Vianney Watsongo Katsuva—winner of the George Atkins Communication Award for 2021
For Vianney Watsongo Katsuva, being a broadcaster means being a voice for others. Growing up in a rural community, he […]
DRC: How a group of women are making money by replacing charcoal for cooking (Global Press Journal)
Most families in northern DRC’s Tshopo province, can’t afford electricity to cook. Instead, they rely on locally-produced wood charcoal to […]
Radio Communautaire Salama: Winner of the Liz Hughes Award for Her Farm Radio 2021
When you tune into Radio Communautaire Salama in Butembo, DRC, on Saturday afternoons, you hear broadcasters tackle the serious issue […]
Radio Codel Kayna relies on local experts, women, and youth for a unique COVID-19 response
Saoul Ndungo has been the director of Radio Codel Kayna in Kayna, North Kivu, DRC, for more than four years. […]
DRC: COVID-19 pandemic changes cross-border trade
Benjamin Bahati is a Congolese businessman who has been selling eggs and chickens imported from Rwanda for the past nine […]
DRC: E-commerce develops because of COVID-19 crisis
It is 5:30 a.m. in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. Chris Ayale is a young entrepreneur […]
Radio Communautaire Salama—FRI COVID-19 support funds recipient and voice for women during the pandemic
Radio Communautaire Salama is known locally as “the voice of women,” says Jeremi Kyaswekera. Located in Butembo, Democratic Republic of […]
DRC: Farmers work together to keep animals out of their fields
This story was originally published in November 2017. Beatrice Semahane is up early. The sun is barely above the horizon […]
How stations have changed their program schedules to address coronavirus
People around the world have been affected by and preoccupied with coronavirus for most of this year. It has suddenly […]
CORACON brings together radio stations in Central Africa
Journalists from seven countries in Central Africa are collaborating with Collectif des Radios et Télévisions Communautaires du Nord-Kivu (CORACON), an […]