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Try not to sprain your ankle in Ethiopia – Highlights of 20 years working in Africa

by Kristine Pearson | Mar 13, 2019 | Africa, African progress, By Kristine Pearson, Working in Africa

By Kristine Pearson A few years ago while photographing Speckled Mousebirds in the bushes of my hotel in Addis Ababa, I fell and sprained my ankle. No doubt aided by the altitude, it was swollen...

Speak Up in South Sudan – AET’s Case for Lifeplayers

by Kristine Pearson | Oct 6, 2017 | African progress, Children, Education, Partner blog, Power of radio, Radio school

By Jonathan Coxall Africa Educational Trust (AET) is partnering with Lifeline Energy to deliver Speak Up, a radio-based English language course for youth and adults in 130 rural communities in South...

Who Would Have Imagined Rwanda 22 Years On?

by Kristine Pearson | May 10, 2016 | African progress, By Kristine Pearson, Justice, Rwanda

During April and May 1994 world headlines fixated on one event – the culmination of the long march to democracy in South Africa and the inauguration of Nelson Mandela on 10 May. As Western media...

Our Lifeplayer and Sustania: “100 Most Innovative Solutions”

by Deborah Torrington | Oct 27, 2014 | African progress, Education, Lifeplayer MP3

We’re thrilled! Lifeline Energy and our solar and wind-up Lifeplayer MP3 – the world’s first media player, radio and recorder for humanitarian use – appear in this year’s annual...

Haile’s Story: What the Learn English Radio Project Means to Teachers?

by Guest Contributor | Feb 25, 2014 | African progress, Education, Lifeplayer MP3

By Tsion Issaya, Communications Manager, British Council Ethiopia. Meet 60 year old Haile Berhe. For more than half his life, he has worked as an English teacher. Born and raised in a small town in...

The Hidden Cost of Cell Phones

by admin | Oct 4, 2013 | African progress, Intern perspectives, Zambia

By Kathleen Buchholz in Lusaka The World Bank estimates that there are 62 cell phones for every 100 people in Zambia. This week as I interviewed students, their families and the community school...