Jack Simpson

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Ebike entrepreneur Valeria Labi: ‘If I see a problem and I think it can be solved, I follow that thread’

The British-born businesswoman behind Ghana’s first electric bike is out to woo…

Jack Simpson Jack Simpson

Paralysis, amputation and Paralympic archery

Shaun Anderson has called sport his “saviour” as he prepares for his…

Eshlin Vedan Eshlin Vedan

‘I found out on social media that my son had died’

As record numbers of young Africans risk their lives trying to reach…

Khadidiatou Cissé Khadidiatou Cissé

A drowning town: are Bentiu’s dykes high enough to save it from disaster?

Surrounded by towering mud ramparts, the 300,000 residents of Bentiu in South Sudan will…

Mark Townsend Mark Townsend

The air crash and the underdogs – a triumph for a lost generation

For those watching on the beach on the morning of Wednesday, 28…

Mani Djazmi Mani Djazmi

‘I’ve been sleeping under a bridge in Lagos for 30 years’

Having lived for exactly half his life under a bridge in Nigeria's…

Mansur Abubakar Mansur Abubakar

Best goalkeeper award nomination ‘surreal’ – Williams

During a stellar 12 months of domestic and international football, South Africa…

Eshlin Vedan Eshlin Vedan

The poet who caught the eye of Mozambique’s freedom fighters

Internationally acclaimed author and poet Mia Couto describes himself as an African,…

Ashley Lime Ashley Lime

Despair as the sea slowly swallows a Kenyan beauty spot

When Roberto Macri built his luxury hotel in the Kenyan coastal village…

Wycliffe Muia Wycliffe Muia

What Killed Harmony Ball-Stribling?

The last day Byron Stribling spent with his wife, Harmony, was the…

Roni Caryn Rabin Roni Caryn Rabin