A modest popsicle-making business in Umoja, Kenya is transforming options for women working in the neighbourhood. Stacey Kakea, bird...

Driven by a passion for humanitarian causes, runway model Sharon Okubo is championing a campaign that uses fashion to fight gender-based...

The L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Young Talents Sub-Saharan Africa Awards shines a spotlight on African women scientists working to...

Missla Libsekal has been promoting African art for over 13 years. Organisers of Art X Lagos, one of the continent's premier art events,...

Africa is making significant strides towards closing gender gaps across key areas: economic participation, education, health, and...

A recent Afrobarometer survey shows shifting attitudes among Africans regarding gender-based violence. Experts suggest a more...

To commemorate this year's World AIDS Day, bird story agency spoke with human rights lawyer and acclaimed Zambian writer Mubanga...

Normally, seeing Ina-Marie Shikongo's works in Dubai would seem incongruous; she is an activist whose layered textile designs convey...

A glass of fruit juice inspired Maasai activist Edith Santiyian to put fruit trees to use in her fight against climate change. Seth...

Zimbabwean psychologist turned climate activist, Lorraine Chiponda, issues a bold clarion call as a panacea to climate change, with her...

An app developed by tech startup Vambo Technologies, co-founded by Chido Dzinotyiwei and Isheanesu Misi, stands as a pioneering language...

A love of drawing led Omotunde Akiode to architecture. Then she discovered film. Now she does what she always dreamed of. Gbemisola Esho,...

Facing discrimination, young diasporans are using organizations and institutionalized formations to help connect more with Africa while...

Orphaned at 13, dancer Moesha Tajiri is on a crusade to provide what adults failed to give her as a child. Ann Mbuthia, bird story agency...

Photos fascinated Angela Jimu as a little girl. Now in her forties, Jimu is today the co-founder of an association that empowers women in...

With the film industry worldwide roiled by revelations of exclusion, neglect or abuse of women, African women filmmakers like Amanda...

Frustrated by language constraints in the climate space, a Congolese activist embarked on a mission to learn English without taking any...

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: We Should Think Creatively About Climate Financing for African Women Kate Okorie, bird story agency Approval and...

Madagascar, known to many through the celluloid fantasies of Hollywood, finds an authentic voice in Marie Kolo Seth Onyango, bird story...

Paying it forward: Kenyan coastal doctor Bashrahil Mohammed Mafudh has made it his life’s work to care for the most vulnerable in his...

'I am a nuisance for a good cause,' says Faustina Boakye. Of an age where many people are slowing down, Boakye is in the process of...

34-year-old Fezile Hlophe is chasing her dream of owning one of the largest avocado farms in Eswatini. Nonduduzo Kunene, bird story...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala retains the position of Africa’s most powerful woman, while new entrant Mpumi Madisa takes second place as African...

Ama Serwaa Ennin was looking forward to a nursing career at the end of her university training. Things didn't turn out the way she...