Sub-Saharan Africa's Breast Cancer Battle: Confronting Myths and Healthcare Gaps Compared to a 90% global rate, the breast cancer survival rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is just 40% due to myths, late diagnoses, and limited, costly healthcare. OkayAfrica examines this for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. news Gabriella Opara
First-Ever Albinism Pageant Expands Beauty Representation in Nigeria With her inclusive agency, Misty Glam Company, beauty advocate Misturah Owolabi is challenging exclusionary standards in Nigeria. This September, she partnered with the Albinism Association of Nigeria to host the country’s first albinism pageant. news
How Remi Idowu’s Cookbook ‘Sugar & Spice’ Blends Cultures, Recipes, and Storytelling Through Food Remi Edowu’s new cookbook 'Sugar and Spice' shares recipes that blend Ghanaian and Nigerian cultures, celebrating the culinary spirit of second-gen African immigrants. news
Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: Africa Keeps Failing Its Women and Girls While some African nations make strides against GBV, weak implementation and political apathy leave women dangerously unprotected. news Gabriella Opara
Africa Is Expanding Its Reach in Artificial Intelligence The continent's first AI factory could democratize computing resources and challenge Western dominance in technology. news Gabriella Opara
This Creative Couple Is Encouraging People to Read African Mythology Through art and storytelling, Adwoa Botchey and Solomon Adebiyi are reclaiming narratives from across the continent. news Gabriella Opara
Zimbabwe's Deserted Streets Tell a Story of Disillusionment Citizens refuse to be pawns in the factional Zanu-PF power struggle as Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks extended rule. news Gabriella Opara
Like Mother, Like Daughter: Five Nigerian Matriarchs and the Daughters They Inspired From NAFDAC to Netflix, these mothers paved the way for their daughters' success in medicine, art, film, fashion, and cuisine. news Gabriella Opara
Nigeria Has a Femicide Problem It Refuses to Acknowledge As murders of women surge across the country, activists fight for recognition and justice in a system that refuses to name the crime. news Gabriella Opara
Adelle Onyango Believes New Media is Liberating African Storytellers In creating a podcast that draws on her own experience, Kenyan entrepreneur Adelle Onyango has found a freedom she hopes others can share in. interview Gabriella Opara
Archivi.ng is Giving Old Newspapers in Nigeria a Digital Home Digitizing the country’s historic print media and therefore preserving history, the new, indie, open-access platform is the brainchild of Fu’ad Lawal, who tells OkayAfrica why Archivi.ng had to exist. culture Gabriella Opara
