A slippery slope
Bananas. They’re high in potassium and Vitamin C, not to mention a bunch of other minerals. Around 100 million people... Read more
22 Mar, 2016
The write stuff
A Statistics South Africa survey has found that more than 90% of South Africans over the age of 15 can... Read more
15 Mar, 2016
Revved up for progress
Throughout the last decade, Nigeria’s Lady Mechanic Initiative has trained more than 700 women in mechanical skills, enabling them... Read more
15 Mar, 2016
Waste not, want not
Forty percent – that’s how much of Nigeria’s agricultural produce is lost post-harvest as a result of insufficient marketing... Read more
15 Mar, 2016
Fighting chance
Angola is punctuated by armoured-vehicle wrecks and weaponry that is no longer used, even though its civil war ended more than 10... Read more
7 Mar, 2016
Special insight
Approximately 21 000 school children in Kenya’s Trans-Nzoia county have been screened for visual impairment, with the help of a smartphone... Read more
7 Mar, 2016
Hit after hit
Africa’s first legal, home-grown music-downloads platform was recently launched in Senegal. Its mission: to promote the continent’s artists and... Read more
7 Mar, 2016
Health warning
In South Africa, the cost of private healthcare more than tripled from ZAR42 billion to ZAR142 billion between 2002... Read more
1 Mar, 2016
Making history
Eritrea is one of the poorest and most isolated countries in Africa, yet its array of modernist architecture is among the largest globally,... Read more
1 Mar, 2016
Watch this space
A pay-as-you-go home solar-energy system was introduced to low-income earners in rural Kenya around four years ago, providing approximately 300... Read more
1 Mar, 2016
