Voice of African Continent
Hadithi zetu. Suluhisho zetu. Bara letu. Mustakabali wetu.
Kuwaunganisha wataalamu vijana wa Afrika ili kusimulia hadithi zetu, kutatua changamoto zetu na kuunda mustakabali wetu — katika vyombo vya habari, kilimo, elimu, biashara na sanaa, katika nchi sita na zaidi.
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Dhamira yetu
Vijana wa Afrika, wakisimulia na kutatua hadithi ya Afrika.
Kuwaunganisha wataalamu vijana wa Afrika katika vyombo vya habari, kilimo, elimu, biashara na sanaa — tukisimulia hadithi zetu wenyewe, tukijenga suluhisho kwa matatizo ambayo hadithi hizo zinafichua, na kuwaelekeza kizazi kinachotufuata.
Sisi si chombo cha habari, shirika la misaada wala kampuni ya ushauri. Sisi ndio watu ambao hadithi hizi zinawahusu, tukiwa na ujuzi wa kuzitendea kazi.
Nyanja tano
- Vyombo vya habari
- Kilimo
- Elimu
- Biashara
- Sanaa
Nchi sita — na wazi kwa kila nchi ya Afrika
- Nigeria · hai
- Ghana · hai
- Kenya · hai
- Côte d'Ivoire · hai
- Liberia · inaundwa
- Benin · inaundwa
Tulichopo kushughulikia
Matatizo tayari yametajwa. Hadithi zinafuata.
VOAC huchapisha hadithi kwa sauti ya mwenye hadithi pekee, kwa ridhaa iliyorekodiwa — na bado hakuna iliyorekodiwa. Tunachoweza kusema kwa uaminifu leo ni matatizo gani, barani na katika kila nchi yetu, tuliyopo kuyashughulikia.
Across the continent · Media
Africa is still mostly described by people who do not live here
The stories that reach the world about African communities are rarely told by those communities, in their own languages, on their own terms.
The issue, and what we intend to do →Across the continent · Education
Young Africans are trained for work that does not know how to find them
The continent's youngest-in-the-world population is graduating into economies that cannot yet absorb its skills, while communities go without exactly those skills.
The issue, and what we intend to do →Across the continent · Agriculture
Farmers are sold seed that was never tested in their soil
Certified inputs arrive with a stamp and a promise, and fail in the field — while the local varieties that would have worked are quietly disappearing.
The issue, and what we intend to do →Across the continent · Enterprise
Small enterprises lose more to unreliable power than to any other cost
Tailors, welders, cold stores and radio stations run on a few hours of power a day, and the credible options for changing that rarely reach them.
The issue, and what we intend to do →Across the continent · Arts
Whole communities depend on knowledge held by one person
The engineer who keeps the transmitter alive, the elder who knows the seed, the craftsperson with the technique — when they leave, nothing is written down.
The issue, and what we intend to do →Jinsi VOAC inavyofanya kazi
Mzunguko mmoja, unaorudiwa
Hapa hadithi si maudhui. Ni fomu ya kupokea tatizo.
Hadithi
Inakusanywa kutoka kwa jamii ambayo hakuna anayeiripoti, kwa sauti ya mwenye hadithi, kwa ridhaa yake iliyorekodiwa.
Tatizo
Linatajwa na watu wanaoliishi — kamwe si sisi. Kila hadithi hubeba tatizo ililoibua.
Jibu
Linapelekwa kwa mwanachama mwenye ujuzi husika. Kama hakuna aliyelichukua, ukurasa unasema hivyo.
Matokeo
Kilichobadilika, kikathibitishwa na kuchapishwa — hata kikiwa cha sehemu, au kikishindwa.
Tunachoendesha
Programu zilizojengwa kutokana na matatizo halisi
Hakuna hata moja iliyoanza kama wazo kwenye mkutano. Kila moja inajibu suala lililotajwa kwenye tovuti hii — na kila moja inasema wazi kama imeanza.
Tulipo
Nchi sita, si makao makuu
Wanachama wako Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia na Benin leo. Wengine wajiunge kutoka nchi hizi — na kutoka kila nchi nyingine ya Afrika.
Maono yetu
Afrika ambayo hadithi yake inasimuliwa na Waafrika, matatizo yake yanatatuliwa na Waafrika, na mustakabali wake unajengwa kwa mikono na sauti za vijana wake.
Jiunge na mtandao
Wataalamu
Una ujuzi. Jamii inauhitaji.
Wataalamu wa Afrika katika vyombo vya habari, kilimo, elimu, biashara na sanaa. Bila malipo, mapema, na halisi — soma matarajio ya kweli kabla ya kuomba.
Jiunge kama mtaalamuUmri wa miaka 16–24
Unataka mshauri katika nyanja yako?
Wanachama huwaelekeza kizazi kinachowafuata, kwenye kazi halisi. Jua ushauri unahusisha nini na uombe.
Pata mshauriOne story a fortnight
From a community that does not usually get covered. Nothing else — no appeals, no roundups, no “exciting news”.
Fuata @voacafrica