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Business practices

The dubious practices of digital money lenders

Customers complain about the dubious methods used by money lending apps to claim their money back.

Food habits

Popular street food in Uganda

Among the low-income earners the chapati has taken a distinct identity as a staple food.

Agriculture

Cultivating easier crops

Due to multiple shocks like skyrocketing of prices of seeds, pesticides and fertilisers, many Malawian smallholder farmers are giving up tobacco growing.

Human-rights abuse

Evicting indigenous people

In an ambitious plan to protect forest habitats and contain the climate crisis, Kenya wants to resettle the indigenous Ogiek people from their habitat, the Mau Forest.

Inclusion

The fate of a Rwandan man with disability

Oswald Tuyizere’s legs are disabled after an infection with polio as a child. The challenges that he faced during his education encouraged him to create an easier world for children with disabilities.

Tradition

Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Today, the dowry provides an opportunity to celebrate together and strengthens the cultural identity, customs and traditions that are passed on from one generation to the next.

Ecological change

Ghana introduces emissions tax

Law makers argue that the policy will reduce the carbon footprint and mitigate the negative effects of pollution on public health and the environment. Some economists disagree.

Tradition

Nc’wala festival boosts tourism in Zambia

The town of Chipata benefits from local and international tourists coming to witness one of the country’s popular traditional celebrations.

Local businesses

“Brutal enforcement and high penalties”

Local traders and businesspeople in Uganda decry strict tax collection amidst worsening economic conditions.

Rwanda

Healing a post-genocide society

Rwanda has invested much in healing the society from the trauma of genocide, it introduced traditional Gacaca courts and socio-therapy.

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