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Surfer Kwezi Qika (DW/Dominik von Eisenhart-Rothe)

The champion surfer who couldn’t swim

Unable to swim, Kwezi Qika learnt how to surf and became South Africa's first black surfing professional. He braved the ocean, sharks and prejudice to make his dream come true.

Sanitary pads keep girls in school

A UNESCO report estimates that one in ten girls in Sub-Saharan Africa miss school during their menstrual cycle due to a lack of sanitary products. Some even drop out of school altogether. Ugandan Artist Sadat Nduhira is teaching school girls in Kampala how to make their own reusable pads and provides them with a safe space to discuss their issues.

Stories for Ethiopian kids

Robin Hood and Cinderella are certainly wonderful children's stories - but can the children in Ethiopia identify with them? Ethiopian author Tsion Kiros launched her own series of children's books, which are set in in Ethiopia

Ivory Coast: Entrepreneur with a mission

Marie Konaté is an enterpreneur with a mission. She buys only local products and half her workforce are women. She sells porridge for babies and other food products.

Central Africa

Chad: Dancing against terrorism

Aleva Ndavogo Jude teaches the street children of N'Djamena in Chad how to dance, in order to keep them off the streets and protect them from being recruited into terror groups.

Cameroon's Silicon Valley

Thirty-year-old Churchill Mambe Nanje is the founder of Njorku, a website where jobless youth can search for jobs. His website has helped thousands of youths to find jobs in Cameroon and beyond. But now he has a new problem.

Viviane Peled’s conquest of the Congo River

Kongo Boot auf Kongofluss

Viviane Peled has her sights set on becoming a female captain on the Congo River. She's studying at the shipping school in Kinshasa and once she's qualified wants to encourage other women to follow her example.

Street kids stick together in Kinshasa

Demokratische Republik Kongo Jugend in Kinshasa (Getty Images/AFP/F. Scoppa)

In Kinshasa, more than 25,000 children live on the streets. Many build their own communities, led by those who have grown up there. They provide guidance for the young, many of them end up on the street after having been accused of witchcraft.

West Africa

Ivory Coast: training police investigators

Kevin N'Goran, angehender Kriminaltechniker (DW/J. Heinrichmann)

Efforts are underway in Ivory Coast to boost the country’s police force. The West African nation currently has just one police officer per 1,300 people. DW meets up with trainee Kevin N’Goran who hopes to make a difference in his community.

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The toothpaste painter from Guinea-Bissau

Felisberto Pereira known as "Botodjo" creates his own colors from anything he gets.

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The toothpaste painter from Guinea-Bissau

The toothpaste painter from Guinea-Bissau

Kampf gegen Malaria in Burkina Faso (Cécilia Conan)

Can an anti-malaria soap save lives?

Geochelone carbonara (picture alliance/Arco Images/Sunbird)

Saving Cape Verde's turtles

Dance school in the sands of Senegal

Dance school in the sands of Senegal

Afrika Obama besucht Kenia (Getty Images/AFP/S. Maina)

Saving babies from HIV in Burkina Faso

Videostill - Ivory Coast Cartoons (DW/M. Bölinger)

Bringing animation to Africa

Symbolbild Moderne Sklaverei Menschenhandel Ghana (picture-alliance/dpa/T. Ridley)

Ghana's hidden child slaves

Africa on the Move is a multimedia series documenting the lives of amazing people in Sub-Saharan-Africa. We focus on the change makers who use their energy and skills to lift up their communities and their continent.

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Southern Africa

Zimbabwe - Chido’s mushroom project

After growing up an orphan and assuming the role of a parent at age seven, Chido Govera’s life took a turn when the 11 year old girl learned about mushroom farming. Her success story is helping other vulnerable young women go from strength to strength.

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Proudly South African: Artist Loyiso Mkize

Loyiso Mkize is celebrated as an artist of rare talent, who’s work captures the identity and soul of his people.

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Proudly South African: Artist Loyiso Mkize

Proudly South African: Artist Loyiso Mkize

Angola: Fighting for press freedom

Angola: Fighting for press freedom

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Laughing matters: Comedy in Zimbabwe

AoM Mozambique Mafalala Tours

Exploring Mozambique's history in Mafalala

Young South Africans making cities safer

Young South Africans making cities safer

The Angolan rapper MC Kappa - music to promote change

The Angolan rapper MC Kappa - music to promote change

East Africa

Aktivist Victor Ochen mit Bürgerkriegsopfern in Uganda (DW/S. Möhl)

Restoring Dignity of Victims of War

Ugandan peace activist Victor Ochen experienced the terror of the Lord's Resistance Army first hand. He now provides medical and psychological support for the victims through his African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET).

Xiquitsi: realizing the dream of music

Kika Materula spent most part of her life studying music abroad. Back in Mozambique, she founded the Xiquitsi project. Its purpose is bringing classical music to disadvantaged children.

Seeking justice for helpless inmates

Malawian prisons are known for their appalling conditions. Inmates wait for longer periods as investigations are carried out. Most of them don't even know they have a right to a lawyer.

The South Sudan boxing club

Puro Okelo is a South Sudanese returnee from Canada. In Juba, the capital of South Sudan, he is training a new generation of kickboxers to become champions.

The mobile nurse

Abay Kassahun has dedicated her career to women who have faced abuse in foreign countries in search of greener pastures. Apart from psychological assistance, others need treatment and medical advice. She even visits them at home.

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'Tibeb Girls' to the rescue

Power Girl, Whiz Kid Girl and Empathy Girl tackle the problems many Ethiopian girls face.

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'Tibeb Girls' to the rescue

'Tibeb Girls' to the rescue

Tanzania: Hadza eco warriors fighting for their land

Tanzania: Hadza eco warriors fighting for their land

Wakaliwood: Uganda's action-packed movies

Wakaliwood: Uganda's action-packed movies

Broadcasting for the planet

Broadcasting for the planet

Sirjeff Dennis, Farmer in Tansania (Lucy Taylor)

Young farmer fights malnutrition in Tanzania

Kindersoldat in Uganda

Ugandan child soldiers: Rebuilding the broken

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Namibia built on Cement

Malawi: Entrepreneur Abida Mia

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