Ifedolapo Runsewe is prospecting for “black gold”. Although Nigeria is one of the world’s leading crude oil exporters, this time, oil is not the “black gold”...
As the water closes in over Susan Mtakai‘s head, she can’t help thinking about how the depths she’s about to descend to are so very alien...
As shoppers enter Rukanda Pride leather store in Harare’s posh Eastlea suburb, they are immediately enveloped by the captivating aroma of fresh leather. Stepping in further,...
It is mid-morning in Kitengela, in Kajiado County, south of Nairobi and Wangari Kuria’s farm is buzzing with activity. In one area, a farm manager checks...
While commuters are trying to escape the snaking rush hour traffic backed up around the Lagos metropolis, Tolulope Sanusi is calmly setting up for work, 13...
Omotunde Akiode sits at her workstation in Lagos, appearing to doodle. To the occasional visitor, this may look like play, but the result of the creative...
It’s a Tuesday morning at the Wildlife Club of Kenya, and members of the Young Aviators Club of Africa are deeply engrossed in the Jamhuri Day...
“Our national anthem is not; I like to move it,” declared Marie Kolo, her words echoing a deep-seated desire to uplift the true image of her...
Phillista Waithera‘s mother said she had begun a new life after the return of her daughter, thanks to the novel use of technology. The 11-year-old was...
26 years old and passionate about changing public perceptions of her profession, Filinda Wakuthi Kamau initially comes across as your regular TikTok influencer. That’s until you...
When 42-year-old Luke Muleka Kizito was a young boy, he regularly experienced how difficult his older sister’s invisible hearing impairment was for her. “It was a...
When drone pilot Ken Mbuki met Michel Iland at a Kenya Drone Business Competition, they realised they had something in common: both needed and used drones...
It’s a six-story climb to get to the rooftop that houses the small Bobo Biscuit Factory in Douala, Cameroon. Luckily, for those less keen on a...
In 2012, Antony Kirori embarked on a radical new journey. Eight years earlier, Kenya had passed regulations prohibiting the felling of trees for pencil production. That...
When Amina Isa walked into her classroom to mingle with her new classmates after relocating to a new town, she found herself completely isolated. Born with...
Growing up in Senegal’s third-largest city, Thiés, situated some 70 kilometres east of Dakar, friends Mariama Djambony Badji and Papa Mafall Diop dreamed of becoming architects...
A pivotal moment for author, poet, and anthropologist Lebohang Masango came after a children’s book she had written helped shift uniform policy at a school in...
When Caroline Dick lost her husband to an electric shock accident at his workplace in Lagos in 2011, she couldn’t have known that this was just...
The TOPAS hub in the bustling neighbourhood of Surulere in Lagos is one of a wave of tech hubs opening across Africa and the energy and...
Former journalist Precious Tariro Guwira was always naturally talented with handicrafts, but she never for a moment considered crafting as a career path, despite being the...
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