When it launched in 2011, the Ouagadougou Partnership set an audacious goal for 2020: Increase the number of women using modern contraceptives by at least 2.2 million in nine francophone…
Abhilasha Karkey has made it her life’s mission to look for new ways to combat antimicrobial resistance. She talks with The Optimist about the complicating factors of climate change and…
“Trailblazer” comes to mind when describing Moinina David Sengeh. This May, President Julius Maada Bio appointed Sengeh as Sierra Leone’s first-ever Chief Innovation Officer, at the age of 31. The…
Ndidi Nwuneli is determined to tackle the challenge of hidden hunger. The first step, she says, is to dispel the myth that Africans can’t help themselves. And the next step…
I always wanted to be a doctor, and when I saw television programs as a child about Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), I thought that’s what I want to do. Everyone…
