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Afrimaxx — On health promotion projects

May 6, 2025

This time, Bibiraii Amodu is exploring the MADHouse in Lagos, Nigeria. Plus, a backpack supporting deaf kids, Rwandan architect Jean-Paul Sebuhayi and cartoons on health issues from South Africa.

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Afrimaxx — Modern Pan-African Lifestyle

This is Africa - unfiltered, unstoppable, and leading the global conversation on creativity and freedom.

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