Voices from Source

Espoir Bahirwe returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo not on foot, but from the sky. As a remote pilot for a drone company delivering life-saving medical supplies to inaccessible villages, he was a world away from the life he’d

It’s a story that’s come full circle, but it starts with a fracture. At just six years old, Beza Firdu fled her native Ethiopia with her mother, escaping tribal disturbances to become refugees in South Africa. The new country was

Tracy Yekaghe’s own experiences with displacement and period poverty sparked a mission to create sustainable solutions, transforming menstrual health from a monthly crisis into an opportunity for empowerment in Nigeria. For years, Tracy Yekaghe watched a familiar cycle repeat itself

African philanthropy is giving systematically and routinely to causes beyond one’s immediate circle. It differs from charity, which is emotional and short-term. African philanthropy is important to nurture local social impact and reduce dependence on foreign donors like Jack Ma and Bill Gates during crises like Covid-19.

They called him “Mai boola“, the trash carrier. It was a condescending nickname, a dismissal of a man who had left a respectable teaching job to wade into the messy, informal world of waste collection. To his family, it didn’t

Zang Luka’s journey as an entrepreneur began with a problem most people would dismiss as science fiction: he wanted to build a device to record his dreams. It was a wild, ambitious project for a young man who had been

The dust of the Kakuma refugee camp has a way of settling on everything, including dreams. For Kiza Mauridi, a refugee since 1996, that dust was a daily reminder of a life in limbo. He had fled the Democratic Republic

For Amos Kwizera, being a refugee for over two decades wasn’t an end—it was a beginning. He channeled that experience into co-founding an educational institution for thousands of children and then launched a successful organic juice enterprise that employs over

I never used to believe in miracles. The world felt too harsh, too random. But that was before I heard Niyonzima Diyodon’s story. His life is not just a story of survival; it’s a series of events so improbable, so

The voices in Nyibol Racheal’s head got so loud in primary six that she decided the only way to silence them was to die. Fleeing war in South Sudan had been one trauma, but losing her sister had unearthed a