Between May 11th and 15th, 2023, Nigerian chef Hilda Baci –who we didn’t know until then– undertook an attempt to break the world record for the longest cooking marathon. It was everywhere: ‘Hilda has started;’ ‘Sanwo-olu visits Hilda;’ Hilda Baci surpasses current world record of 87 hours;’ ‘Hilda Baci has taken a break;’ and the […]
After a retrenchment in the real estate industry, Wangari Kuria chose to relocate to a quieter town south of Nairobi. Now she is the face – and founder – of a business that trains small-scale farmers not just in Kenya, but around the world. It is mid-morning in Kitengela, in Kajiado County, south of Nairobi
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Chioma Ajunwa was the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event. She didn’t understand the significance until she was swamped by a crowd during her flight’s stopover in Senegal, on the way home. By Humphrey Njoku Chioma Ajunwa had no idea just how important
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“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
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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
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## 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
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