Rural Reporters
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This Affordable Toilet Could Help More Villages Achieve An Open Defecation Free (ODF) Status
Apr 3, 2018Mzimba, Malawi – Nellie Mtonga from Chimanga Machila Langa Village of Manyamula Agriculture Extension Planning Area in Malawi’s northern district of Mzimba will no longer be bothered with the encumbrance of erecting a new latrine regularly as... -
Will A New Financing Model Enable Small-Scale Farmers Save Nigeria From Food Crisis?
Jan 26, 2018By Gbenga Ogundare In 2017, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) warned Nigeria against impending famine and malnutrition. The IFPRI Director-General, Shenggen Fan, said Africa’s most populous country has been sliding down the scale of... -
Ghost-Teachers And Fake Wages Ruin Africa’s Education, Says Report
Oct 27, 2017By Ray Mwareya: Nigeria had about 8,000 allegations of ghost teachers collecting salaries, or fake schools drawing funds from state coffers in the first half of 2016 alone. In South Africa, some volunteer-teachers’ wages are boosted... -
Revenue Mobilization In Africa Continues To Improve, Says New Report
Oct 12, 2017By Ray Mwareya The mobilization of domestic resources is improving steadily in African countries, according to new data from Revenue Statistics in Africa 2017 released today in Addis Ababa at a meeting of tax and finance officials from 21... -
Prikkle Academy Launches A Rural Makerspace In Nigeria
Oct 2, 2017AFON, NIGERIA – One year ago, Prikkle Academy team landed their foot in a community called Afon, in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, to look into how to mobilize the potential of rural... -
Zimbabwe: Street Vendors Turn To Comedy To Lure Cashless Customers
Jul 24, 2017By Ray Mwareya Zimbabwe´s cities have some of the highest numbers of street vendors in Africa´s urban areas. A blistering competition to attract dwindling customers means vendors are adopting bizarre tactics to sell toothpaste, bathing... -
Breaking The Silence: How Women In Malawi Find Treatment For Fistula
Jun 27, 2017By Kelvin Tembo Fyness Ngoma’s happiness after delivery of a baby in 1990 was short lived. She could not understand why her urine had become uncontrollable. “I gave birth to a baby girl at Chulu Health... -
Opinion: Four Lessons From My First Attempt At Escaping Poverty
Jun 26, 2017Growing up poor in Nigeria means living helplessly in a deep depth of despair. Or rise to the challenge of eliminating poverty by going after any legal job that pops up on your radar. As a... -
A Village Burial Ceremony [In Pictures]
Apr 23, 2017By Sarah Kutahi Death is inevitable, or so they say. Today, I decided to capture what we often fail to observe or take note of during a typical village burial ceremony… Here are some pictures to narrate... -
Political goodwill is needed in the fight against gender-based violence in Kenya
Jan 19, 2017Gender-based violence is a global phenomenon. According to the World Health Organization, 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced either intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. In Kenya, 45 percent of women...