“It is important to tell our stories as refugees, to express ourselves, to be heard.” David Thok Koang, 16 years...
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Safi Organic’s decentralized production of organic fertiliser is helping hundreds of farmers to improve crop yields while also teaching the...
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A Kenyan entrepreneur has taken discarded plastic and turned it into bricks that can hold twice the weight of concrete...
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A franchise network of 'digital' toilets in Nairobi is helping to stem the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable urban slum communities....
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Can words posted to social media suggest where a genocide might happen? This rumour police in Kenya fights misinformation with...
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“There is no question that plastic pollution is one of the most pressing problems of our time – and it’s...
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Most farmers in advanced economies take advantage of a wealth of agricultural information services to support farm management and increase...
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"We are living in the most challenging, yet greatest years mankind has ever seen. We are all facing different struggles,...
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"This is not just be a destination for people who want to shop in a socially impactful way – although...
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An anonymous pirate radio DJ is sharing positive ideas, encouraging young East Africans to take action to improve their lives...
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Nairobi's minibus taxis carry over three million people around the city every day. The loud and tightly packed matatu buses...
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There are approximately 130 unregulated matatu lines in Nairobi. Cheap, convenient, popular – and often decorated with disco balls and...
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In just under three years M-KOPA Solar has provided affordable energy to over 200,000 homes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda....
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The self-published DIY ‘zine’ has always been the domain of those in search of alternatives. Its DIY nature eschews the...
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IBM's game show-winning Watson is a supercomputer like no other. It can take data from any of the digital sources...
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Take a 17-year-old Kenyan pupil, a school with a huge waste problem and a massive fuel shortage, and what do...
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