world’s largest donor country, provided a new cover for even more announcements of aid budget cuts, ...

A global storm is gathering – and Africa is directly in its path. Under President Donald Trump, the US has frozen $40bn in ...

You should care because walking away from USAID-funded programs is destroying the soft power the U.S. government has spent ...

In a recent op-ed, Seleman Yusuph Kitenge argued for an “Africa First” policy to emphasize domestic resource mobilization, ...

Devex spoke with development and private sector experts on the African continent who shared perspectives on what was wrong ...

The world’s largest donors provided 7.1% less aid in 2024 than they did one year prior; more foreign aid cuts in the United ...

The recent economic recovery in Africa can be linked to successful domestic reforms, enhanced fiscal management and improved ...

Director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has warned that African countries must change from reliance on foreign aid and take bolder steps to attract investment, ...

Foreign aid spending by 24 countries, including the US, UK and European Union, fell by more than $15bn last year – before the ...

European donor countries are also drastically cutting their foreign-aid commitments, signaling a broader shift in priorities. The devastating effects are already being felt across Africa ...