Bird Stories

It takes a collection of stories to create and shift narratives. Bird is doing it one alternative story at a time.

14 June 2022

Aproko Doctor Is Ensuring That Everyone Understands The Need for Medical Awareness

Dr Chinonso Fidelis Egemba, 31, was in his fourth year at Nnamdi Azikiwe University when he and some of his medical student colleagues helped diagnose a stroke patient.

1 June 2022

Kenya upgrades it’s ‘Silicon Savannah’ drawcard

Kenya’s tech startup ecosystem — among the hottest on the continent — is looking to attract even more overseas interest as the country launches an International Financial Centre and giant tech firms renew their interest in East Africa’s “Silicon Savannah”.

4 June 2022

Tanzania’s huge green energy potential put at 6,000MW

With the country’s ambitious 6,000MW green energy generation roadmap, if successful, President Samia Suluhu Hassan will make Tanzania one of Africa’s top renewable power-generating states, after South Africa and Morocco

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