Changing the narrative on Africa.
A Kenyan environmental law student is seeking a patent for her healthy, edible cups and plates, designed to wage battle against the mountain of plastics
A recent graduate in food processing technology at Harare Institute of Technology, Kudzai Makaza is determined to popularise healthy, traditional foods. Her first offering, baobab
In many African societies, mental health issues are often dismissed out of hand, forcing treatment for common ailments such as depression, anxiety and stress into
Domestic work in Kenya is shedding its informal past, evolving into skilled, certified care. Formal training and tech platforms are equipping workers to claim space
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Education for refugee children is often not guaranteed in their host countries. In Uganda, a special school for Congolese refugee girls ensures that their students do not get left behind.
Lesotho’s women have become the face of the country’s Basotho migrant workers in South Africa. With wages earned across the border and sent back home as remittances, these women are able to support their households.
By Hawa Nour, Bilan Media, Mogadishu, Somalia More than 400 displaced families living in the Hilaac Wanaag camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Garasbaley, a
Civic tech innovators and government agencies are progressively building locally relevant gender data systems. These changes are turning everyday experiences of gender inequality into hard