INTERVIEW By Rohita Javangula In Ghana most girls are expected to go to a decent school, find a well-paying job, then seek out a husband – not many women pursue careers in male-dominated fields like computer science and information technology. Social entrepreneur and winner of an Aspen Institute 2013 New Voices Fellowship, Regina Ayare, hopes …
INTERVIEW By Leon Ong’onge The market for children’s books in Africa is dominated by literature from outside the continent, much of which does not relate to the realities of African readers. This has inspired Aspen Institute 2013 New Voices Fellow Deborah Ahenkorah to start Golden Baobab, an organization that has fostered the creation of more …
SPEED READ An entrepreneur in Ghana believes young people can transform Africa through technological innovation Her company is developing web and mobile-based educational tools to train young innovators It also targets the disadvantaged, such as the deaf community, that social networks ignore Nairobi — Young people in Africa can develop technologies to help tackle challenges …