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NEWS

Africa Rising was featured in a North Carolina public television series on social entrepreneurialism. You can view a six minute clip on Africa Rising at the UNC TV website. Read More...

RECENT BLOG POST

Two books written in the last few years draw the lines of two camps, or two approaches to international development. Both books are “must reads” for those who care about poverty in the poorest of nations. And having read them, one must decide which approach to invest in, for the two approaches are fundamentally different.
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SUCCESS STORY

Africa Rising works by extending the networks of the organizations we support. This summer we did this for the Millenium School in Mityana, Uganda. With guidance from Africa Rising, some faculty and staff of Duke University’s Global Health Institute created a summer project that would benefit the Millenium School and some Duke students who would carry out the project. Eight Duke students traveled to Uganda for two months. Read More...

OUR STORY

The work of Africa Rising is done by about 12 people and continues to grow. We all have “day jobs” and volunteer our evenings and weekends to the work of Africa Rising.