⁣Midrand, South Africa – It wasn't just another day at Nizamiye Primary and High School. The school grounds became a vibrant hub of innovation, ideas, and hope. Over 185 projects from Grade 4 to Grade 10 learners lit up the Nizamiye Science Expo 2025, with one purpose: to solve real-world problems faced by South Africa and the continent.

Each corridor echoed passionately—from makeshift DNA labs to eco-brick construction demos, from human-powered energy generators to piezoelectric tiles that lit up with every footstep.

Tamil Hassan Binda showed us how extracting DNA doesn't need a lab—just household ingredients and curiosity.

Azaria and Sarah took energy to the streets (literally!) with tiles that generate power when you walk—imagine lighting up Joburg's sidewalks just by walking.

A young innovator designed a human-powered USB charger using a crank and dynamo to tackle load-shedding, proving that when Eskom goes dark, innovation shines.

A hydro-powered grid project reminded us of the untapped potential of Africa's rivers. At the same time, another team tackled heart health by analyzing how energy drinks affect the cardiovascular system and proposing natural alternatives like beetroot juice and green tea.

Another standout is eco-bricks, which are built from eggshells, plastic, and soil. They are strong, sustainable, and a brilliant solution to Africa's plastic waste crisis.

Why it matters:
This is more than a school expo. It's a vision of Africa led by its youth. These learners are not just studying science; they're applying it to transform communities, address power crises, improve public health, and rethink sustainability.
Initiatives like these spark the homegrown solutions that BRICS and Agenda 2063 champion, as the continent grapples with energy challenges, environmental threats, and youth unemployment.
Africa's future isn't waiting. It's being built—one school science expo at a time.

⁣Audience with Ɔman Panin (President) Ibrahim Traoré

⁣Seba Bonotchi - Understanding Ma'at as a System of Choreographic Behavior

In his first-ever interview on the topic of Africa, by an African media, Professor Robert Pape, a renowned American military analyst and Presidential Advisor, presents a detailed and in-depth account of the immediate and long-term effects of the war in Iran on the African continent and explains the painful truth that lies ahead for African Business and political leaders if they are not prepared.

Chico Unscripted exists to bring unfiltered, candid, and impactful conversations on global politics and business, shaping the minds and policies of Africa's current and future leaders

⁣Link Up Podcast — Ep 7 | Ft Okunini Talawa Adodo (part 2)
Hosts: Niara Esi Ìjèawelē Ọmọlará Kwento & Bakari Kwadwo Ọbatayé Kwento

Akɔaba, Woezɔ, Oɔbaake (welcome) to another episode of Link Up Podcast, where we connect with Abibifoɔ (Black People) doing Black powerful work across Abibiman (the Black Land) and the diaspora.

In this episode, we Link Up once again with Okunini Talawa Adodo, and pick up where we left off in episode 6. This time we cover his connection to Mambo Ama Mazama, and his experience in Guadeloupe. An environment under stench occupation yet actively preserving its language, hair, music, Gwoka drum culture, and Black identity.

We discuss Black liberation celebrations, flag independence versus actual Black Power, Caribbean languages as Black languages rather than “stenglish-based” or “stench-based” creoles, and the fundamental relationship between language, worldview, grammar, and culture. The conversation also moves through Mdw Ntr, Jamaican, Twi, Igbo, Black parenting, bedroom colonialism, Cheikh Anta Diop, and Okunini Talawa’s larger mission to help Abibifoɔ speak, think, build, and raise the next generation Black to Black.

* Stay tuned after the conversation for a special animated cartoon episode. *

This is a conversation about raised consciousness becoming raised behavior, Black love as institution, and the work required to bring the whole family Black home.

Feel free to share your thoughts, and Link Up!