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Ugandan politicians, communities sign pact against corruption
This blog is a cross post from Transparency International, the global coalition fighting against corruption. Read more about Transparency International here. What can we do to fight corruption? One of...
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More to the poverty discussion than China
This post was originally published on CNN World. Global Public Square recently published a thoughtful piece on how global poverty rates are falling fast. It argued that one country in particular is...
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The 10 things I can’t live without
If you received a second chance at life, what would become precious to you? This is a question that UNAIDS asked seven people from across Africa who are alive thanks to antiretroviral treatment. At ONE...
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Rea Garvey: My visit to an successful international business in Uganda
Musician and ONE member Rea Garvey recently joined TV chef Tim Mälzer and actress and presenter Minh-Khai Phan-Thi on a trip to Uganda. Part of our German election campaign Ich Schaue Hin, they visited...
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Rea Garvey: Meeting Florence who turned one chick into 200 in Uganda
Musician and ONE member Rea Garvey recently joined TV chef Tim Mälzer and actress and presenter Minh-Khai Phan-Thi on a trip to Uganda. Part of our German election campaign Ich Schaue Hin, they visited...
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How a bicycle can save a life in Uganda
Muyambi Muyambi, founder of Bicycles Against Poverty, talks about how his organisation is helping improve the livelihoods of people in rural Uganda through bicycles. Muyambi Muyambi, Founder of...
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5 things I learned about HIV/AIDS in Uganda
Florence Erugudo (centre) on her farm with Tim Mälzer, Rea Garvey, Minh-Khai Phan-Thi, and the ONE and TASO teams. Photo: ONE At the beginning of the month, I had the unique opportunity to travel with...
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Rea Garvey: Why Ugandan youth are my kind of people
Musician and ONE member Rea Garvey recently joined TV chef Tim Mälzer and actress and presenter Minh-Khai Phan-Thi on a trip to Uganda. Part of our German election campaign Ich Schaue Hin, they visited...
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Why we need to unleash the power of youth to fight poverty
Our guest blogger for International Youth Day is James Cheung, 22, from Hampshire in the UK. He recently volunteered in Uganda with Restless Development and shares his thoughts about the importance of...
View ArticleWhat 500 Ugandan women lip-synching to Jessie J looks like
In one word? Brilliant. This video – possibly the largest lipdub ever made in Africa – features nearly 500 Ugandan women dancing to “Price Tag” by ONE supporter and global superstar Jessie J. The video...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Ugandan hip-hop artist using music to change lives
Our guest blogger today is Serginho Roosblad from Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Their My Song series is a weekly multimedia show that tells the personal story behind Africa’s most inspiring songs....
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DO AGRIC campaign launches at the African Union Summit with Yaya Toure, D’...
Last week, we launched our pan-African campaign DO AGRIC at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. We were joined by popular Nigerian music artist D’banj, the African Union Commissioner for...
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New report: Levelling the Field for Women Farmers in Africa
Anne Wafula is a farmer in Kenya, and is part of the One Acre Fund network. Photo: Hailey Tucker With the African Union Year of Agriculture and Food Security in full swing, ONE today is releasing a...
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ONE Africa Award – finalists announced!
Let’s start with a very big ‘THANK YOU’ to all of the organisations that took time to submit applications for consideration for the eighth ONE Africa Award. We applaud you! We appreciate all of the...
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Meet 4 communities that have been transformed by toilets
Today is World Toilet Day and we’re working with Water.org to turn your attention to the 2.4 billion people who lack access to a toilet worldwide. While there is still a lot of work to be done to make...
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Meet ONE Africa Award finalist Community Link
Welcome to our blog countdown to the announcement of our ONE Africa Award Winner! The Africa Award recognises Africa driven and led advocacy efforts that have demonstrated success at community,...
View ArticleMeet ONE Africa Award finalist SWAGEN from Uganda
Welcome to our blog countdown to the announcement of our ONE Africa Award Winner! The Africa Award recognises Africa driven and led advocacy efforts that have demonstrated success at community,...
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And the winner of the 2015 ONE Africa Award is…
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 8th annual ONE Africa Award is SWAGEN – Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment. Gertrude K. Kenyangi (right), Co-Founder and Chairperson of...
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Africa: 10 places to go in 2016
The New York Times recently published their annual list of 52 places to go in 2016. Seeing that there have been only a handful of destinations from Africa in the past few years, we decided to put...
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8 African startups leading the way to ending poverty
South African tech writer and speaker Toby Shapshak says that “in Africa, necessity is the mother of invention” and there is certainly a boom in exciting new companies that are tackling vital issues...
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