September 2023

“Nigeria’s Stevie Wonder” is what many call him; however apt the description, one thing is sure: the story of this talented young musician and his adoring mother is changing attitudes to physical disability across the region. by Dorcas Bello The singing from inside the house could be from a sound system. “Happy birthday to you. […]

The sight of faulty smartphones, television sets, laptop parts and broken accessories in dumpsites became all too conspicuous for a young techie in Jos, Nigeria. So he started turning trash into cash by making power banks from e-waste. By Dorcas Bello Peering into the gutters of many modern African cities, one comes across a stream

18-year-old artificial intelligence whizz Mercy Sampson’s robotics prototypes have wowed Nigeria. Now she wants Africa to focus on artificial intelligence and the opportunities provided by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). But she also has a personal point to prove. She’s a deaf person living in a country where that is a problem. By Dorcas Bello

## Determined to prevent loss of life through childbirth in a country with one of the highest rates of maternal death in the world, this paediatrician went online to help pregnant women. The result? “Ice cream births”. Dorcas Bello, bird story agency “If we have science that can tell you precisely what your blood pressure