Voice and Impact

Finding the answers with each other. Discovering solutions at the innovation marketplace at IMNHC 2026

There’s a joke that keeps showing on my feed. It centers around this idea that if an average person actually went back in time, they would be very incapable of…

How can community-driven interventions reduce food waste in traditional Kenyan and Nigerian markets?

From narrative to action: fostering democratic engagement and engaged citizens through behavior change

Democracy narratives: what are they and how do they matter for democratic engagement and behavior?

Yes, things are uncertain, but that is also part of the system.

This article is part of Busara’s Tafakari 2026 yearbook. You can download the whole yearbook here. Over the past year, conversations across Busara have carried a familiar refrain: things feel uncertain.…

Tafakari Yearbook 2026. You are here: humans and stormy times

Climate change is a human problem: Finding the voices of climate resilience

Cooking with ‘funny-looking’ vegetables and reducing food waste, one Efo Riro soup at a time

Some vegetables simply weren’t made for the spotlight. Some are born wonky. A carrot takes a wrong turn underground and comes out with a limp. A tomato forgets to stay…

Plot twist: Young people are eyeing the fields after all—and are more interested in agriculture than you think

For a long time now, research across Africa has painted a familiar picture: most young people are disinterested in farming and aren’t dreaming of a future behind a plough. Farming,…

Africa is not a country, but what if we made it one? Channeling African similarities for comprehensive solutions.

Growing up in Nigeria, I vividly remember how we would get beaten for incorrectly listing the seven continents of the world in our elementary Social Studies classes. One was not…