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November 18, 2024

The Makhanda Declaration lights a path for media reform in Africa.

SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | South Africa’s Rhodes University recently unveiled the Makhanda Declaration, a new commitment to strengthen journalism as a public good in South Africa and beyond.

November 16, 2024

Rising Quality of made-in-Africa goods boosts intra-continental trade.

African businesses increasingly prefer to trade across the continent’s borders over out-of-the-continent markets like Asia, the US, and Europe, due to the rising quality of made-in-Africa goods, lower market prices, and accessibility.

November 15, 2024

Terry Anne Owino, a climate activist and ecofeminist, talking to a bird story agency reporter, during the COP29 Climate Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 14, 2024. Photo: Seth Onyango, bird story agency Business ‘Fund women and marginalised groups’

Terry Anne Owino, a climate activist and ecofeminist, is calling for a shift from top-down decision-making to collaborative, community-driven solutions that reflect the lived realities of those most affected by climate change.

November 14, 2024

Africa calls for $1 trillion climate fund and safeguards against US policy shifts, at COP29

African nations are arriving at COP29 with a fresh, determined approach, no longer willing to tolerate vague promises and incremental gestures that have yielded little at past events.

November 13, 2024

Women lead Africa’s creator economy

African women now make up 53.2% of the continent’s creator economy, carving out a commanding share in sectors from fashion to finance on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, according to recent research on the sector.

November 12, 2024

The Scramble for Africa’s Satellite Internet Market

Europe joins US in the battle for under-served African customers in an already competitive internet market – with France eyeing up to 26 African markets, majority being francophone countries.

November 7, 2024

Earthshot Prize: African Finalists Talk Climate Innovation Ahead Of Awards Ceremony

With three African startups on the finalists’ list ahead of the winners’ unveiling event on November 6, organizers of the prestigious prize have acknowledged the continent’s youth-led innovativeness, which they believe can create a global impact.

November 5, 2024

African Telcos in Race to launch Green Data Centers

As more and more services move online across Africa, giant players like Safaricom, MTN and Airtel are stepping up their efforts to provide Africa with large, green-energy data centres.

November 4, 2024

Getting Gen Z work-ready: African universities stepping up

Africa's Gen Zs, promised opportunity, innovation and new technology but faced with the very real world of a workplace in flux, constrained labour markets, high inflation and increasing criticism of their work ethic, are finding very little to cheer about. So a growing number of African universities are stepping in, hoping to bridge the gap between academic qualifications and real-world demands.

November 4, 2024

Starlink terminals sold out in five African countries as demand soars

Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink has sold out in major cities across five African countries including Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, just weeks after the new entrant received regulatory approval.

October 24, 2024

A Kenyan Entrepreneur Who Cycled Through 7 States In India To Combat Racism

Intrigued by threads he had come across online, Lesalon Kasaine hunted down Peter Ngugi, to hear first-hand his life story and unpack how the Kenyan became a household name in India. Kusaine, who edits the news site Qasini, appears here as a guest writer for bird story agency.

October 1, 2024

Tata, the Marathon Grandmother: ‘Every Sweat Dripping off My Face Is for a Cause’

Joyce Nduku has been hitting the headlines recently, almost as much as she hits the streets in her running shoes – and its all for a good cause. Lesalon Kasaine recently caught up with her.

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