The write stuff A Statistics South Africa survey has found that more than 90% of South Africans over the age of 15 can read and write. Yet the nation still remains one of the… Read more
Revved up for progress Throughout the last decade, Nigeria’s Lady Mechanic Initiative has trained more than 700 women in mechanical skills, enabling them to become professionals in automobile repairs across five of the country’s… Read more
Waste not, want not Forty percent – that’s how much of Nigeria’s agricultural produce is lost post-harvest as a result of insufficient marketing and lack of available information. In an effort to bridge this… Read more
Fighting chance Angola is punctuated by armoured-vehicle wrecks and weaponry that is no longer used, even though its civil war ended more than 10 years ago. However, plans are finally in place to put the war… Read more
Special insight Approximately 21 000 school children in Kenya’s Trans-Nzoia county have been screened for visual impairment, with the help of a smartphone app. Developed in collaboration with Kenyan doctors by the London School of Hygiene… Read more
