“It is important to tell our stories as refugees, to express ourselves, to be heard.” David Thok Koang, 16 years...
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Projects
Justdiggit unites with the collective power of the smallholder farmers and local communities in Africa, teaching powerful restorative agricultural techniques...
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Duckweed grows incredibly fast, can produce eight times more protein per hectare than soy and may be a big help...
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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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"I marvel at the talent of youth in impossible situations and their potential to move things.”– Martin Fernando Jakobsen Can...
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Shoes might not grow on trees – but this one grows itself. The Shoe That Grows has a clever design that...
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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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“There's an Eskimo on a mass of ice, a Bedouin in the desert and a Polynesian at sea. All three of...
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Just ten days before this was written, the lives of four twenty-something friends – Simone Policano, Healy Chait, Mimi Aboubaker...
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A coral reef restoration project run by a community of women on a tiny island off Kenya’s south-east coast is...
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Hong Kong-born Bonnie Chiu is inviting everyone to step into the worlds of garment workers in Bangladesh, sex workers in...
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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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Creating opportunities for women is exactly what Raven + Lily is all about. A flagbearer for gender equality and female...
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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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Atlas of the Future has partnered with Red Bull Amaphiko to share each other's stories. The global platform enables, connects and inspires social...
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In the late 19th century a travelling book salesman had a revolutionary idea – to get women to sell beauty...
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Mobile Internet is rapidly becoming a primary source of knowledge for rural populations in developing countries. But not every one...
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When a young South African woman and her childhood friends created social startup Rethaka with the aim of making a small impact on the world,...
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In 2015 roughly 36 million people in the world were living with HIV or AIDS, with about 70% of them...
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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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“What’s it like to be a real life Weki or Femi?” asks the blog for gritty teen drama MTV Shuga. Weki...
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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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The debate on how to cope with immigration is heated and complex. Based in Germany, a country which takes more refugees than...
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An estimated 750 million people worldwide drink and cook with water from a contaminated source every day. Providing cheap, clean drinking water for...
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Most societies still attach some form of stigma to periods. Though female education has long been recognised as a fundamental...
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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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Many up and coming African developers create innovative software, but they do not know how to commercialise their products. At...
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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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"It is our responsibility to enable every young person to make to learn and learn to make," says David Sengeh, Global...
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