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Boosting African youth employment through digital jobs
The announcement by the Rockefeller Foundation of an initiative to create jobs in Africa focusing on the digital field has been lauded as an important strategy by Jack Leslie, chairperson of Weber Shandiwick, a
This woman means business: Patience Kahangirwe, Ugandan events planner
Patience Kahangirwe, 29, is the founder of Karwes Deco. The Kampala-based events planning company specializes in flowers, décor, bridal gowns and cakes. Party packages range in price between 100,000 andRNW Africa on Facebook
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Video: A Ugandan in Amsterdam, driven to the verge of suicide
In this 12th clip from the Surprising Europe video series, we meet Sylvia from Uganda. Even after living in the Netherlands for 15 years, she still hasn't found a permanent home. The situation drove her to the verge of suicide.
Article: Unsung hero #1: broom power
Know someone who does an everyday task to improve your neighbourhood, your village or your city? Not all heroes have their names published in the newspaper or, for that matter, get public recognition.
Article: Hovhorosi $tyle, a signature for Zim youth in Mugabe mode
That Munya Chidzonga was a finalist in Big Brother Africa 5 is old news. But the autograph that the Zimbabwean reality TV star got from President Robert Mugabe continues to keep two young designers in the spotlight.
Article: Breaking Nigeria’s taboo on mental illness, a tweet at a time
In Nigeria, widespread ignorance fuels perceptions that people with a mental illness are somehow cursed or possessed by demons.
Article: Keeping a crafty killer on the run: malaria
Imagine that snake attacks were killing a person a minute. Or that it was dogs, or foxes or chickens that were killing three quarters of a million people a year.
Article: Ntaganda trial revives nationality debate in DRC
Bosco Ntaganda’s laconic statement on 26 March at the International Criminal Court lasted less than an hour.
Article: In Somalia, women are going into business – and succeeding
A growing number of women in Somalia are going into business. And for some in the traditionally conservative Muslim country, this is an opportunity to attain financial independence and upward mobility. By Abdurrahman Warsameh, Mogadishu
Article: Former child soldier-turned-activist Helen Kwac speaks
When she was 14, Helen Kwac (not her real name) was abducted by Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda.
Article: Coping inside: a psychiatric patient in Nigeria tells her story
Some, mostly young, Nigerians are fighting the stigma of mental illness head-on. They are boldly talking about their conditions.
Video: JOYCE BANDA VS MADONNA
This week, a spin on the sniping between Malawi President Joyce Banda and the country's biggest private donor, Madonna.
