Akosua Afriyie-Kumi grew up in sunny Ghana with a passion for art from a very young age. She studied art and design in London with the dream that she would one day tap into her talent and drive to create something unique. Akosua founded AAKS when she realised there was a gap in the market
He has been unrelentingly helping “the victims of conflict and injustice” since 1994, year of the foundation of non-governmental organisation EMERGENCY. He provides medical care for free to anyone in need, without political, ideological, religious, or racial discrimination, “while fearlessly addressing the causes of war”. For these reasons and for his great humanity, the war surgeon
The stigma around cleft lip and palate in East Africa is insane. Some people truly believe that children affected by this congenital deformity are “things” and not human beings. They are disgraced, isolated and in extreme cases even killed. In fact, people don’t even realise that cleft happens naturally and is not an issue of
Armand Marozafy, activist committed to protect Madagascar’s forests, was imprisoned for defaming two illegal loggers.
The unlawful trade in wild animals, whether alive or for their parts, is a business worth $19 billion a year, the size of Nepal’s economy in 2014. Internationally, wildlife is the third most profitable form of contraband after arms and drugs, driven by sales in Asia and the growth of the black market online. China
The military in Burkina Faso, which yesterday arrested President Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Isaac Zida, has announced the government destitution. The news has been released by the Lieutenant-Colonel Mamadou Bamba who appeared on the national television to declared that a new “National Democratic Council” had put an end “to the deviant regime of transition”. Moreover,
Since 2012, M-KOPA provides a kit made of a solar panel, LED lights, and charging USB. Everything at the cost of a telephone subscription.
Travelling isn’t always about following classic guidebook itineraries. It’s also about passing through other people’s realities, discovering new cultures and ways of life, cuisines, fascinating traditions and languages. In the words of Henry Miller: “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things”. Bringing tourists and locals together The travel
Music gives hope, music as a universal language. Music has the power of bringing very different cultures together and, in some cases, could be a learning tool. That’s what Matt Westerberg msh have thought. He is a volunteer of the Peace Corps organisation who teaches English in a small village of Tigrai, in Northern Ethiopia through Perl
The lions are back in Akagera National Park, a stunning 112,000 hectare park in the East of Rwanda. It is only a matter of time before the number of tourists visiting the reserve increases drastically: to the delight of community freelance guides. Realising that park guides were few in number, Akagera’s management team launched a
