Every planting season, Maguge Deogratius faced the same problem. He had the land — rented at TZS 150,000 a year in Lumala, Mwanza. He had the knowledge. He had the will to work from early morning until dusk to provide for his wife and two school-aged children. What he...

By the time most young women are finishing university, Esther Sigore had already lived through a lifetime of hardship. At just 24 years old, she had completed Standard Seven, failed her examinations, been pushed into early marriage, given birth to three children, and...