Environment
The Man and the Birds
Rodgers Oloo Magutha, 28, has become a local celebrity for rescuing and rehabilitating injured and orphaned wild birds in his one-room apartment in Nairobi.
Tag: Africa
Education
Right Ingredients, Wrong Recipe: What It Takes to Really Get Children Learning
Shifting away from rote learning requires more than the right inputs. Meaningful learning can only take place when school systems put the right political, cultural, and behavioral conditions in place.
Environment
The Just Transition That Isn’t
Green hydrogen partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa are sidelining the civil society organizations they claim to empower, repeating the sins of colonialism.
Education
Changemaker U.
Patrick Awuah launched Ashesi University as an institution of higher learning thoroughly shaped by social innovation. While it began by borrowing ideas, methods, and credibility from elsewhere, it has evolved into a uniquely Ghanaian enterprise that is a model for Africa and the world.
Government
Embedding Private Sector Innovations in Government Systems
As international aid to improve education outcomes declines, a new partnership model shows the key to success isn't external funding, it's strategic integration into existing public education systems.
Food
Farming Without Soil
Soilless Farm Lab's hydroponics approach tackles agricultural challenges to alleviate food insecurity in Nigeria.
Health
Advancing Reproductive Health Through Female Representation
Having more female political leaders has a demonstrative effect on government support for contraception. | Open access to this article made possible by The University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Civic Engagement
AI for Health Management
By streamlining tasks, Avalon Health AI seeks to boost the health-care sector's efficiency in Zimbabwe.
Civic Engagement
Putting Government in the People’s Hands
Tracka seeks to close the accountability gap between the Nigerian government and its citizens.