How female architect brings minimalist architecture to Abidjan’s skyline
Architect Melissa Kacoutie starts her day reviewing building sketches with her team at her firm called Jeanette Studios. The company is at the cutting edge of Côte... Read more.
African leaders call for mining sector job creation
African governments are tightening export rules and changing mining laws to ensure they keep more value within their borders. Zimbabwe’s recent move to bring... Read more.
Turkey set to deepen ties with Africa
Through trade, defence, and infrastructure, Turkey is building an enduring influence across Africa. From ports to schools, Ankara is embedding systems that could... Read more.
A women-led media company is challenging norms in Senegal
The boutique media agency known as InfoElles is challenging norms in Senegal’s male-dominated media landscape. Launched by Senegalese journalist and women’s... Read more.
African countries look within to boost continent’s own mining industries
Across Africa, mining companies and governmental agencies regulating the sector are increasingly turning to each other for technical expertise, market coordination... Read more.
Women-led media firm challenging norms in Senegal
In Dakar, Senegal, journalist and women’s rights advocate Alice Djiba has made it her mission to shake up the status quo in the country’s media landscape.... Read more.
Young Zambian engineers embracing AI to create local solutions
Twenty-year-old software engineering student Innocent Mugwadi presents a slideshow in the front of a classroom before his fellow classmates at the Information and... Read more.
Kenya’s marine life conservation shifts from foreign-led to community-driven
Community-led nature conservation that empower locals to become stewards of the environment around them are more sustainable and effective than efforts led by foreign... Read more.
A Gen-Z duo leading a recycling movement in Tanzania
Three years ago, two young men began walking the streets of Mwanza, Tanzania’s second-largest city, sacks in hand, collecting discarded plastics. With no machines,... Read more.
African courts are breaking culture of silence on female genital mutilation
More African courts are joining the fight against female genital mutilation, playing a bigger role in efforts to challenge a practice long shielded by silence and... Read more.
