How to save when the nearest bank is many miles away? For these women in rural Ghana, the answer is simple: work together and use a...
From four wheels to two, or even three-the pursuit of cost-effective transportation is accelerating the adoption of electric bikes in Africa as gas prices soar. Analysis...
Kigali City, located at the foot of three hills—Mount Kigali, Jali, and Bumbogo—is endowed with wide sidewalks, immaculate roads, trees, and plenty of green space. It...
By Patrick Nelle for Bird Story Agency It’s an ordinary day on the web for a diverse group of African creatives; or at least, as ordinary...
He may have missed the official year of return, hosted by Ghana in 2019, but we’re loving that Lewis Hamilton, who recently toured Africa, did so...
At the far end of the University of Yaoundé campus in Ngoa Ekelle, on the road to Melen, is the complex of the Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique...
After receiving a US$40,000 grant in 2021 from Epic Games, a US video game and software development company, Thrill Digital launched Astra. This “metaverse”, which includes...
Claude Grunitzky is an expert at turning simple ideas into compelling stories that leave audiences wanting more. That’s a formula that saw him sell one of...
By Patrick Nelle, bird story agency A short distance from the Marina Palace in Cotonou City stands a 30-metre-high monument called the Benin Amazone. It was...
By Yakubu Liman, bird story agency It is noon in the congested city of Kano, and Aisha Abubakar Usman is standing on the sidewalk, waiting for...
At 15, after a complicated delivery, Theresa Kadzura suffered an obstetric fistula, which hindered her from living a full life. This is a story of how...
By Phendu Kuta, bird story agency For an artist with deep Congolese roots and proud cultural immersion, the inspiration of Rumba in an art show is...
By Edith Chepngeno, bird story agency “Barely a month after I buried the love of my life, my in-laws descended on us. First, my brother-in-law said...
There are very few musicians alive today who know how to play the makhoyane, the traditional instrument of the Swati. Most are elderly. Enter Thobile Magagula,...
By Dorcas Bello, bird story agency A storefront situated between distinctive rock outcrops in the Gwarandok community in Jos reveals a display of locally-made shoes whose...
Sylvia Gathoni‘s passion has turned into a career, allowing her to travel the world. It’s also given her a platform – one she’s using to highlight...
15-year-old Cameroonian Wendy Musi and her schoolmates are pushing past taboos and becoming champions of awareness and information around menstruation and female health. By Brenda Kiven...
Thanks to the growing economies and population of Africa, the needs of the continent’s built environment are offering architects a unique opportunity to influence how the...
Vlogger and photographer, Khalid Abdul has spent the last five years travelling around northern Nigeria. His pictures show why the area should be a bucket list...
By Jacques Achilles, bird story agency Michael Olawole’s passion for African designs has unleashed a wave of African print fashion on the East African island nation...
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