On the Trail of Fairtrade Cotton
Come with us on a journey to the heart of Senegal’s cotton country. Cotton is the main cash crop for the locals here and a vital source of income. As we drive by, women are hand-picking cotton on small, non-irrigated family plots. Follow along from the capital, Dakar,...Uganda Skate & Solidarity Project
Please donate to the Uganda Skateboard Union via Pay Pal via skateboardugandadonate@yahoo.com One year ago Cassi Amanda Gibson visited their handmade skatepark and emailed us photos. Since then the kids of the skateboard union and Jackson Mubiru, the union’s founder,...Fairtrade Climate Heroes in Kenya
Faitrade producer Zeddy Rotich of Fairtrade Kabngetuny Women in Coffee in Kericho County, Kenya speaks about how she’s doing her bit to combat climate change by using a biogas cook stove instead of traditional wood-fired cooking. The project is supported by the Big...Read more“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”
– Nelson Mandela
Bamboo Bikes in Zambia
Bamboo is one of Zambia’s major natural resources – and the perfect material for stylish bicycle frames: light, strong and comfortable. In this film for Allianz Open Knowledge you can see how a good idea is being turned into a homegrown success story of sustainable...
Africa in Numbers
How many of these statistics did you know were true?The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it
Before he hit eighteen, Fred Swaniker had lived in Ghana, Gambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. What he learned from a childhood across Africa was that while good leaders can’t make much of a difference in societies with strong institutions, in countries with weak...