The Nigerian school where plastic bottles have replaced school fees
When a neighbour recommended Morit International School to Ijeoma Obiora three years…
Smaller African countries breaking the ceiling to produce more millionaires
Smaller African nations are giving rise to a new generation of millionaires,…
Child marriage, almajiri system: Why child rights violations continue in northern Nigeria despite prohibiting laws
Yahuza Umaru, 16, wakes up at 6 am nearly daily, ties his…
“I so much love barbing,’ Abuja female barber says, ‘it’s easier to deal with men’
Jennifer Ogbonna is a secondary school leaver living in Jikwoyi, a suburb…
For better livelihood, Kenyan farmers rush to climate-adaptive sunflower
When cooking oil and animal feed prices became too high for Marystella…
Made from worms, this porridge could beat down malnutrition in Zimbabwe
As the wind blows through the Mopane woodlands of Gwanda, a rural…
The touching but inspiring story of Nigerian woman with multiple disabilities
Gloria Nwafor was born with her two legs working perfectly. She was…
Traditional leaders, midwives lead charge against cholera in Nigeria, Malawi
BLANTYRE, MALAWI: Residents of Machinjiri stand on their doorsteps, watching, in a mixture…
Sokoto cuts number of out-of-school kids by half, but abandons those in conflict areas
In 2019, nearly 1.2 million children in Sokoto State did not have…
A 30-year-old Malawian is turning farmers into tech entrepreneurs
In a suburban housing area in Lilongwe, Malawi, 25-year-old Providence Maliro stares…
