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In Her Words: Gisela Mudumbi Van Houcke, Founder Zuri Luxury Ltd

In Her Words: Gisela Mudumbi Van Houcke, Founder Zuri Luxury Ltd

Africa’s Agricultural Reset: The CAADP Decade That Will Decide

Africa’s Agricultural Reset: The Decade That Will Decide

Jesca Ahimbisibwe Is Bridging The Digital Gap Between Filmmakers And Their Audience

Jesca Ahimbisibwe Is Bridging The Digital Gap Between Filmmakers And Their Audience

How Aforia Jennifer Is Redefining Africa’s Cosmetics Industry Through Sustainability and Collaboration

How Aforia Jennifer Is Redefining Africa’s Cosmetics Industry Through Sustainability and Collaboration

Idea to Icon: The Making of Bel Deluxe, Uganda’s Premier Silk Sleepwear Brand

How Francesca Brenda Opoka is Putting Ghanaian Skincare on the Map

Francesca Brenda Opoka is Putting Ghanaian Skincare on the Map

The 2025 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize Opens for Nominations

The 2025 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize Opens for Nominations

Malnutrition and Missed Potential: How Sustainable School Feeding Programs Could Save Adolescent Girls in East Africa

Malnutrition and Missed Potential: How Sustainable School Feeding Programs Could Save Adoloscent Girls in East Africa

How Ugandan Fashion Designer Wyne Kirabo Is Crossing Borders With Fashion

How Ugandan Fashion Designer Wyne Kirabo Is Crossing Borders With Fashion

Applications Launched for the Timbuktoo MineTech Accelerator Programme

Applications Launched for the Timbuktoo MineTech Accelerator Programme

In Her Words: Gisela Mudumbi Van Houcke, Founder Zuri Luxury Ltd

In Her Words: Gisela Mudumbi Van Houcke, Founder Zuri Luxury Ltd

Few entrepreneurs embody the intersection of elegance, resilience, and cultural innovation quite like Gisela Mudumbi Van Houcke. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and now recognized on the global stage, the mother…

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In Her Words: Gisela Mudumbi Van Houcke, Founder Zuri Luxury Ltd

In Her Words: Gisela Mudumbi Van Houcke, Founder Zuri Luxury Ltd

Jesca Ahimbisibwe Is Bridging The Digital Gap Between Filmmakers And Their Audience

Jesca Ahimbisibwe Is Bridging The Digital Gap Between Filmmakers And Their Audience

Meet the Kenyan Entrepreneur Turning Goat’s Milk into Organic Skincare Products

Meet the Kenyan Entrepreneur Turning Goat’s Milk into Organic Skincare Products

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How Ugandan Fashion Designer Wyne Kirabo Is Crossing Borders With Fashion

How Ugandan Fashion Designer Wyne Kirabo Is Crossing Borders With Fashion

“In turn, if I don’t introduce myself to the world, chances are that they will not respect me enough to recognize me. We are unstoppable when we meet at the point of…

The Ugandan NASA Scientist Mapping Africa’s Future

The Ugandan NASA Scientist Mapping Africa’s Future

Meet Dr. Catherine Nakalembe, a Ugandan NASA scientist whose work in remote sensing is providing innovative solutions to food security through satellite technology. As an Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland’s…

Kemiyondo Countino – To Morph as You Create

Kemiyondo Coutinho – To Morph as You Create

“I don’t always jump on every idea so if I get an idea for the first time, I will be like “Okay God, I hear you.” If it keeps on coming to me, then I will do it, even if I don’t understand it”, she says.

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How Ugandan Fashion Designer Wyne Kirabo Is Crossing Borders With Fashion

How Ugandan Fashion Designer Wyne Kirabo Is Crossing Borders With Fashion

The Ugandan NASA Scientist Mapping Africa’s Future

The Ugandan NASA Scientist Mapping Africa’s Future

Kemiyondo Countino – To Morph as You Create

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Idea to Icon: The Making of Bel Deluxe, Uganda’s Premier Silk Sleepwear Brand

How Ugandan Fashion Designer Wyne Kirabo Is Crossing Borders With Fashion

How Ugandan Fashion Designer Wyne Kirabo Is Crossing Borders With Fashion

The Ugandan NASA Scientist Mapping Africa’s Future

The Ugandan NASA Scientist Mapping Africa’s Future

Kemiyondo Countino – To Morph as You Create

Kemiyondo Coutinho – To Morph as You Create

Meet Elizabeth Rwabu is Championing the Next generation with Tech

Meet Elizabeth Rwabu, One Woman Nurturing the Next generation with Tech

Fashion and Power: Palesa Makobung Still Reigns

Fashion and Power: Palesa Makobung Still Reigns

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Applications Launched for the Timbuktoo MineTech Accelerator Programme

Applications Launched for the Timbuktoo MineTech Accelerator Programme

The 2025 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize Opens for Nominations

The 2025 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize Opens for Nominations

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Applications Open For African Union Media Fellowship 2023-2024

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A Click Of A Button Away: Nuriat Nambogo’s Innovation Allows Patients To Schedule Appointments With Doctors

Nuriat Nambogo’s Innovation Enables Patient-Doctor Appointments with a Click

Nuriat Nambogo went through a tragic health experience due to failure to get timely access to a health specialist, she is now tapping into technology to help patients and caretakers seamlessly schedule appointments with doctors.

Queen Of The Nile: Amina Tayona Is An Indomitable Force In Kayaking

Queen Of The Nile: Amina Tayona Is An Indomitable Force In Kayaking

Amina Tayona is one of the few female kayakers Uganda has been blessed with. She says she was inspired to take on the sport in 2009 at the age of 16, after…

Influencing Change Through The Oldest Form Of Communication

Influencing Change Through The Oldest Form Of Communication

Noreen Asekenye is a Ugandan philanthropist and the founder of the ‘Tell A Story’ Foundation which uses storytelling as a tool to build conversations around social issues that affect communities. Through the…

Josephine Esisa Is Creating A Healthy Living Community For Sickle Cell Warriors

Josephine Esisa Is Creating A Healthy Living Community For Sickle Cell Warriors

Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic disease that is particularly prevalent in the sub-Saharan region. 20 % of Ugandans have this genetic trait. Upon the onset of the disease, the…

How Sasha Ferguson And ‘Draw A Smile’ Are Championing Menstrual Hygiene

Uganda joined the rest of the world on Tuesday May 28, to mark the Menstrual Hygiene Day under the theme ‘It’s Time For Action’. The special day was coined by German based…

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A Click Of A Button Away: Nuriat Nambogo’s Innovation Allows Patients To Schedule Appointments With Doctors

Nuriat Nambogo’s Innovation Enables Patient-Doctor Appointments with a Click

Queen Of The Nile: Amina Tayona Is An Indomitable Force In Kayaking

Queen Of The Nile: Amina Tayona Is An Indomitable Force In Kayaking

Influencing Change Through The Oldest Form Of Communication

Influencing Change Through The Oldest Form Of Communication

Josephine Esisa Is Creating A Healthy Living Community For Sickle Cell Warriors

Josephine Esisa Is Creating A Healthy Living Community For Sickle Cell Warriors

How Sasha Ferguson And ‘Draw A Smile’ Are Championing Menstrual Hygiene