The Fix: Lagos with Wana Udobang This week in The Fix, the prolific, chaotic Nigerian capital through the eyes of poet, writer, and filmmaker Wana Udobang. Read More
The Fix: Cape Town with Jason Brown How to visit South Africa’s “Mother City” according to longtime magazine editor and died-in-the-wool Capetonian Jason Brown.
Could a Device Reshape Farming in Africa? By helping farmers measure soil moisture with precision, a simple sensor is reducing waste, improving yields, and making agriculture more sustainable.
I Was Born in Luanda The founder of Angola’s largest food and travel platform reflects on what the country’s current flourishing means not just for Angolans but for the world.
Can Fruit Help Feed the Marine Life of Tanzania? In Tanzania, NovFeed is transforming the country’s compost into a source of cheap and nutritious feed for farmed fish. NovFeed is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize.
In Kenya, Using Fungi to Fight a War on Weeds The Toothpick Company turns fungi into bioherbicide to fight Striga, a devastating “master weed” that has devastated an estimated 40 million farms in Africa.
A Cold Room for a Warming World A Nigerian start-up takes on the problem of food spoilage at all steps of the production chain, one solar-powered cold room at a time.
From South Africa, a WonderBag for the Future The WonderBag is a slow-cooker designed to reduce cooking time, fuel use, and carbon emissions. It also lightens the load for women in countries where open-fire cooking and hours of unpaid labor daily falls to them.
The Rebel Saint of South Sudan After 30 years of service in Sudan, often defying her superiors’ orders, a remarkable Indian nun is forced to ask herself whether she’s made any difference at all.