Egyptian women are coming up with initiatives like “rooftop farming”, where food production is no longer restricted to green fields and agricultural lands that are exposed to waves of drought and floods under the weight of climate change.

The lockdowns and the movement restrictions saw incomes dip in many families, forcing many women to turn away from cleaner cooking energy like LPG Gas to environmentally unfriendly fuels like wood, charcoal, and kerosene. But now there is a shift to bioethanol cooking fuel.

Women in Mbulia Taita Taveta County in coastal Kenya, are thriving from baobab business, despite numerous challenges.

The voices of minibus conductors rent the air as they rhythmically shout out the prices and destinations to townships surrounding Limbe Market. While some run towards the men and women laden with plastic bags others simply call out to their prospective customers to jump on a bus promising them a ride that will be MK50 ($0,062) cheaper.