In Kampala’s bustling St. Balikuddembe Market, we trained traders, waste collectors & partners on turning sweetpotato 🍠 waste into silage—an innovative way to reduce food waste & support livestock feed. With Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Kyakuwa Farms & @Prideug, we're exploring how urban markets

I joined Contra as user #893 — now it's at 1M and just getting started! on.contra.com/fDb8Cw

Call for Pitches For our upcoming issue at The Liberalist, we’re digging into the gap between what African governments say and what they leave out. Our theme, “The Governance Gab: What #African #Governments Won’t Tell You,” is about exposing the untold truths, the...

From sweetpotato 🍠 to sweet success! In southern Madagascar, the Mahavonjy association is boosting incomes and fighting malnutrition with orange-fleshed sweetpotato chips—earning up to $120/month. Supported by International Potato Center & the Mionjo Project, this is food innovation 💡 in

It's super simple this way.

Every now and then you should take a moment to look around you and ponder the reality that, someday, you're going to leave it all behind—all of it (Ecclesiastes 12:1-8).

In southern Madagascar, the Mahavonjy association is turning orange-fleshed sweetpotato 🍠 into income, nutrition & opportunity! Thanks to a chip machine from International Potato Center & the Mionjo Project, they earn up to $120/month & fight malnutrition at the same time. 👉🏽

This year’s #WorldMilkDay celebrates the power of dairy. The dairy sector supports food security, provides steady income and jobs for farmers, and contributes to the biocircular economy and agricultural value. Learn more: bit.ly/4jxZm8Z #EnjoyDairy

No wonder Ethiopia is the biggest producer of honey in Africa!

Sweetpotato chips that change lives 🙌! Mahavonjy turns orange-fleshed sweetpotato into chips, gives leftover tubers to children, and uses residues as livestock feed. This is how smart agriculture 🌱 powers circular economies in rural Madagascar. 👉🏽 bit.ly/OFSP-chips 🔸

Lipa na mpesa customers should have their own dedicated queue in supermarkets so that they can waste each other's time.

Kenya's tallest waterfall, Karuru falls. Aberdare N Park

Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay 2025! Cassava waste is not just #waste. It’s a resource. In this BioInnovate Africa Africa blog article (bioinnovate-africa.org/cassava-biowas…) a project that we are supporting is turning #cassava peels into #bioplastics for sustainable packaging. This helps reduce

Our little town comes to life this morning

Nobody claps for discipline. Nobody cheers for consistency. But one day, everyone will notice. Show up every day to fix your life. Do it alone. Do it broke. Do it tired. Do it scared. Just do it.

Life hack: Use bad days to do the things you've been avoiding. You already feel bad… might as well make it productive. I call it "getting good at feeling bad." Ironically, those days often end feeling pretty good. 🙃

‘’Vaccine storage is demanding, but I love it. Health care is my passion, and I chose this path,” Ahmed Abdi Farah, Auxillary nurse, EPI, MSF. AVSI Kenya Kenya Red Cross FilmAid Kenya DanChurchAid Kenya #WorldRefugeeDay2025 #SolidarityWithRefugees, #NRGVoices, #RefugeesInKenya

Why is China buying trash?

The people who were behind the cameras now step in front of them. For the first time, the journalists who lived through June 25th speak out. Their fear. Their courage. Their truth. Don’t miss Journalists’ Account, tonight at 10 PM. #JournalistsAccount

Hot take: When newly independent African nations were seizing mines and farms in the name of "the people," Botswana's leaders looked at the same playbook and said: "No thanks." They partnered 50/50 with De Beers instead of kicking them out.  They let mining experts run