By HER staff reporter Steel tanks are rising at Djibouti’s Doraleh Multipurpose Port. If ATLS’s plan succeeds, the terminal will do more than store fuel: it will load it directly onto trains bound for Ethiopia. That would mark a first for fuel imports into Ethiopia and give the heavily road-dependent...

Irene Wali wants more women under the bonnet. At her Chixz Auto Garage and Services, women are trained to work on vehicles, electric motorcycles and solar systems as Kenya's transport sector shifts towards renewable power. Wali's team also converts petrol motorcycles to electric power, bringing women into a technical side of...

At a hospital at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, ward afterward is filled with young men recovering from road traffic injuries, many from boda boda (motorcycle) accidents. What stands out is not only the scale, but the pattern: these are often the most economically active members of...

On the website of her startup, Prisca Nikuze can see herself placing her right foot onto a smart insole. Her metrics are displayed via the site's app, converting the pressure of her foot into readings on her phone that she can view as easily as a regular message. For diabetics,...