Seth Onyango

1 week ago | twyg.co.za | Seth Onyango

Zanzibar’s women have long farmed seaweed. Now, they’re cashing in as local startups add value to every strand, using their earnings to start businesses, build homes, and pay school fees. As the sun rises over Zanzibar’s pristine shores, a group of women wade into the shallow, azure waters, their silhouettes casting long shadows on the sand. With practised hands, they tend to their seaweed farms, nurturing the delicate crops that have become a cornerstone of their livelihoods.

2 weeks ago | the-star.co.ke | Seth Onyango

Morning drifts in on the Atlantic breeze, brushing against the fishing boats that bob at the docks in Lüderitz, a rugged town on Namibia’s coastline, where the ocean has shaped life for generations.  For decades, this windswept port has subsisted on what the Atlantic offers up, yielding hake, mackerel and an occasional bounty of lobster for its fishermen.

2 weeks ago | theafricanmirror.africa | Seth Onyango

AS the sun rises over Zanzibar’s pristine shores, a group of women wade into the shallow, azure waters, their silhouettes casting long shadows on the sand. With practised hands, they tend to their seaweed farms, nurturing the delicate crops that have become a cornerstone of their livelihoods. For thousands of these women across the semi-autonomous Tanzanian archipelago, seaweed farming is more than just a means of earning income — it has become a critical lifeline.

2 weeks ago | the-star.co.ke | Seth Onyango

Blessing Amidu still remembers the scepticism she faced in 2016, when she began pitching ‘Lady Buckit and the Motley Mopsters’. This is a whimsical tale about a curious Nigerian girl who gets transported through time and encounters a band of unusual characters, who change the course of her destiny. At the time, investors harboured doubts about Africa’s ability to produce a world-class animated film.

2 weeks ago | theafricanmirror.africa | Seth Onyango

MORNING drifts in on the Atlantic breeze, brushing against the fishing boats that bob at the docks in Lüderitz, a rugged town on Namibia’s coastline where the ocean has shaped life for generations. For decades, this windswept port has subsisted on what the Atlantic offers up, yielding hake, mackerel, and an occasional bounty of lobster for its fishermen.