May 22

• Congo-Kinshasa: This Woman Means Business - Cynthia Jadot, DRC Shopowner [interview]

  Thirty-year-old Cynthia Jadot is the woman behind Valancy. The store in Goma, in the DRC province of North Kivu, has done well, appealing to men and women with a penchant for... Read more »

May 20

• Zimbabwe: This Woman Means Business - Zvisinei Zvirikuzhe, Spa Owner [interview]

  Zvisinei Effective Zvirikuzhe is the 31-year-old woman who runs She Beauty Spa. Three years ago, when it began, the business was foremost an effort to generate income for a trust... Read more »

• Uganda: This Woman Means Business - Patience Kahangirwe, Ugandan Events Planner [interview]

  Patience Kahangirwe, 29, is the founder of Karwes Décor. The Kampala-based events planning company specializes in flowers, décor, bridal gowns and cakes. Party... Read more »

May 17

• Rwanda: This Woman Means Business - Teta Isibo, Rwandan Designer [interview]

  Twenty-nine-year old Teta Isibo is a self-taught designer and the founder of Inzuki. Read more »

May 16

• Zimbabwe: New Coke Cans Bring Zimbabwe Party Politics to a Tragic Fizz [opinion]

  The 'Crazy for Good' marketing campaign Coca-Cola launched last week in Zimbabwe has shaken up the Zanu-PF party, led by the country's current president, Robert Mugabe. Our blogger... Read more »

May 10

• Rwanda: Journalists, Between Free Media and Self-Regulation [opinion]

  Nearly two decades after the genocide, Rwanda has enacted laws that guarantee freedom of information and the media's self-regulation. But, asks our blogger, where does this leave... Read more »

May 8

• Uganda: Donors Ride Sexy New Bandwagon - Gay Activism [opinion]

  Why have gay rights become booming business in Uganda? Read more »

• Zimbabwe: My Song - Hope Masike On 'Musha Mukadzi'

  There's a saying in Zimbabwe that 'home is a woman'. Hope Masike never really knew what that meant till her mother passed away. That's why she wrote the song 'Musha mukadzi', to... Read more »

May 3

• Zimbabwe: Social Media Sets the Stage for Zimbabwean Elections [opinion]

  Social media frenzy - hype even - might be just what Zimbabwe needs to adequately prepare for the elections. Our blogger surveys what links are worth airtime as Zimbabweans prepare... Read more »

May 2

• Africa: World Press Freedom Day 2013

  3 May is World Press Freedom Day, and this year the UNESCO-led campaign celebrates its 20th anniversary. Read more »

May 1

• Uganda: What Sends Uganda's Boxing Sisters Into the Ring

  Twenty-four-year old Helen Baleke became the first female boxer in the Kampala slum of Katanga. Today she and her younger sister, Diana Tulyanrabo, are Uganda's female boxing... Read more »

April 29

• Nigeria: Eldee On 'I Go Yarn'

  Nigeria's problems won't be solved until people start speaking up. At least that's what eLDee thinks. Read more »

April 26

• Zimbabwe: Hovhorosi $tyle, a Signature for Local Youth in Mugabe Mode

  That Munya Chidzonga was a finalist in Big Brother Africa 5 is old news. But the autograph that the Zimbabwean reality TV star got from President Robert Mugabe continues to keep... Read more »

• Nigeria: Breaking Nation's Taboo On Mental Illness, a Tweet at a Time

  In Nigeria, widespread ignorance fuels perceptions that people with a mental illness are somehow cursed or possessed by demons. Many patients are left to roam the streets or suffer... Read more »

April 24

• Congo-Kinshasa: Ntaganda Trial Revives Nationality Debate in DRC

  Bosco Ntaganda's laconic statement on 26 March at the International Criminal Court lasted less than an hour. But the little he said in The Hague courtroom managed to re-spark a... Read more »

April 23

• Nigeria: Coping Inside - a Psychiatric Patient in Nigeria Tells Her Story

  Some, mostly young, Nigerians are fighting the stigma of mental illness head-on. They are boldly talking about their conditions. On youth blogs, in online discussion forums and via... Read more »

April 19

• Africa: From Child Soldier to Freedom Fighter, Part 5 [analysis]

  Once a child soldier for Joseph Kony, now an unwavering human rights activist, Helen Kwac believes she's the target of the Ugandan government's goons. It's for this reason that she... Read more »

April 18

• Zimbabwe: Independence Day - What's There to Celebrate? [opinion]

  Today Zimbabwe celebrates 33 years of independence. But to many the day has ceased to mean anything, finds our blogger. Read more »

• Uganda: From Child Soldier to Freedom Fighter

  Once a child soldier for Joseph Kony, now an unwavering human rights activist, Helen Kwac believes she's the target of the Ugandan government's goons. It's for this reason that she... Read more »

April 17

• Uganda: From Child Soldier to Freedom Fighter

  Once a child soldier for Joseph Kony, now an unwavering human rights activist, Helen Kwac believes she's the target of the Ugandan government's goons. It's for this reason that she... Read more »

April 16

• Uganda: From Child Soldier to Freedom Fighter

  Once a child soldier for Joseph Kony, now an unwavering human rights activist, Helen Kwac believes she's the target of the Ugandan government's goons. It's for this reason that she... Read more »

April 15

• Uganda: From Child Soldier to Freedom Fighter (Part I)

  Once a child soldier for Joseph Kony, now an unwavering human rights activist, Helen Kwac believes she's the target of the Ugandan government's goons. It's for this reason that she... Read more »

April 14

• Congo-Kinshasa: Post-Ntaganda, DRC Finds Itself Still in the Same Old Mess [opinion]

  Is long-wanted warlord General Bosco Ntganada's arrest a beacon of hope for a better life in the Democratic Republic of Congo? Our blogger in Rwanda thinks not. Last week, The... Read more »

• Nigeria: Keeping Up With The Joneses, Naija Style

  Status is everything in Nigeria. That's how many youth see it, anyway. And if their attitudes about consumption, fashion and entertainment are any indication, the country's... Read more »

April 10

• Nigeria: Made in America - the Nigerian Way [opinion]

  A common idea in Nigeria is that anything American is better. According to our blogger, if you don't have the hottest US artist or TV personality on hand, your event must not be... Read more »