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Dr. Adaeze Oreh’s Visit to Sierra Leone: Championing Women’s Health and Public Health Innovation in Africa
It was the kind of Freetown morning that slows your heartbeat, surprisingly clear skies stretching endlessly over the Atlantic, and a breeze that whispered of new beginnings. On July 25th, 2025, at the New Brookfield Hotel, a quietly historic moment unfolded. Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, launched the Uterine Health Fund (UHF). The first financing mechanism of its kind in Africa, created to directly confront the uterine health issues affecting millions of women across the continent. But for those who truly listened, the day carried a deeper message: African women’s health can no longer be a footnote. It must be the headline. And seated among the change-makers,…
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THIS IS AFRICA- EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE PLANNING YOUR TRIP
Each year, thousands of people visit Africa for many reasons. Some visit as tourists, experts, volunteers or for business purposes. How these people interpret their experiences in Africa sometimes serves as representing images to their friends, family, or colleagues. I often read disappointing blogs or watch YouTube videos that don’t sit well with me. If you are looking to visit Africa and have a wonderful time here, I have put together a few tips to help you achieve that. I left Africa as a teenager about 16 years ago and this is my first return. I came back to use the knowledge and skills that I have gain in the…
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MOTIVATING AFRICA – SPOTLIGHT ON RAPHAEL’S OBONYO LEADERSHIP STYLE
Raphael Obonyo has been named Motivational African of the Year in the 2019 Voice Achievers Award. The annual award by the leading Netherlands magazine Voice Achievers: that creates a voice for Africans around the world, was presented to Mr Obonyo because of his un-paralleled contribution to the empowerment of youth and advocacy for integration of the youth population in the development plans in Kenya and beyond. Raphael Obonyo is from Kenya. He grew up in Korogocho, the third largest slum in the capital Nairobi where people live in abject poverty. From an early age, He knew that education would be his only route out of poverty and so he made…
