Africa Direct

After drought and deforestation, are goats the answer to a farmer’s food future in Madagascar?

The first FIFA-recognised Arab woman to coach men’s football shares her two love stories – for football and her husband.

Getting an animation series to audiences in Zambia takes talent, patience and persistence.

A poacher-turned-protector painstakingly works to conserve threatened sea turtles in Ivory Coast.

Professor Marie Claire Yandju gives cassava a makeover to combat malnutrition and climate change.

From co-driver to taking the wheel herself, rookie racer Queen drives her first race in Rwanda’s Mountain Gorilla Rally.

On and off the pitch, Rwandan sports reporter Leonidas’ blindness neither defines nor deters him from the job he loves.

Traffic director Joy has a creative way to control cars and counter road rage – she dances her instructions.

A conservation pilot’s sky-high view plays an important part in protecting the beautiful Kasigau Corridor in Kenya.

A modern, cross-national young African woman runs a portfolio of careers in Gabon and looks towards her future.