Africa’s Mobile Film Festival
A pregnant woman trying to make it through the Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya. A Tunisian cemetery with the bodies of irregular migrants who tried to flee their country. A group of Senegalese teenagers addicted to using social media. These are the plots from some of the winning entries of the first African edition of the […]
Mega Kenyan Supermarket Chain Probed for Price Fixing
From detergent to sausages, tissue paper and even sanitary pads, almost everything seems to be on a discount across Carrefour supermarkets in Kenya. It is a strategy that has helped the giant French retailer make headway in Kenya’s tough retail sector, which is littered with the carcasses of other supermarket chains from far and wide. […]
Ethiopia Prepares for an Election
Ethiopia’s poll body has says national elections will now be held on June 21, kicking off a fresh countdown to a key test of democratic reforms under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Africa’s second most populous country was first due to hold the polls last August, but officials pushed them to June 5 of this year […]
Plans to Making a Made in Africa Vaccine
Developing nations, frustrated by the inequity in the way vaccines are being shared, are plotting a future where they will no longer depend as much on others for doses. They want vaccine sovereignty. By early April, less than 2 percent of COVID-19 vaccine shots administered globally were in Africa, even though the continent is home […]
An Image of a Spanish Volunteer Embracing a Senegalese Migrant Goes Viral
The image captured the raw humanity of the moment: a Red Cross volunteer tenderly consoling a Senegalese man moments after he stepped foot in Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta. Hours after the footage went viral, however, Luna Reyes set her social media accounts to private after she was targeted by a torrent of abuse […]
