Kenyan Activist Wins Award in Japan

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The Kenyan health care advocate, Dr. Miriam K. Were (left), has received Japan's new Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in recognition of her work to promote community medical services. AllAfrica spoke to her in Nairobi.

Cameroon's Farmers Call in for Advice

Poor farmers in Cameroon without books, libraries or internet access can call a documentation centre for advice from agricultural experts. About 7,000 farmers use the service each year.

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A poster advertising "Allo Ingenier," the information service for farmers provided by an agricultural NGO.

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A new series about Africans around the continent who are making things happen around them.

A Kenyan community development group which produces groundnuts and other crops - once the subject of jeers - is now a beacon of hope for many farmers in the area.

(left) Group member Simon Ouma attends to his farm.

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Reporting from Kuje, Nigeria, allAfrica's Elizabeth Dickinson launches Africa on the Move.

In Kuje, near the country's capital, Abuja, the newly-elected chairman of the area's local council, Danladi Etsu Zhin, has made visible progress in delivering on his promises.

(left) Joseph Uko, an electrician in the business of fixing generators, has found business has improved even as more people have connected to the national power grid.