Jul 29, 2018
When her business partner's two-year old daughter asked for a peg and pillowcase so she could have long, flowy hair and a pointed nose, they knew they had to do something! Caroline Hlahla and her business partner Khulile Vilakazi-Ofosu set to work to figure out how they could help young African girls to embrace...
Jul 22, 2018
At a very young age, Dr Nina Lum was exposed to how life changing a career in medicine could be. Her mother was a paediatrician in her native Cameroon, and so growing up she was familiar with the late-night knocks on their door from frantic parents with a sick child. She’d watch as her mother tended to the child,...
Jul 15, 2018
Six months ago I had an idea. I had an idea that I wanted to be part of telling a different narrative about Africa, and in particular about African women. I was tired of people looking at me with pity when I told them I was from Zimbabwe. I was tired of people making assumptions about what it meant to be an African...
Jul 8, 2018
EPISODE SUMMARY
Catherine Addai is an award-winning designer, and the creative mind behind Kaela Kay. You've seen her designs worn by celebrities, including Ava DuVernay. And if you were watching the recent royal wedding, one of her dresses made an appearance there too!
Catherine describes herself as "bold, fearless...
Jul 1, 2018
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a fantastic example of never, ever, ever give up on your dreams.
She was born and raised in Uganda. While she won awards for plays she wrote while in high school, she didn’t think of creative writing as a career, instead becoming an English teacher. But Jennifer longed to have an...