Every week I receive emails from young aspiring journalists or photographers in the U.S., asking me to offer tips and advice on "how I made it" in Africa.

First of all, I definitely wouldn't say I've "made it." Yes, perhaps I'm slowly on my way -- I write a column...

As Malawi -- a devastatingly poor and donor-driven country of 15 million tucked into the eastern coast of Africa -- stumbles its way towards the Millennium Development Goals, at least one thing is certain: Malawi has made significant strides in the last decade toward meeting many of its MDG goals...

Wildebeests aren't the only things migrating across the plains of the Serengeti this season.

Summer's arrived in America, Kenya's long rainy season has finally come to an end, and as predictable as the seasons the annual migration of young American expatriates into and out of Africa is well under way....

"Aren't you scared?" people often ask me. Or, more bluntly, "Are you f*cking nuts?"

By many people's standards, I travel to so-called dangerous places by seemingly "unsafe" means. Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by bus, boat, and motorcycle. Or 14,000 kilometers across east Africa by public transportation, typically...

We are getting old. We, the college youth of the mid-to-late-noughties who rallied with, camped out for, and through our collective voice and energy built Invisible Children into the explosive movement it became.

We, who at the height of our youthful idealism, energetically trailed nonprofits...

They move across the globe, tethered to nothing but the glow of a MacBook Pro, a weathered smart phone, a steaming latte (or the local equivalent of), a dozen SIM cards lost in a leather-strapped shoulder bag, a loaded passport, and a hunger for change in their eyes.

They...

A Chinese, Latin American, and North American student are sitting in a classroom. The teacher pulls out a map of Africa, and asks 'tell me what you see". The Chinese student speaks of opportunity and business; South African steel, Congolese minerals, and Angolan oil to power his country's growth, and...

They flock from America's top universities, grad programs and consulting firms to the pulsing heart of a new Africa. From glass towers and Ivied halls to cramped garages, cooperative work hubs, and overflowing makeshift live/workspaces, these young, talented and driven entrepreneurs are riding a new wave of social enterprises, crash...

East Africa is facing a massive tragedy. And here's the thing; severe drought is only the half of it.

While severely malnourished Somalis are fleeing across the Kenyan boarder to escape famine (and persecution), an estimated 3.7 million Kenyans in the northern regions of the country are starving and in...

How three young, ex-corporate lawyers from the U.S. are giving women artisans in Rwanda new opportunities through fair trade partnerships.

Lawyers, especially those from the corporate finance world, are typically not known for being bleeding heart humanitarians. Yet, what happens when they decide they want to change the world?...