Africa

In Kenya, researchers are uncovering the fascinating ways elephants communicate, making the dream of "talking" with these animals a more achievable reality. Researchers monitored nine semi-captive elephants and found these gentle giants use a variety of gestures and vocalizations to...

On the west coast of Morocco, a small farming community launched an ecological seed bank in 2021. Despite years of drought, local farmers realized the importance of seeds for their future. The seed bank sources indigenous seeds from Morocco and...

In a world dominated by other languages, Luganda, an African language spoken by more than 20 million people, has entered the field of artificial intelligence. The Luganda neural text-to-speech (or L-N-T-S) system accurately converts text into speech using Luganda's linguistic...

In the heart of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a mobile library called Kitabus is transforming education. Kitabus combines the Swahili words for "book" and "bus" to bring reading to students with limited access to libraries. With fewer than...

In Cape Town, South Africa, there is a college offering magic as part of the curriculum. Uniting young people from 10 to 17 years old from mixed cultures is boosting their confidence and skills through performance magic. Founded in 1980,...

Young people in Somaliland, Southern Africa, are transforming their city's public spaces using the popular video game Minecraft. In Minecraft, users create structures with virtual blocks, and it has become a powerful tool for city design. As part of a...