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For girls, ‘it is possible to dream big’
2 Oct 2012Growing up in her native Kenya, Juliana Rotich was the lonely, young “geek” with oversized glasses at school. Today she is a highly successful tech entrepreneur who is a co-founder and executive...
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Building peace from the ground up
Voters queue up for a referendum on a new constitution in Kenya in 2010: Activists mobilized in...
Full steam ahead to sustainable energy
Steam venting from beneath Kenya’s Rift Valley: Geothermal power may eventually supply a quarter...
Wangari Maathai, the woman of trees, dies
Wangari Maathai: A pioneer in linking environmental protection with human rights.Photo: UN Photo...
Social media for a social cause
Leading by example, Kenyans mobilize support for drought victims
Young Africans put technology to new uses
Kenyan software a tool for political participation
Africa Watch
15 Jan 2010In December the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) reported that mobile phone...
Abolishing fees boosts African schooling
By eliminating fees, Kenya was able to quickly get 2 million more pupils into its primary schools....
An African chorus on climate change
Environmental and community groups marching in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 12 December, one of...
Security for the highest bidder
Private guards in Uganda: Only those who can afford to pay have access to such security services....
Africa fights the ‘people trade’
A young girl from Benin City in Nigeria’s southern Edo State, where the vast majority of Nigerian...
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