Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
Uganda is riding on a biofabrication 3D printing technology to print human organs to help thousands of patients who die of organ failure in the country. FAUSTINE NGILA Uganda has gone to space. Despite a fire alarm causing delays on Nov. 6, the country’s first satellite, PearlAfricaSat-1, finally launched successfully into space on the morning […]
MOHAMMED ISSA The retail price of coconut has risen, causing consumer complaints in Unguja Island in Zanzibar. The popular dish content is now selling between Sh1,500 – 2,000 in the Unguja commodity market depending on size and retail location, with the consumers and retailers expressing their fears. The archipelago’s Minister for Agriculture Shamata Shaame Khamis […]
Experts are calling for stronger measures to stop a variant found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that’s 10 times deadlier than the global strain. RENE EBERSOLE A woman eight-month pregnant covered head to toe with lesions. Small children suffering with fevers and painful sores. A father asking for money to buy medicine for […]
AIMABLE TWAHIRWA Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda, wakes up early morning to cross “Petite Barrière,” one of the busiest border crossings with the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The mother of three takes advantage of the ‘Jeton,’ a daily authorization paper allowing […]
TIMOTHY OBIEZU Nigeria’s defense chief defended the destruction of a seized ship that was smuggling stolen oil, saying no investigation was needed. Critics say the military’s burning of the ship in mid-October destroyed vital evidence and accused the military of a cover-up. Nigeria’s chief of defense staff, General Lucky Irabor, spoke after Friday October 14th […]
CLAIRE DOYEN Inside a dimly lit mud dwelling nestled within a rocky mountain in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho, Mamotonosi Ntefane, 67, dusts off an animal skin. Her household is among a handful of families who still inhabit the Kome Caves, a heritage site in the north of the country, first occupied about 200 […]
LEBO DISEKO & CATHERINE BYARUHANGA At a community radio station in the heart of Johannesburg’s bustling Hillbrow neighborhood, MJ Mojalefa is hosting a phone-in following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The 22-year-old DJ wants his large youth audience to share their thoughts on the legacy of the British empire, which once included South Africa. […]
MUHAMMED KOTB Initiatives using new technologies for agriculture have recently emerged to support farmers dealing with the impacts of climate change in Egypt. Global warming stands to curb food production as farmland becomes more susceptible to higher temperatures and lower rainfalls in a country where 25% of the labor force is employed in agriculture. The […]
TIM McDONNELL After the Ukraine war scrambled trade networks for wheat and other key food commodities, the US and some other rich countries stepped up their food aid donations to countries in Africa and elsewhere hit hardest by skyrocketing prices. That should be a good news story. But to Bill Gates, it’s the latest example […]
MQONDISI DUBE Botswana has announced it will cull more than 10,000 cattle in the country’s northeast in a bid to fight an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. One of Africa’s largest beef producers, Botswana was forced in August to halt beef exports over the virus, including to the lucrative European Union. Assistant Minister for Agriculture Molebatsi […]