Auntie Fausty, 54, endures 32°C temperatures as a trader (Photo: Ernest Ankomah) Scorching sun, no shade, and temperatures soaring to 32 degrees Celsius—the relentless heat takes its toll on Auntie Fausty, a hardworking woman in her mid-50s, who ekes out a living selling bags in Accra, Ghana’s capital city, at the brimming Makola Market….
It is dawn in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala. Roscovia Akullo is up and preparing to leave for work. She slips into her riding jacket, secures her helmet, fastens her boots, and adjusts her gloves. Outside, her motorcycle waits. She walks toward it, her steps steady, her purpose clear. “This bike changed my life. It’s…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 26 June 2025 Lagos, Nigeria Theme: Beyond Commitments: Advancing Policies for Gender-Safe Media Date: 4–5 December 2025 Location: African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia African Women in Media (AWiM) is excited to announce that Super Early Bird registration is now open for the AWiM25 Conference, the continent’s leading annual event focused…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 25 June, 2025 On 23 May, 2025, African Women in Media (AWiM) convened a powerful Regional Awareness Session to advance the implementation of the Kigali Declaration on Eliminating Gender-Based Violence in and Through Media by 2034. The virtual gathering sponsored by the International Programme for the Development of Communication (UNESCO-IPDC) brought…
Click to read in French It is a typical working day in a newsroom at the heart of Nakuru City, Kenya. On the third floor of the Standard Media Group, swift-moving vehicles and honking boda boda can be heard plying Kenyatta Avenue adjacent to the three-storey building. The office is quiet except for the clicks…
On the sunlit shores of Diani Beach in Kenya, Francis and Joyce, a newlywed couple from Uganda, stroll barefoot across the warm sands, laughter rising above the soft murmur of waves. For them, this goes beyond a honeymoon. It’s a celebration of culture and the ease of moving freely within East Africa. Their romantic getaway was…
Fatmata Kanneh, 42, has spent her entire life in Mbomi, a small village located just before the Jendema border crossing in southern Sierra Leone. About 25 miles from Jendema, the main gateway linking Sierra Leone and Liberia, Mbomi lies near the Moa River, which forms part of the natural boundary between the two countries. Mbomi,…
Clare Majambere is a baker and an example of the benefits the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has brought to small-scale traders in Africa. “I left my home in Rwanda at midnight and got to Kenya at 8 am. Once you get to the Ugandan border, they conduct a security check to know…
Click to read in French As more young Malagasy women leave home in search of opportunity, their stories often go unheard. One woman’s journey offers a window into the motivations, sacrifices, and aspirations driving this quiet wave of female migration. Between Libreville and Antananarivo, between advocacy and motherhood, Fanja Raholiarisoa embodies a generation of Malagasy…
Cooper Complex stretch, Kampala Click to read in French Along the bustling Cooper Complex stretch in downtown Kampala, Lingala music plays. On a chilly morning, Mrs. Bongo Honoring, 40, prepares to braid one of her clients’ hair. It’s a joyful mood at her salon as customers await their turn. From a childhood marked by war…
Click to read in French On a warm October morning in Nairobi, Chimwemwe Chiduleni stepped off a bus clutching a plastic bag filled with documents, a change of clothes, and a quiet determination to survive. Two years after being diagnosed with cervical cancer in Malawi, a country with no radiotherapy services at the time,…
Click to read in French Standing at any high point in Lesotho, you can almost always see South Africa. It feels like one can simply walk over there and start a new life. No borders, no fences, no visible guards, just plain South African plains. How can one want a better future for their children…
