If you wanted to build a healthier nation, where would you start?
A hospital? More doctors? Or new medicines?
Dr. Githinji Gitahi might ask you to start somewhere else.
He'd point you to where health truly begins.
A mother preparing to welcome a child. A community health worker making a home visit. A young woman receiving quality maternal healthcare throughout pregnancy. A local clinic ready to detect disease before it spreads.
Because for him, the foundations of a healthy nation are built long before anyone walks into a hospital.
His approach to healthcare...
Blossom Osakpolor
Her work reflects something powerful: that enterprise and empathy are not separate forces. Together, they can create lasting change.
What was supposed to be a fun group trip quickly became something no one had planned for.
As Joseph Nguthiru and his group set out across Lake Naivasha in Kenya, their boat slowed to a halt, trapped in thick mats of water hyacinth that had covered the water’s surface. The invasive plant had spread rapidly across the lake’s surface, disrupting boat movement, threatening fish populations, and putting local livelihoods at risk.
Water hyacinth is one of the world’s fastest-growing aquatic plants. When left unchecked, it blocks sunlight, reduces oxygen...
When most people think of Africa, snow isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.
And yet, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, 14 African athletes will be competing across the slopes, ice, and more — representing countries from South Africa to Eritrea, Madagascar to Benin.
For a continent where snow is genuinely rare, that presence is extraordinary. And it tells a bigger story about opportunity, ambition, and how Africa shows up on the global stage.
Here are the African athletes who are representing their countries at the 2026 Winter Olympics:
South...