In Kenya, a Transformation in Shades of REDD
Undark July 28, 2017 Communities near the Rukinga Sanctuary once seemed locked on a path of resource decimation. But here, at least, a global conservation plan is working. By Amy […]
The Hot New Musical Trend In Zanzibar Is From The ’80s — The 1880s
Students at the Dhow Countries Music Academy, dedicated to preserving the music known as “taarab,” play on a balcony overlooking Zanzibar’s port. Amy Yee for NPR NPR Amy Yee September […]
An SUV Built For African Roads — By African Workers
Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin By Amy Yee September 1, 2018 An upstart company is building an SUV for the African market—and trying to turn the continent into an automaker […]
Rwanda Eyes Biogas and Other Cooking Fuels to Help Curb Deforestation
New York Times September 22, 2018 By Amy Yee KIGALI, Rwanda — The kitchen of Ecole Secondaire Kanombe Efotec, a boarding school here, is busy from dawn to dusk while the staff […]
In Sweden, Trash Heats Homes, Powers Buses and Fuels Taxi Fleets
New York Times By Amy Yee September 22, 2018 In a cavernous room filled with garbage, a giant mechanical claw reaches down and grabs five tons of trash. As a […]
Strength in Numbers: StrongMinds looks to break the cycle of depression for women in Uganda and beyond.
Stanford Social Innovation Review August 2018 Harriet Nakalyango sells water and farms a small plot of land to make a living on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda’s capital. After she married at age 16 […]
How Rwanda Tidied Up Its Streets (And The Rest Of The Country, Too)
NPR July 18, 2018 At 8 a.m. on a sunny morning in April, people are sweeping the hilly streets of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, with straw brooms and picking […]
Men Teaching Men To Be Better Husbands And Dads
NPR June 15, 2018 Jean Marie Rukundo did not accompany his wife to the clinic the first two times she gave birth. Here in rural Rwanda, that was considered the […]
In a Corner of Senegal, a Victory Over Malaria
New York Times May 1, 2018 RICHARD TOLL, Senegal — Thousands of seasonal migrant workers flock to Richard Toll, a dusty city in northern Senegal near the Mauritania border. They […]
An ambitious African-science project is getting into its stride
AFRICA is home to what may be the world’s oldest counting tools. The Ishango bone from the Democratic Republic of Congo (both sides of which are pictured above) and the […]
Access to family planning in Senegal can stem infanticide and abortion
The Lancet March 8, 2018 In a jail in Senegal, a woman is imprisoned, convicted with infanticide. Access to family planning could help to prevent this societal woe. Amy Yee […]
