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Healthcare

In Africa, is Mental Health a Thing?

Miriam Nsekonziza June 3, 2020 In Africa, is Mental Health a Thing?2020-11-17T10:41:38+02:00 Healthcare
CREDIT BRITE My Story I grew up in a community where depression was thought to be for the rich. This mainly meant that it is not a disease, but maybe…
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As you grow older: Three things you can do to prepare you to age well.

Hyguette Ishimwe June 3, 2020 As you grow older: Three things you can do to prepare you to age well.2020-06-04T08:00:26+02:00 Healthcare
Life is a circle Illustration by Joost Swarte, 2019 In a single second, you were born into this beautiful world without your concern, and you had to accept it whatsoever.…
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The evolution of technology: we are left to use implanted microchips.

Teta Orrietta June 3, 2020 The evolution of technology: we are left to use implanted microchips.2020-06-04T08:00:34+02:00 Healthcare
(Stevens L, 2017) Implanted microchips As our technology era evolves, our electronic devices still grow smaller and extra compact. People were used to big computers in the early 90s, and…
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Women

“Everything is sex… Except sex; which is power, and power is just sex” -Janelle Monae.

Jerrylynn Kariuki June 3, 2020 “Everything is sex… Except sex; which is power, and power is just sex” -Janelle Monae.2020-06-04T08:02:58+02:00 Women's Empowerment
Inspired by Janelle Monae’s song Screwed from the album Dirty Computer. Let's start this off with a Gender inequality. A report by the World Economic Forum estimates that at the…
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How Social Media is helping Female Consumers hold Corporations Accountable.

Garnett Achieng Obala June 3, 2020 How Social Media is helping Female Consumers hold Corporations Accountable.2020-06-04T08:03:47+02:00 Healthcare
What do Always sanitary products, X-pression braids, Thinx period-proof underwear, and DevaCurl have in common? While the uses of these products are as different from each other as day is…
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Arts, Culture & Design

The Voice Inside Your Head

Jeremiah Chikhwaza June 3, 2020 The Voice Inside Your Head2020-06-04T07:42:34+02:00 Arts, Culture & Design
How it used to be Remember when you were a child? When you were so excited to paint, not because you "knew how" to paint but because there was nothing…
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Education

Future Class Norm #1: All Hands on Tech!

Jessica Uwera June 3, 2020 Future Class Norm #1: All Hands on Tech!2020-06-04T07:57:16+02:00 Education
Students in Somalia ( @HelpYateem twitter, 2017) The conversations discussing digitization (part of the third industrial revolution), Artificial Intelligence (herein also referred to as AI), and other technologies referred to…
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Governance

How to make sure AfCFTA is The Next Big Step in Africa’s development journey.

Joshua Mwizerwa Mukinisha June 3, 2020 How to make sure AfCFTA is The Next Big Step in Africa’s development journey.2020-06-04T07:58:24+02:00 Governance
Unions and Blocs In world economics, a country cannot produce everything it needs to support the livelihoods and desires of its citizens, which is why importation and exportation are necessary…
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Corona Virus crisis: Domestic violence during lock down

Uwimana Mariejoe June 3, 2020 Corona Virus crisis: Domestic violence during lock down2020-06-04T07:59:31+02:00 Healthcare
In the wake of the global pandemic, Covid-19,  people found themselves confined within their homes for safety. Lock down has proven to be a tough time for many, it also…
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Arts, Culture & Design

It is Rasta, Not Gangster

Manzi Ntwali Jean Francois Regis June 3, 2020 It is Rasta, Not Gangster2020-06-04T07:55:36+02:00 Arts, Culture & Design
Be honest and tell me what you think when you see someone with dreadlocks? Especially when it is a guy? Before you even talk to him so that you know…
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