Situated in the creative hub of Maboneng and capturing Johannesburg’s vibrant urban culture with its bike-friendly outdoor spaces, a pool, a bar, a rooftop and a...
Muhammad El-Baset jumps up from his chair to meet a customer who has walked into his shop. They exchange a few words before Mohammed takes the...
A rainbow of brightly coloured furniture fills a showroom on Nairobi’s Quarry Road, with the noise of hammers and saws serving as background music for the...
Mabiama's story of founding a Cameroonian fashion powerhouse is also a tale of escape from convention.
A cloud of aromatic steam and the happy sound of bubbling fills the tidy, tiled room in Karen, a suburb in Nairobi, as Harriet Chebet shows...
Lively conversation blends with the rhythmic sizzle of hot oil in Itapuã, a neighbourhood near the coastal city of Salvador in Bahia State, northern Brazil. The...
Ifedolapo Runsewe is prospecting for “black gold”. Although Nigeria is one of the world’s leading crude oil exporters, this time, oil is not the “black gold”...
As the sun retreats below the horizon, it casts a golden glow over the Red Sea and on the terraces of Aida Hotel, leaving a lingering...
As the water closes in over Susan Mtakai‘s head, she can’t help thinking about how the depths she’s about to descend to are so very alien...
As shoppers enter Rukanda Pride leather store in Harare’s posh Eastlea suburb, they are immediately enveloped by the captivating aroma of fresh leather. Stepping in further,...
It is mid-morning in Kitengela, in Kajiado County, south of Nairobi and Wangari Kuria’s farm is buzzing with activity. In one area, a farm manager checks...
While commuters are trying to escape the snaking rush hour traffic backed up around the Lagos metropolis, Tolulope Sanusi is calmly setting up for work, 13...
Omotunde Akiode sits at her workstation in Lagos, appearing to doodle. To the occasional visitor, this may look like play, but the result of the creative...
It’s a Tuesday morning at the Wildlife Club of Kenya, and members of the Young Aviators Club of Africa are deeply engrossed in the Jamhuri Day...
“Our national anthem is not; I like to move it,” declared Marie Kolo, her words echoing a deep-seated desire to uplift the true image of her...
Phillista Waithera‘s mother said she had begun a new life after the return of her daughter, thanks to the novel use of technology. The 11-year-old was...
26 years old and passionate about changing public perceptions of her profession, Filinda Wakuthi Kamau initially comes across as your regular TikTok influencer. That’s until you...
When 42-year-old Luke Muleka Kizito was a young boy, he regularly experienced how difficult his older sister’s invisible hearing impairment was for her. “It was a...
It’s a six-story climb to get to the rooftop that houses the small Bobo Biscuit Factory in Douala, Cameroon. Luckily, for those less keen on a...
In 2012, Antony Kirori embarked on a radical new journey. Eight years earlier, Kenya had passed regulations prohibiting the felling of trees for pencil production. That...
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