Poacher-turned-protector Painstakingly Works to Conserve Threatened Sea Turtles in Ivory Coast

At nighttime at the Roc Dougbalé beach in Ivory Coast and Hie Amiral Picard is on turtle guard. Like many locals, he used to catch turtles for meat and eggs. But now, he is trying to conserve this endangered species. He works with a marine conservation organisation to tirelessly record, raise and release baby turtles […]
Nigerian Chef Sets the World Record

Hilda Effiong Bassey, known on social media as Hilda Baci, has been confirmed as the new world record holder for the longest cooking marathon, the Guinness World Record (GWR) committee said Tuesday. The record was confirmed nearly a month after the GWR reviewed footage from the cookathon, which lasted four days. “I can now announce […]
Uganda’s Crackdown on the Charcoal Business

The charcoal makers in the forests of northern Uganda fled into the bush, temporarily abandoning their precious handiwork: multiple heaps of timber yet to be processed. The workers were desperate to avoid capture by local officials after a new law banned the commercial production of charcoal. They risked arrest and beatings if they were caught. […]
Nigeria Puts a Stop to Binance

Nigeria’s markets regulator has ordered the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to halt its operations in the country, saying a local unit that courted Nigerian investors through a website was illegal. Last year, Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a set of regulations for digital assets, signaling Africa’s greatest demographic power was trying to […]
More than 1,000 Commercial Use Electric Motorcycles are now on Rwanda’s Roads

The Rwanda-based Ampersand, an integrated electric motorcycle and transport energy solution, has reached a major milestone in its mission to provide sustainable mobility solutions in Kenya and Rwanda. Launched commercially in May 2019, Ampersand assembles and finances electric motorcycles that cost less to buy and operate and perform better than the five million petrol motorcycle […]
Famed Cellist Fulfills Vision of Playing in Kenya

Nairobi’s bustling Kenyatta market is an unlikely place to hear classical music. Yet playing in front of stalls where butchers roast meat and hairdressers compete over heads to braid was a very surprising busker: the distinguished cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Playing Over the Rainbow alongside Kenyan percussionist Kasiva Mutua, he matches his cello to her beats […]