EntertainmentGhanaWest AfricaSir John Akomfrah: The African Diasporic Filmmaker Rewriting Migration, Memory and Modern HistoryAminatta S. DialloFebruary 25, 2026February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloFebruary 25, 2026February 1, 2026021 Sir John Akomfrah has spent four decades teaching the world to see migration not as crisis, but as... Read more
HealthSouth AfricaSouthern AfricaProfessor Kovin Naidoo: The African Vision Scientist Who Moved Eye Health into Global Public HealthAminatta S. DialloFebruary 23, 2026February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloFebruary 23, 2026February 1, 2026023 From anti-apartheid resistance to global vision policy, Professor Kovin Naidoo shows how African leadership turned basic eye care... Read more
HealthNigeriaWest AfricaProfessor Oye Gureje: The African Psychiatrist Rewriting Mental Health Policy from the Ground UpAminatta S. DialloFebruary 20, 2026February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloFebruary 20, 2026February 1, 2026020 From ICD-11 reform to community mental health policy in West Africa, Professor Oye Gureje shows how African expertise... Read more
Civil Rights & Social JusticeNorth AfricaTunisiaSami Ben Gharbia: How a Tunisian Activist Helped Invent Digital Dissent in the Arab WorldAminatta S. DialloFebruary 16, 2026February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloFebruary 16, 2026February 1, 2026024 From exile in the Netherlands to the heart of Tunisia’s digital uprising, Sami Ben Gharbia’s story reveals how... Read more
BusinessEast AfricaRwandaGhislain Irakoze: Building Circular E-Waste, AI Governance, and Digital Inclusion From KigaliAminatta S. DialloFebruary 13, 2026February 1, 2026 by Aminatta S. DialloFebruary 13, 2026February 1, 2026024 From a near-fatal landfill incident to founding Wastezon in Kigali, Ghislain Irakoze’s journey reveals how Africa’s next generation... Read more