Tyla’s live-streamed homecoming concert on Showmax this weekend is a major step for African streaming platforms, showcasing not only advances in continental streaming but also streaming networks' potential to empower local creatives and connect them with audiences.
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Jan 17 • 5 min
Recent protests in Kenya point to a change in the nature of youth involvement in African governance. The rise of social media and civic engagement have enabled a demographic previously perceived as apathetic to get involved in socio-economic development policies.
Jul 12, 2024 • 7 min
Inspiration from a Nigerian furniture maker and funds stashed for a trip to Dubai allowed Emily Wangui to start her dream journey. Less than 2 years later, Furniture Zoo is thriving
Jun 5, 2024 • 6 min
Known as "The Kenyan Poet", Njeri Wangari is recognized for her pioneering work in African poetry blogging
May 23, 2024 • 7 min
Period pains led investment banker Harriet Chebet to herbal products after her return to Kenya. Now, the herbs are the basis of her thriving herbal products business.
May 6, 2024 • 7 min
A tribute to her grandmother's basket-weaving legacy is how Gloria Kisulu sees The Shaba, a digital supply chain changing rural artisans' lives by seamlessly blending social impact, design, and tech.
Mar 5, 2024 • 8 min
Stella and Winnie Mutai are twins with a five-minute age difference. Inseparable from birth, they took different career paths. Climate change brought them back together.
Jun 29, 2023 • 4 min
A trading system backed by Afreximbank offers African states an opportunity to pivot away from a reliance on dollars, euros, and pounds.
Jun 21, 2023 • 3 min
Giant tech firms, game studios and other gaming investors have launched an aggressive hunt for young Africans with the talent, skills, passion - and jobs - to sustain long-term investments in the gaming sector.
Jun 16, 2023 • 5 min
Joan Wandegi Nthiga is one of many Kenyan farmers turning to regenerative farming to counteract the harmful effects of climate change, soil degradation, and biodiversity loss in her area. She has planted over 100 endangered native tree seedlings among her food crops and is now looking to do more to return the region to the wetter, more stable climate she experienced as a child.
Jun 13, 2023 • 5 min