Women Empowerment
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Nokia collaborates with UN Women to promote inclusion and diversity
Nokia and UN Women have together launched four pilot projects to bolster inclusion and diversity for equality. These pilots aim…
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Initiative to increase women’s access to financial services launched by Standard Chartered Bank
As part of the Bank’s Futuremakers initiative, Standard Chartered Bank will initially provide Sh5m revolving funds that will enable Women…
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Businesswomen in Africa celebrate their Heroines on COMESA 50MAWS Platform
The 50MAWSP users cited reasons such as passion exhibited by these women leaders, their entrepreneurial achievements, the fact that they…
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Women-led SMEs to benefit from Equity Bank’s SME Guarantee
Women-owned and led SMEs and the youth can access the funds through the Equitel menu, Equity branches, Eazzy Banking app,…
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Allianz Africa women participate in Women Working for Change Summit to think about the world of tomorrow
Allianz Africa hosted the workshop "Cognitive Bias, Enemies of Leadership", introduced by Delphine Traoré, COO of Allianz Africa. She talked…
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WomenWork and Mastercard Launch Rebuild Program to provide Emergency Loans for Kenyan Women-owned Businesses
The loan facility is open to businesses across all sectors that are operational in Kenya for at least six months…
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How Rwanda is enabling a new generation of Women in Tech
Rwanda is renowned as a pioneer for gender equality. In 2020, it was the only African country ranked in the…
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Mastercard extends free online STEM classes to Children, Teachers and Parents with Girls4Tech Connect
Mastercard extended access to its signature STEM curriculum, Girls4Tech™, through a suite of new online, creative educational resources. The program…
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Safaricom first African Company to join UN Women’s Unstereotype Alliance
Safaricom joins other global brands such as Facebook, Alibaba Group, Johnsons & Johnsons, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Diageo among others.
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Kasha, an E-commerce Platform targetting Women launched in Kenya
Due to the nature of their customers’ needs, the online company will be working to deliver purchased items to customer’s…
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#My2Cents: Being a woman in business
Always view your disadvantage as a competitive edge to those around you
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#FeatureFriday: Caroline Akoth from Startup Grind Nairobi
Feature Friday is a weekly column highlighting people making a difference in different fields. This week we have Caroline Akoth…
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Pushing boundaries and fighting stereotypes for a brighter tomorrow
I thought of the best ways to write a unique story to share with you people about not only the…
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Women Advancing Africa placing women at the centre stage of Africa’s Economic Advancement
The Women Advancing Africa Forum is set to bring some of the continent’s best and brightest minds together
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Mozilla-backed research reveals main barriers to internet access in African countries
The research aims to understand, from a comparative perspective, how the citizens use the internet when data is subsidised and…
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