Inspiring African Stories

Charity Prince Jonas is a 23-year-old Tanzanian entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Kisiwani Taste Natural Food Products, a brand that deals with producing, packaging, and selling of natural food products
Two young Zambians, Obrey Muchena and Edward Phiri, founders of E.O Robotics Zambia, have developed a social companion humanoid robot that can interacts with humans.
A young man from Zambia whose story has left social media users astounded after he shared photos of him showing his humble beginnings to where he's now. The young man
Arnold Nyendwa, a 24-year-old Zambian Inventor, Innovator, and founder of the first stainless steel stove in Africa, has made the first dry cleanable pillows in Africa.
Abdul Sigismond Sesay is a Sierra Leonean businessman, philanthropist, legal luminary, social commentator, and human rights activist, producer, entertainment promoter, researcher, and influencer. Abdul Sigismond Sesay is the founder and

You may know him as the diminutive social media influencer or the frequent center of gossip by trolls; but there is more to Grand P’s identity than meets the eye.

Driven by the passion for computer programming and software development from an early age, Mathews Chishinji of Zambia came up with this project and created a ‘Hawking’ programming language which
Patricia Kingori, a young and brilliant Kenyan woman has become the first black woman to get Oxford University full professorship in 925 years in Oxford's history. She also becomes one
We have witnessed in our lifetimes, names that are synonymous with varied disciplines. In the pool, there is Phelps, on the soccer pitch, two; Rolando and Messi, on basketball pitch,
To ensure that Sierra Leone enjoys quality education and to ensure that the problem of youth unemployment is tackle, a young and vibrant Sierra Leonean, Massah Esther Nyally Bockarie together

On a cold morning, I do pick up my pen to write. Yes, willing to write it down but literally unable to paint a picture of my dream. Blinded with

20-year-old Samuel Takyi wins Ghana’s first Olympic medal for the first time in 29 years. This is Ghana’s first Olympic medal since 1992 when the national team won bronze at
In the cold harmattan of 1984, a Kano Indigene from Science Secondary School, Dawakin Tofa did the unthinkable!!! Sarki Abba scored 9 distinctions (8 A1 and 1 A2) in his
Maram Kairè has become the first Senegalese and the first Senegalese astronomer to have an asteroid named after him. The 42-year-old astronomer was recognized by the International Astronomical Union for
Shepherd M Nyambe is a 20-years-old Namibian scientist, inventor, innovator, Founder and director of ShepThyGuru Initiative, winner of the Covid-19 Creativity Challenge by United Nations Development Program: Accelerator Labs (UNDP),

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