 Catch up here with our full week's coverage |
The world's leaders are gathering near Edinburgh this week for a summit which many hope will provide a fresh start for the people of Africa.
For decades, the developed world has treated Africa as a basket case; billions of pounds of aid have poured into the continent - but it has actually got poorer over the last 25 years.
Natasha Kaplinsky presents four days of special programming, live from Kenya.
For Natasha, it's a return to the land of her childhood: she grew up in Kenya after her father was banned from South Africa for anti-apartheid activity.
She'll be bringing us detailed picture of life in Africa: its music and culture - and the diversity of lives to be found there.
We'll also be hearing all week from one family in Tanzania - the Itujas. They've been keeping a video diary for Breakfast - and we'll be finding out what life is like, from the perspectives of mum, dad and the three children.
Breakfast in Africa: day by day
Thursday July 7
Natasha presented Breakfast live from Treetops at the Aberdare National Park in Kenya.
 Ever wondered what happens to a recycled mobile? We found out |
Video diaries 3: meet the parents
In our final video diary from Tanzania, Zaituni introduced us to her parents, their jobs and the family car which languishes in the garage Wildlife Conservation
We went out on patrol with the rangers who are trying to prevent the illegal trade in bushmeat. Mobile revolution
What happens to mobile phones, when they're recycled for Africa?
Breakfast's Graham Satchell found a mobile revolution in Nigeria, where landlines and conventional phones are few and far between
Adopting from Africa
We talked to Steve and Telmore Vickers who decided to adopt a child from Africa
Wednesday July 6Just a couple of miles down the road from the flower farm we visited yesterday, is the Sher Moi Lake primary school.
 This Kenyan primary school is twinned with one in Preston |
Basic education was made free and compulsory in Kenya four years ago, as part of the country's drive to improve living standards.
If you'd like to sign your school up to the twinning project, you need to go to the BBC's World Class website: the aim is to recruit 1,000 schools by the end of this year.
Tuesday July 5
 Watch Paul Welsh's special report on corruption in Liberia |
The curse of corruption
In a special report from Liberia, Paul Welsh looked at the problem of corruption in the poorest country in the world. Aid or Trade?
We heard from one of Kenya's business success stories: the flower sellers whose blooms fill the supermarket shelves in Britain.
Natasha talked to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown and William Kalema, of the Uganda Investment Authority
Education, African-style
Graham Satchell found out why some British-based Nigerians are sending their children to boarding schools back home, in search of a better education. Video diaries 2:
Zaituni introduces us to her teenage brothers: Hemed and Hassan
Monday July 4
Natasha presented this morning's programme, live from the Uhuru National Park in Nairobi.
The home-coming
Natasha took us back to South Africa, three decades after her parents were expelled for anti-apartheid campaigning. Malaria: a preventable killer
Malaria claims the lives of 93 children a day in Kenya - partly because Mosquito nets, at �1 a time, are expensive for an average family.
Will Live 8 do any good?
We talked to one political analyst, Michael Chege, who reckons that throwing money at Africa is not the answer  Watch 19 year old Zaituni's video diary from Tanzania |
Kenya's Oprah Winfrey
Natasha talked to one of the coolest DJ's in Kenya - Kiss FM's Caroline Mutoko. Video diaries 1: Zaituni's story
Nineteen year old Zaituni Ituja, who's just got her first job as a secretary, explained what it's like to be a teenage girl in Tanzania.
Still to come
You can find out much more about real life in Africa, through the BBC's special Africa Lives website You can use this form to e-mail your comments on this story - or anything else we're covering this morning - straight to the Breakfast inbox:
The BBC may edit your comments and not all emails will be published. Your comments may be published on any BBC media worldwide.
One-Minute World News 
News services
E-mail this to a friend 
Printable version 
Meet the parents 
