In Pictures: Billionaires For Africa
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Some of the world's wealthiest residents are exploiting their connections, expertise and nest eggs to change Africa's fate.
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ARUSHA, Tanzania  - African leaders lobbied the  Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money  Wednesday to solve a cash crunch facing its work, seen as vital  for the continent's health, officials said.
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By our count there are a record 946 billionaires this year, including 178 newcomers.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders meeting in Germany turned their attention to Africa on Friday, agreeing a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging the continent, according to a diplomat.
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press baron, financier, philanthropist, member of the global elite. But as we learned this week from a Hollinger International investigative
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Internet firm AccessKenya sees its listing in East Africa attract huge interest from investors.
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IS IT because they are black? It makes you wonder. Not just about how the people of Darfur are treated by the Government of Sudan, but also about how they are treated by the wealthy nations of the world.
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President Mobutu Sese Seko was said to   have sipped pink champagne daily, hired Concorde to fly his   family to New York to shop and bought numerous friends in high   places -- much of it with the help of foreign aid.
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A group of ambitious businessmen has created an international contest to reward groups that have demonstrated achievements in arts and humanitarian service.
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Almost 1,000 people can now lay claim to being members of the world's billionaire club, says Forbes magazine.
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Getting the world&#39;s richest nations to hand over promised aid for Africa is like &quot;getting blood out of a stone,&quot; rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof found at the Group of Eight summit on Wednesday.
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Could any of these fast movers make you rich?
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There are now 313 US billionaires, the most ever and a huge jump over last year&#39;s 262, according to Forbes magazine, which yesterday released its annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans.
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From banking to education and even  organized crime, mobile phones are revolutionizing the lives of  ordinary Africans as foreign phone companies scramble for a  share of the world's fastest growing market.
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Some of the world's biggest companies join campaigners and governments to achieve the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
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Business & money: Workers in poor countries exploited, say investors.
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Thereâs an ideological conflict between those who believe that Africa needs better aid and those who think entrepreneurialism and technology will lift the continent.