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In 2022, Adeline Pelage and her husband risked everything to shift their small biscuit factory from baking with wheat flour to locally sourced sweet potato flour. They haven't looked back. By: Patrick Nelle, Bird Story Agency It's a six-story climb to get to the rooftop that houses the small Bobo Biscuit Factory
Read MoreMental health is an issue that in many countries was previously seen as taboo. The explosive growth of online services and apps in countries like Kenya is changing that, fast. By: Thuku Kariuki, Bird Story Agency When Wambui Warui developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after losing her daughter to cancer, it took
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By Laura Otieno Kisumu, Kenya - When Victor Didi saw the increasing number of deaths that were reported rising from the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, he sensed that something had to give. With the first COVID-19 case having been reported in Kenya in March 2020, panic and fear had gripped a
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By Brenda Kiven, Bird Story Agency Cameroon - At 12 years old, a shy Wendy Musi had never heard of a menstrual cycle. The fourth child and one of two girls in a family with six boys, menstruation was simply not a topic discussed at home. Then, one day, Wendy’s world changed.
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bird story agency Global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has launched an innovation hub that it says will pave the way for digital transformation and innovation in the health sector, starting in Kenya and South Africa. The Africa Health Innovation Hub hub is the first of its kind in Africa and will leverage science,
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bird story agency Uganda is gearing up to revolutionise its motorcycle taxi industry by deploying 140,000 electric motorbikes within the next five years. This ambitious project is part of a US$200 million investment contract signed between the Ugandan government and SPIRO, an Indian mobility and smart battery design company. The deal includes building
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By Conrad Onyango, bird story agency AFRICA - For the past two decades, many rural homes in Africa have relied on solar home systems to meet their basic power needs, like lighting a few bulbs, charging the family's mobile phones and powering small appliances like radios and televisions. Now, larger off-grid systems
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By Gabriella Opara, Bird Story Agency NIGERIA - John Amanam hadn't planned on becoming a prosthetist. With a Fine and Industrial Arts degree, he dreamed of becoming a world-renowned sculptor. However, an accident in the family changed that trajectory - and launched a career. "In 2018, my younger brother had an accident
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By Charles Wachira, bird story agency NAIROBI - At just two years of age, Fredrick Ouko contracted polio. The disease left him with both of his legs permanently damaged. It has also left him determined to ensure that people with disabilities get equal opportunities. Today, the 40-year-old identifies with the 2.2% of
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Blinded at age five after contracting measles, Farisai Mlambo has overcome many obstacles to achieve the highest educational qualification. Now she wants to see change at educational institutions across the continent. By Walter Marwizi, bird story agency The rapturous applause that rang out during the graduation ceremony at the University of South
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