Digital media present a plethora of benefits for news dissemination and distribution. Across all mediums, the internet has increased the speed of news and the various creative forms of storytelling. For journalists, it has amplified the spaces they occupy, as well as the conversations they can start and contribute to. It is for these reasons…
Modesta Mselewa talks to Fadhila Sadala of AWiM News about why she decided to establish a radio station in the Geita Region in Northwestern Tanzania with a focus on fighting for gender equality. Growing up in Ruvuma, located in the Southern part of Tanzania, Modesta always wanted to be a businessperson. However, she had a…
From one woman to a network of Zimbabwean female writers transforming African Literature across the world. AWiM News speaks with Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure on her journey to becoming a Zimbabwean author and publisher for many others who have been rendered invisible. — Shona, the mother tongue for many Zimbabwean natives and one of the Bantu…
Female entrepreneurs in Tunisia are breaking into the startup industry. With ideas ranging from eco-solutions to digital innovation, it’s clear they mean business. But one area remains relatively untouched by Tunisian women: fintech. What is fintech? A fintech company is any business that relies on software for its financial services. The goal is to streamline…
What if someone told you they had an alternative solution to sanitary-pad absorption? No, not menstrual cups, tampons or even a pill, but a more innovative method to absorb period blood during that time of the month. Even more striking is that they look just like the average underwear: sleek black panties with a comfortable…
It’s a calm Saturday morning in Jalingo, the capital city of Taraba State, one of Nigeria’s yet-to-be harnessed states. The day is also a work-free day for members of the nation’s Youth Service Corp; a mandatory one-year national service programme for graduates of tertiary institutions in the country and diaspora. One of the newly sworn-in…
Kano Gently, Yasmin peddles the sewing machine to finish up a maternity gown earlier started by her tutor. Her mind gushes through thoughts of the hard times that Covid-19 has placed her mother’s business, lowering it to its barest minimum and her inability to write Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exams due to technical…
Lusaka In the backyard of a small brown-bricked unfinished structure in the Kashima area of Mufumbwe, a rural district in North-Western Province, Zambia, is a group of women with different colourful Chitenges (wrappers) tied around their waists. Some are bending, while others are seated on a small bench, with their hands rigorously making dough out…
Bamenda It is yet another quiet Monday afternoon in Bamenda with not a single motorcycle or car cruising the streets as has been the case for the past 6 years because of the ongoing Anglophone Crisis. The familiar silence of this day is regularly interrupted by the buzzing house flies flapping their wings over the…
Dar es Salaam It is a Tuesday morning when I arrive at Miyuyu village in Newala District, Mtwara Region located in the southeastern part of Tanzania. People seem busy with the preparations for the day ahead. The women food vendors are preparing breakfast using improved cookstoves and some young men are cleaning their makeshift hair…
Nairobi A group of women and youths came up with a biogas initiative to tackle indoor pollution and sanitation in Nairobi’s Kibra Slums. They also use it as an alternative fuel to cook.
Gaborone It’s a hot sunny day in the village of Habu, situated between Shakawe and Okavango, the biggest tourist attraction of Botswana, and Theresa Sethelo makes her way towards the settlement, balancing a bunch of firewood on her head. She has draped the wood with an old cloth and she gestures to pull it tighter,…
