Solar Sister is bringing solar lighting to hard-to-reach communities in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. Women are disproportionately impacted by...
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Run by refugees, Talking Hands is the Italian design & fashion studio where art and storytelling create employment opportunities, tear...
See moreTo help preserve local heritage and provide formal and financial education, a rural community in Uganda is building its own...
See moreLove choose-your-own-adventure books? They’re the inspiration for cellphone games that make financial, sexual, and health education accessible to remote communities....
See more“I ended up taking surfing as my coping skill because every time I am in the water, I take the...
See more“It is important to tell our stories as refugees, to express ourselves, to be heard.” David Thok Koang, 16 years...
See more“We have this big vision that we would like every child to own a hundred books by the age of...
See moreThe Amsterdam based Black Archives boasts an inspiring mixture of educational resources, cultural projects, and political organisation, highlighting the diversity...
See moreJustdiggit unites with the collective power of the smallholder farmers and local communities in Africa, teaching powerful restorative agricultural techniques...
See moreDuckweed grows incredibly fast, can produce eight times more protein per hectare than soy and may be a big help...
See moreSafi Organic’s decentralized production of organic fertiliser is helping hundreds of farmers to improve crop yields while also teaching the...
See moreThe Bambara groundnut has been farmed for centuries, but if you don’t live in sub-Saharan Africa it is nearly impossible...
See moreA Kenyan entrepreneur has taken discarded plastic and turned it into bricks that can hold twice the weight of concrete...
See moreDespite artisan know-how stretching back to ancient times, independent clothes makers around the Mediterranean now struggle against powerful global brands...
See moreA self-trained robotics engineer is sparking creativity and accelerating science learning in Africa – with a strong focus on rural...
See moreA drone company saving lives in Ghana and Rwanda has become a lesson in using autonomous drones as a tool for social...
See moreIn the least mechanised place on earth, tractors and farming machinery are expensive. This agritech app connects smallholder farmers to tractor owners...
See moreCome rain or shine, knowing weather patterns is pure gold when it comes to food security. But in the tropics, you...
See moreHome to endangered marine turtles that come to its shores to lay their eggs, Ghana has a rich fauna and...
See moreThese dolls outsell Barbie in Nigeria and so they should. The colourful Queens of Africa help young African girls embrace their...
See more“The way you get a better world is, you don’t put up with substandard anything.” – Joe Strummer, The Clash...
See more“Thanks to the confinement we have witnessed a profusion of creative people using social networks for the production and distribution...
See moreThe Save The Chicken app is providing a digital solution to the very analogue chicken mortalities happening in Africa. Early...
See moreDid you know that we can enable African students to learn vital IT skills in addition to offsetting tonnes of...
See moreEducating girls is fundamental for a sustainable future for East Africa, but only 5 percent of girls graduate. Most spend...
See moreIt is estimated that 600 tons of plastic are disposed off in Uganda daily. Kampala city alone accounts for the...
See moreWhile mobile phones bring huge benefits – such as accessibility to information, ability to set up mobile payments and help...
See moreShoes might not grow on trees – but this one grows itself. The Shoe That Grows has a clever design that...
See more“There is no question that plastic pollution is one of the most pressing problems of our time – and it’s...
See moreWhen Morocco went into lock-down during the Covid19 crisis, the first thing that Amal Center did was set up a...
See moreThe simple act of riding a bike helps rural families with limited resources in Mozambique to irrigate their family plots....
See moreCurrently only 30% of roles in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are held by women. In...
See moreThe April morning sun beats down on Kontagora, a lively market town in central Nigeria. Generators hum as milling machines...
See more“There's an Eskimo on a mass of ice, a Bedouin in the desert and a Polynesian at sea. All three of...
See moreA coral reef restoration project run by a community of women on a tiny island off Kenya’s south-east coast is...
See moreTrail cameras are an important tool in wildlife research and conservation – and you get some surprising results. What's...
See moreDutch investigative journalist Teun van de Keuken was shocked when he discovered that much of the world’s chocolate production has...
See moreTransformed poachers trained as 'blasters' are helping keep elephants from raiding farmers' crops in Zambia – using non-lethal chilli powder...
See moreWhat looks like an insect, roams around southern Africa, and farts out balls of fire? A giant dung beetle made...
See moreIn Democratic Republic of the Congo, poor educational access and poor quality education is linked with the historic instability the...
See more"We are living in the most challenging, yet greatest years mankind has ever seen. We are all facing different struggles,...
See moreWith Snapshot Serengeti everyone can observe animals in their natural habitat, without disturbing them – so you feel like you’re seeing...
See moreShipping a container from China to South Africa costs the same amount as transporting it from South Africa to Malawi....
See more"This is not just be a destination for people who want to shop in a socially impactful way – although...
See moreIn Uganda, Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga are the major sources of quality protein, in the form of various species...
See more“With a collective effort and more awareness we can work against gangsterism. The way I see it, culture is a...
See more"The more parasites you find, the more data you contribute to fighting the disease." MalariaSpot allows gaming time to be...
See moreBack in 2011 in Rwanda, 16 years after the genocide against the Tutsi sent shock waves across the world, creative...
See moreA video shows a local football match kicking off in El Madania, Algeria; another takes us to Cotonou, Benin, to...
See moreTurning the silver screen green and providing a ray of light in South Africa (literally), Sunshine Cinema is not just an...
See moreOne person’s toxic e-waste dump is another’s treasure workshop. That's why a Ghana-based architect duo have launched AMP (Agbogbloshie Makerspace...
See moreThe numbers look great: 100,000 landmines destroyed, 22 million square metres of land returned to local communities and over 900,000...
See moreSo, how do you get power to the people who need it most, to those who can’t afford it? ...
See moreEvery year in Senegal thousands of tonnes of fruit are thrown away due to the lack of initiatives for processing...
See moreMeet Cameroon's protector of the oceans using plastic waste to build eco-canoes. The charismatic Ismaël Essome Ebone is the young entrepreneur...
See moreA festival in a coastline settlement in Lagos is challenging the notion of art in the white cube. Iwaya Community Art...
See moreCreative resistance Circuito Rolezinho is a new way of thinking about the reality of being young, black and alive in...
See moreVienna-based Helioz aims to solve the problem of the lack of access to safe drinking water in the Global South, through...
See moreThis isn't clickbait: an electrical engineer based in South Africa has designed an automated locker system that allows people with chronic conditions to...
See moreAlthough farming still seems like an un-cool career option to many young people, Mmabatho Morudi wants to change the face of agriculture: "It’s...
See moreStreet HeArt Africa brings life to walls in underprivileged communities. "We use our art as a way to connect people and...
See moreSubmitted by you: Did you know that bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants in the world? After harvesting...
See moreIn the late 19th century a travelling book salesman had a revolutionary idea – to get women to sell beauty...
See moreSubmitted by you: Nigerian architect 'wole Olabanji believes that everyone deserves a nice home. However, most people in the African...
See moreSubmitted by you: Travel around India and you’ll spot Nishant Bioenergy’s earth stoves in restaurants, hostels, kitchens, corporate canteens, religious places, dhaba (roadside...
See moreSubmitted by you: Communities for Development was created when engineers Iñigo Ruiz Apilánez and Sandra Díaz returned from a stint...
See moreCondom use is critical to decreasing the spread of HIV and STIs on a global scale, yet there have been...
See moreDrones are being used to hunt down poachers in Namibia. Using US homeland security techniques, poachers are being tracked by...
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