Food
Youth-run Glytime Foods Is Promoting Healthy Eating Across Africa
A youth-run family business in Harare is trailblazing the healthy food industry in Africa by providing nutritious options while sourcing from local farmers to increase food security and promote healthy eating. By Kuda Chideme, Bird Story Agency In 2017, Lesley...
Ivorian Entrepreneur Sets Up A Food Chain Start-up Offering West African Culinary Delights
By Ange Kumassi, bird story agency Dabali Xpress, a fast food joint in Marcory Zone 4 in the suburbs of Abidjan. Photo : Ange Kumasi There is a steady flow of people into a fast food joint in Marcory Zone 4 in the suburbs of Abidjan despite the time - 11 am - often a...
A Nigerian Spirit Goes Upmarket
For decades, Ògógóró, a Nigerian traditional palm spirit, was illicit - despite being popular. Lagos-based entrepreneurs Lola Pedro and Chibu Akukwe have embarked on a mission to restore its legacy, by offering a premium version. Tatenda Kanengoni, bird story agency...
Young Zimbabwean Is Manufacturing Healthy African Snacks To Empower Local Farmers and Create Jobs.
Armed with ambition, an agriculture degree from South Africa, and a vision, a young Zimbabwean is manufacturing healthy foods that promise to empower local farmers and create jobs. By Irene Kalulu, bird story agency In 2016, Tracy Vongai Mapfumo took up a job with...
10 wonderful things to do in Dar Es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s biggest city, with its beautiful beaches, sights and many culinary options, is a very popular tourist destination. With a population of about 4.3 million and growing it is also the economic, cultural and political center of Tanzania. We have...
‘PUFF PUFF’
The trouble of an appropriate snack to save one through the day is usually a moment of reflection until one lays eyes on the perfect option to make one's heart skip a bit or wear a grin...Puff puff does that to almost everyone, especially in Nigeria. Puff puff is a...
CheckOutAfrica Highlights: Best African Restaurants in London
Don't you find it so weird how there are so many ethnicities within the U.K. yet there is a lack of African restaurants? No matter what city you go to you will always find an Indian, Jamaican, Chinese or Thai restaurant, however, you can only ever find African...
Chakalaka – A South African Dish
“Chuck-a-laker!” Jermaine said in a deep American accent and Cherish had to stop herself from rolling her eyes at the American exchange student staring at her lunch. “It’s called “chakalaka”, Cha-car-La-Car, not Chuck a Laker!” “Oh well, I still don’t like the...
Chipsi Mayai – a Tanzanian Dish
She had never seen anything like it before. Not that it looked alien or unusual, but she’d just never seen chips in an omelette in her entire existence. Fascinated, she asked the short and stout restaurant manager if she could come to the kitchen to watch the cook...
Maguru : A Traditional Zimbabwean Cuisine
Chenai grabbed the white bowl in which she’d been defrosting maguru and placed it on the kitchen counter. It was only 1PM, but she wanted to prepare them early so that by the time her daughter came back from school, the offensive smell would have been washed off...