Walter Menya/Nation

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.

Elizabeth Dickinson/allAfrica

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.