An honest look at the development organisations working on the ground across Sub-Saharan Africa: what they do, how they fund it, and what it actually achieves.
Witchcraft accusations remain a serious human rights issue across parts of Africa. This piece looks at how development organisations can respond without either imposing Western frameworks or looking away, drawing on case studies from Malawi and Ghana and the ethics of Ubuntu.
A Zimbabwean journalist on why environmental reporting only shows up after disaster, and the newsroom she built to cover everything that happens in between.
How one self-taught Malawian photographer turned a wedding photography side hustle into a documentary career, capturing flood survivors, hospital wards, and the development stories nobody else is recording.
In the township of Bangwe on the outskirts of Blantyre, Malawi, BAHASI has been doing amazing work since 2004, housing orphaned and vulnerable children and running a free preschool for over 100 more.
What To Expect
AgricultureFarming, land, and food systems as development stories.
HealthClinics, supply chains, and the people running both.
EducationSchools, teachers, and what actually changes outcomes.
EnterpriseSmall businesses and cooperatives building local economies.