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Videostill vom DW Beitrag über Skater in Äthiopien. (Foto: Nadina Schwarzbeck / DW)

Ethiopia: Israel Dejene gets kids onboard

Ethiopian musician Israel Dejene wants to keep young people from deprived backgrounds out of trouble. Now he’s built Ethiopia’s first - and so far only - skatepark in the capital Addis Ababa. 

Jeffrey Mulaudzi upcycles education

Südafrika Jeffrey Mulaudzi startet seine Fahrradtour für Touristen

Inspired by bicycle sharing schemes in Europe, Jeffrey Malaudzi created a pilot project that lends bicycles to students on the countryside who have to walk for more than eight kilometers every day to school and back. 

Kenya: Lorna Rutto and the plastic revolution

Kenia Lorna Rutto und die Plastikrevolution

Lorna Rutto resigned her banking job in 2009 to start EcoPost in Nairobi. Every month, her company uses 20 tons of plastic waste to make environmental friendly posts. The product that saves wood also boosts employment. 

Gabon: ITC solutions for hospitals

Videostill vom DW Beitrag Gabon Krankenhaus (Foto: Jan-Philipp Scholz / DW)

When Fabrice Yonawah couldn’t find a job, he turned to himself for Inspiration: The IT-expert started his own business & developed a software that could significantly improve data storage and communication in hospitals. 

Central Africa

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Cameroon: Binam's music business

Ruben Binam's passion is music. Like most Cameroonian musicians, he is facing the challenge of making a living, as music is mostly sold on counterfeited disks. As a producer he has found ways to distribute music legally. 

Viviane Peled’s conquest of the Congo River

Kongo Boot auf Kongofluss

Viviane Peled has her sights set on becoming a female captain on the Congo River. She's studying at the shipping school in Kinshasa and once she's qualified wants to encourage other women to follow her example. 

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Young entrepreneur inspires Gabon's youth

Willy Asseko took the risk. After his studies in Germany he returned to Gabon and started his own transport business at the age of just 24. But simply being an entrepreneur wasn’t enough for Asseko. 

Herstellung eines Pflastersteins aus recyceltem Plastik

Cameroon: Cobblestones from plastic bags

A former Cameroonian football legend has started a project of turning trash into innovation. Roger Milla has laid the foundation stone of a plant that will specialize in recycling. More than 2000 Jobs could be created. 

West Africa
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Malian village transformed by solar power

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Ivory Coast gets a breath of fresh air

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Benin: Gilletta Mouyabi empowering women in IT business

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Fanta Diallo: Role model for young Senegalese

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Ivory Coast: Making natural hair a trend

Ghana, Kantanka Auto

Cars "made in Ghana"

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Benin: "Green medicine" against malaria

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Ghana: Designer shoes from Accra

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Fighting corruption in Liberia

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Togo: The poor man’s doctor

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Studying and preventing erosion in Niger

Grassland in Niger

In Niger, erosion is creating huge problems for communities that rely on local agriculture. Two students from the geography faculty in Niamey want to find sustainable solutions against desertification in Niger. 

Ending slavery in Niger

Screenshot DW Sendung Africa on the move Kinder in Niger. Rechte: Julia Henrichmann, Frejus Quenum / DW

Mohammed Mogaze's organization TIMIDRIA aims to end slavery in Niger. He builds schools and sends teachers to the countryside to educate children born into slavery so that the next generation should be free. 

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Burkina Cyclist: Tour of my life

Mathias Sorgho has always dreamed of becoming a professional cyclist. He's taking part in the Tour du Faso, Africa's biggest cycling. But the biology Student still has a long way to go to achieve his dream. 

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Sucessful farming in Mali

More people are leaving the countryside for opportunities in the cities, creating a market gap. A Malian family draws on each member's talents to create a successful agribusiness. Aminata Niang runs this farm. 

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Southern Africa

Karateka is kicking up a storm

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Sharleen Amonda is Zimbabwe's highest ranked female karateka and she is determined to make her way to next year's Olympics. For the 27-year-old mother of two kids, each day begins before sunrise. 

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Exploring Mozambique's history in Mafalala

In Mafalala, on the outskirts of Mozambique's capital, Maputo, Ivan Laranjeira and his friends take visitors on a tour, introducing them to the country's history as well as to some of Mafalala's most famous sons. 

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Saving the green belt around Victoria Falls

Born in the mist of the Victoria Falls, Tuliswayo Muteba sees how the forests close to the World Natural Heritage site are damaged. With great passion, the 26-year-old teaches the youth about the value of nature. 

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South Africa: The seed of change

Mitchell’s Plain, a suburb of Cape Town, suffers from widespread poverty. The green movement SEED tries to change that. It hopes to improve the situation by teaching pupils and communities how to grow their own food. 

East Africa

Kenya: "Trash for Cash" initiative for the coast

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The Watamu Marine Association is made up of some 30 partner organizations. They got together to develop a joint strategy for tourism development and environmental conservation. 

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Bongo Flava - The Sound of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania's Bongo Flava music draws its origin from hip hop but with influence from reggae, R&B; and traditional music. It is also getting popular outside Africa. Joseph Kusaga, is the man who is behind its success. 

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A groundbreaking water purification device

Askwar Hilonga created a water filter that absorbs substances like copper, fluoride, bacteria and pesticides. He hopes that his invention will help the 70% of households in Tanzania that don't have clean drinking water. 

A furry new weapon against ivory smuggling

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William Mariga is one of the first dog handlers who took part in the training of the African Wildlife Foundation to fight illegal ivory smuggling. 

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Kenya: A new era of activism

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Kenya: Taking cultural ground from Al Shabaab

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Nairobi: 'Ghetto Classics'

The Spiceman from Zanzibar

The "Spiceman" from Zanzibar

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App from Uganda can detect breast cancer

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Rwanda: The 'self-made businessman'

DW Videostill Uganda: Fred Batale's disability project

Disability Art Project Uganda

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Claudette Irere - Coding Rwandas future

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Rice growers hope for boost

Kenia Kinder durch Fußball unterstützen

Doreen Omondi - Empowerment through soccer

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