At 5 a.m., while most teenagers were still asleep, 19-year-old Tony Okeyo was already navigating the busy streets of Nairobi in the company of his father to report to their tiny office in the Capital. The cold Nairobi dawn did…
Dagric limited CEO David Sebit //Photo courtesy David Ezekia Sebit’s childhood was defined by conflict and survival. Born in Yambio, South Sudan, during the early 1990s, he grew up amid the Second Sudanese Civil War. Villages were destroyed, families displaced,…
Oyster mushroom ready for sell-From Manicaland LOCADIA PUDURAI’S Javangwe mushrooms. Photo: Collen Maenda. The Future of Hope Foundation, a non-governmental organisation headquartered in Zimbabwe, is a living testament to resilience, innovation, and the transformative power of sustainable livelihoods. The organisation…
Cultural inheritance practices, urbanization, and population growth form part of the factors that have resulted in land fragmentation in Kenya. Consequently, the effects of land fragmentation have been agriculturally unfavourable. Big chunks of fertile land have been subdivided into smaller,…
According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the county’s poverty level in 2022 was 39.8%. Additionally, the Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) report of 2024 indicated a drop to 36.3%. Youths in Khalwenge Village,…
Growing up in Langtan, a quiet town in Plateau State, Nigeria, Wordsmith Nansel Joel never imagined he would one day inspire hundreds of young people across Africa. The odds were stacked against him, limited exposure, no mentors, and an environment…