• Gaining Ground

    Gaining Ground

    Nearly 80% of Ghana’s land remains unregistered, and it’s an issue that has been ongoing for nearly two decades. However, Bitland – a US-based platform for real-estate registration – could provide a solution…. Read more

    Emergency lane

    Emergency lane

    An estimated 250 000 people living in rural Kenya and Uganda now enjoy better access to healthcare, thanks to an initiative that converts bicycles into ambulances. The Green Hub bicycle workshop,… Read more

    Catch of the day

    Catch of the day

    A mobile app is being piloted to aid data generation in small-scale fishing in parts of South Africa. Abalobi is essentially an integrated information-management system for small-scale fisheries that ‘aims… Read more

    Open skies

    Open skies

    If just 12 African countries lifted their flight restrictions and opened their airspace to each other, not only would travelling time be greatly reduced but an extra 5 million Africans would… Read more

    Clean and healthy

    Clean and healthy

    Africans can now wash away the risk of contracting malaria using a bar of soap that’s cheaper than a loaf of bread. Two students in Burkina Faso have created Faso… Read more