The latest from Bird
August 31, 2023
Sweet treats for climate-smart farmers in east Africa
When Jackline Kwaga left Uganda three years ago to look for greener pastures in Kenya, she initially took up work on a strawberry farm. She worked hard... hard enough to not only learn the ropes but also diversify into her own farming operation, where she now grows maize and strawberries and raises chickens.
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August 25, 2023
Urban Transport Across Africa Turns To Electrification
Golden Arrow is owned by Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited (HCI), a black empowerment investment company listed on the JSE Securities Exchange and whose major shareholder is the South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union. BYD is China's largest electric automobile manufacturer.
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August 24, 2023
M-Pesa’s foray into Ethiopia marks start of a mobile money showdown
As Safaricom introduces M-Pesa in Ethiopia, aiming to replicate its immense success in Kenya, a battle with the existing market leader is imminent.
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August 24, 2023
Meet the Young Genius Transforming Liberia’s Organic Food Scene with Seaweed Power!
When he’s not building a backyard food farm for a client, Ebenezer Doto Kukai can be found at the beach. He doesn’t come for the sun, sea, or sand, however. He’s here for the seaweed.
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August 22, 2023
Radio Host Hope Nwakwesi is on a Mission to Change the Lives of Widows in Nigeria
When Caroline Dick lost her husband to an electric shock accident at his workplace in Lagos in 2011, she couldn’t have known that this was just the beginning of her personal tragedy. The night before her husband’s burial in his home village in Ebonyi state, Southeast Nigeria, she was accused of killing him through witchcraft and expelled from the village.
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August 22, 2023
The rubber ring revolutionising the war on HIV
SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | A number of African nations are boldly embracing a game-changing approach to the fight against new HIV transmissions — a vaginal ring.
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August 21, 2023
"Blue Wall Challenge" Finds Innovators Building Africa's "Blue Economy"
A challenge promoting sustainable marine exploitation of the Western Indian Ocean has revealed trailblazing companies building a sustainable marine economy in Africa's oceans..
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August 20, 2023
In their DNA: This startup is building sustainable houses in Senegal
Growing up in Senegal's third-largest city, Thiès, situated some 70km east of Dakar, friends Mariama Djambony Badji and Papa Mafall Diop dreamed of becoming architects and building houses.
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August 20, 2023
Bottle tops are the paint in this artist's eco-murals
The TOPAS hub in the bustling neighbourhood of Surulere in Lagos is one of a wave of tech hubs opening across Africa, and the energy and bustle in the co-working spaces and tech companies is similar to many others in Nigeria's biggest city - home to more than 400 startups.
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August 20, 2023
From bus conductor to global travel consultant, Zodwa Mkandla is flying high
The fast-charging executive founded Mkandla’s Traverze Travel in 2003 as a company specialising in leisure and business travel management. The company has received 12 awards, including from Emirates Airlines and (two) from Women4Africa, a global platform celebrating African women’s achievements.
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August 19, 2023
Young Africans outpace their elders in education with 66%, as general illiteracy drops
IN just over a decade, African states have turned around a 72% illiteracy rate to achieve a 70% literacy record, with 66% of the young people now receiving secondary education – and way more than that can read and write.
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August 18, 2023
The global South breaks away from the US-led world order
Developing nations are demanding control of their resources, reordering a relationship from colonial times, in part by insisting on factories in their own countries.
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