rural

By Adeola Aroso   Lome, Togo – The Third Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP) was held in Lome, Togo. The theme was “Strengthening Partnership for an Accelerated deployment of Stand-alone Solar Systems in West Africa and the...

AFON, 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...

MZIMBA, MALAWI – The memory of how she came close to death is still fresh on Jane Chavula’s mind. By the time she arrived Mzimba South District Hospital two years ago to be delivered of her...

By Mohammad Ibrahim   KADUNA, NIGERIA – Maiyola, a Fulani community located deep inside Kajuru bush and bordering Kajuru-Kachia local government area of Kaduna state Northwest Nigeria, is named after its founder and village head –...

By Ray Mwareya   “Dozens of women give birth in this mountain, more get miscarriages, too much dirty soil and messy food. The nearest clinic is 70km away, west in Zimbabwe, over seven river crossings. In...

COMMUNITY WATCH – One month after the Governor of Lagos State went to the media announcing the Lagos State Government’s intention to demolish “shanties” along waterfronts across the state – and just days after the Lagos...

By Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna   SPECIAL REPORT – Twelve remote communities that were ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency are beneficiaries of a strategic and sustainable intervention from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which is providing basic...

By Sarah Kutahi @sarahanupi, Kenya   In the middle of the disorder accompanied by musty scents that came with informal settlements, lies a condescended environment. The honorable oasis that renewed the hope of the inhabitants of Mukuru...

By Charles Mensah I came across an article by Ruth Aine on innovative healthcare platforms like the TMCG in Uganda  that one can take advantage of irrespective of the person’s location. With the use of the...