Africa: Women's Voices 'Locked Out' in Covid-19 Reporting

Due to the political nature of the crisis,  the marginalization of women in decision-making roles in the countries analyzed "locks in" the suppression of women's voices, the… Read more »

Kenya: Shining Light on Slums to Unlock Girls' Talents

The dusty road leading to the heart of the Mathare settlement in Nairobi's north-west corner passes metal-roofed homes that seem to spill down hillsides, packed closely… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's First Local Netflix Offering - Sincerely, Daisy - Stream It Or Skip It?

Another spell of African movies awaits to enchant via your screen... Read more »

Africa: Okonjo-Iweala Named One of Two Women Finalists to Lead the World Trade Organization

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala along with South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee are widely reported to have been selected as the finalists in the contest to lead the World Trade Organization… Read more »

Kenya: How This Kenya Fishing Co-Op Went From Treading Water to Riding Waves

When Etabo Lopeyo Lotonia was attacked by a crocodile while fishing in Lake Turkana, members of his social enterprise group put aside all the day's tasks to ensure he received… Read more »

Kenya: Denying Education to Pregnant Teens and Young Mothers Harms Girls and Reduces Nation's Potential

"I didn't go back to school, because I didn't have anyone to give me advice," "Harriet" told me. "I wish someone would've come to talk to me about school and encourage me." We were… Read more »

Africa: How Google's Project Loon Can Improve Epidemic Preparedness

Twenty kilometers above the ground, giant balloons are hovering in the sky, providing high-speed internet spanning 50,000 square kilometers across central and western… Read more »

Kenya: How a Group of Turkana Herders Became Vegetable Farmers

Natiira Ateni Self Help Group was formed in August 2014 in northwest Kenya, near the borders of South Sudan and Uganda. The community group was launched by former pastoralists who… Read more »

Kenya: The Borehole That Transformed Lives of Turkana's Desert Farmers

Launched in 2014, Natiira Ateni Self Help Group is located in Turkana County, more than 700 kilometres north of Nairobi, Kenya's capital. Natiira Ateni is a phrase in the… Read more »

Kenya: Natiira Ateni - Greening The Desert in Turkana County

Natiira Ateni Self Help group is located at Natira village, Turkana west sub county, Turkana county along Lodwar- Lokichogio highway which is about 150 kilometres away from Lodwar… Read more »

Kenya: Give Us Your Farm Throw-Aways; We'll Give Back Black Gold

Whether volunteering at local high schools in her community, educating boys about the importance of speaking out and building self-confidence or taking a summer course at… Read more »

Kenya: Safi Organics Turns Farm Waste into Black Gold and Poor Farmers into Entrepreneurs

Mary Rigo has been a spinach and tomato farmer for the past decade a few minute's drive from here in Kirinyaga county, where she owns a two-acre farm about one hundred kilometres… Read more »

Africa: Could Kenyan Research Point Towards Malaria Breakthrough?

Today the open-access journal Nature published results of a promising study on a potential way to block the malaria parasite from infecting mosquitoes that transmit malaria through… Read more »

Africa: Young Climate Activist - How Locusts, Climate Crisis Threaten Peace

Africa's young people are at the forefront by climate change action sweeping the world as climate change activists take charge where global leadership has failed. Makenna Muigai,… Read more »

East Africa: Is There Trouble in Tanasha and Diamond's Paradise?

Tanasha Donna and Diamond Platinumz's relationship now seems to have hit rock bottom! Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Can Set the Stage for Violent Conflict - Expert

Levels of poverty, economic opportunities, and unemployment are key factors increasing the likelihood of conflict, and there has been strong agreement that climate change, is a… Read more »

Africa: Punching Back against Al-Shabaab

An attack this month on a Kenyan military base, which killed one American service member and two U.S. Department of Defense contractors, before being repelled by Kenyan and… Read more »

Kenya: Sexual and Reproductive Health Services That Connects At-Risk Persons to PrEP in Kenya

In June 2017 the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their list of medicines deemed essential, these are drugs that every person should have access to, should they need it, no… Read more »

Kenya: How Self-Care Interventions are Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health in Kenya

In June 2019 the World Health Organisation published consolidated guidelines on self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health. It defines self-care as the ability of… Read more »

Africa: Reclaiming our Power - Reimagining the Global Agenda for Women and Girls

Last week, world leaders gathered in Nairobi for ICPD+25 to celebrate 25 years since the 1994 launch of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) , a… Read more »

Africa: Artists, Advocates and Phenoms - Africans Honoured on Time's 100 Next List

The inaugural Time 100 Next list has revealed the rising stars who are revolutionising their respective fields and industries. Six Africans were among the prestigious lineup,… Read more »

Kenya: How Kenyans Are Part of 2022 World Cup

A Kenyan university worker has started his country's own football team in Qatar with the help of the next World Cup hosts. Read more »

Kenya: Plan to Build an Expressway Through Uhuru Park Angers Kenyans

Kenyans from all walks of life have come out in their numbers on Twitter under the hashtag #UhuruPark, to express their disgust at the government's insatiable hunger for… Read more »

Africa: Reversing the Growing Unemployment among Trained Graduates

Recently, I watched the heartbreaking story of a 24-year-old Kevin Ochieng, a first class honors degree graduate, whose excellent academic performance did not secure him a decent… Read more »

Kenya: Is Uhuru Kenyatta the Coolest President Ever?

On August 5 President Uhuru Kenyatta flew to Jamaica for a historic state visit where he also graced that country's 57th Independence Day celebrations in Kingston, as a special… Read more »