Young Africans create green businesses

Ugandan students turn waste to wealth

St. Kizito High School students earn money from recycling

Women pastoralists feel the heat of climate change

Faced with the harsh effects of erratic weather patterns, some Kenyan women livestock farmers call for help

Pushing for a green economy & clean energy

—Joyce Msuya, UN Environment Programme’s Deputy Executive Director

Africa’s free trade area: the journey begins

—Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Africans can do business with the UN

—Christian Saunders, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Supply Chain Management

Reshaping the forces

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, South Africa’s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

A legacy of youth empowerment

Mohamed Orman Bangura

Meet 33-year-old Sierra Leone’s youth affairs minister

An ‘ambassador’ for people’s rights

Benedict Faustine Kikove

31-year-old Tanzanian mobilizing for positive social change

Peace through jazz music

The trumpet is a ‘cool’ instrument to unite people

Bringing hope to children with autism

Increased awareness and sharing of experiences help families to cope

How I set up Liberia’s first school for autistic children

Community activist debunks cultural myths about autism

IEDs: tackling terrorists’ weapon of war

Improvised Explosive Devices are cheap and easy to manufacture