A Seat at the Table
Nine of sixteen Southern African countries now have more girls than boys enrolled in secondary school. That sounds like a victory — until you look at what happens next. Angola's female primary completion rate sits at 34%. Mozambique's at 51%. Enrollment is not the same as staying. This is the story the headline numbers don't tell.
I Never Saw It Coming
We never believe someone who says they didn't see the breakup coming. The signs were there — the long silences, the short replies, the missing effort. Businesses lose customers the same way. The pattern is always there. They just aren't paying attention.
Credit Without History
Millions of Zimbabweans have never had a bank account. That doesn't mean they don't have a financial life — it means the system wasn't designed to see it. What if we built a credit model that actually could?
This is our little corner of the internet. We believe the most interesting stories are hiding in the datasets everyone already has access to — they just need the right question and someone willing to look. We use public data. We frame it around compelling questions. And we tell stories that go beyond the model.