Category Archives: Features

(FEATURE) How an Ethiopian truck driver turned mushroom into successful entrepreneur fortune

BY XINHUA: Habtamu Worku, Liu Fangqiang ADDIS ABABA, June 3 (Xinhua) — In the highlands of Ethiopia, a local entrepreneur’s fascination with mushrooms has sparked a surprising culinary movement, reshaping…

FEATURE: How Kenyan smallholder farmers embrace smart technology, AI to boost yields

BY XINHUA Thousands of smallholder farmers in Kenya are turning to technology to manage crop diseases and fight declining yields.    NAIROBI, May 30 (Xinhua) — In western Kenya, maize farmer…

FEATURE: How Chinese hybrid rice is boosting food security in Madagascar

BY XINHUA ANTANANARIVO, May 27 (Xinhua) — “Before, our land barely produced enough to feed us. Now, with hybrid rice, we not only eat our fill, but sell the surplus…

FEATURE: Behind the story of coffee, sweet aroma and the whiff of Africa’s struggle against colonialism

BY XINHUA NAIROBI, May 26 (Xinhua) — In a cozy café nestled in Nairobi’s Karen district, chestnut-colored AA-grade Kenyan coffee beans are carefully ground, extracted and brewed under the focused…

(VIDEO) Inside a climate smart farm in rural Africa harnessing carbon credit as bonus for environment conservation

BY MANUEL ODENY Narok North region in Narok county, Kenya cuts the picturesque of an idyllic African rural home: gentle rolling hills, perfectly tilled land and simple huts masking regions…

(FEATURE/PHOTOS): Tanzanian girls learn Kung Fu to kick through the future with strength, discipline

BY XINHUA (Hua Hongli, Lucas Liganga) DAR ES SALAAM, May 22 (Xinhua) — Mariam Saidi Mfaume tightened her tiny fists, took a deep breath, and launched into a flying kick…

Feature: How Chinese-invented Juncao super-grass is changing fortunes of Kenya’s dairy farmers

BY XINHUA NAIROBI, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — The lush green, tall, and succulent grass at the expansive Juncao farm in Kenya’s northwestern county of Nakuru swayed to the rhythm of…

How Huawei, a Chinese tech giant, AI cameras is boosting Nairobi National Park urban wildlife harmony

BY XINHUA Nairobi National Park is one of the few capital-based reserves in the world. Established in 1946, the first wildlife sanctuary of Africa has maintained a fragile yet thriving…