Women Empowerment
Championing women empowerment through advocacy, education, and leadership opportunities.
- Startups
Oxfam Novib, Goodwell Investments Launch Pepea Fund to Address SME Financing Gap in East Africa
Pepea aims to assist early-stage growth companies in East Africa by filling the gap between available finance and high-impact potential…
- News
Standard Chartered launches 6th Cohort for Women in Tech program
The 6th cohort of the Women in Tech program will see 15 applicants participate in a 12-week incubation program
- News
Safaricom, Equity, NHIF top 2023 list of “Most Loved Brands by Women”
Ipsos in Kenya and BSD Group have released the 3rd edition of The Top 100 Most Loved Brands by Women…
- News
ALX launches Software Engineering Cohort for Women in Africa
Applications for the ALX Software Engineering intake for women close on 15 March. The programme will start on 27 March.
- News
Season 2 of Sky Girls Kenya “Paa Born to fly” premieres
PAA Born To Fly Season 2 will air from January 7th, 2023 every Saturday and Sunday on the @SKYGIRLSKE YouTube channel.
- News
Absa, Melanin Kapital launch campaign to finance women-owned SMEs
Absa has partnered with financing platform Melanin Kapital to improve access to finance for women-owned and led SMEs
- News
Over 200 women graduate from Absa SHE Stars Program
Absa Bank’s SHE Stars Program graduated its first cohort of 257 women entrepreneurs who went through capacity building.
- News
NBK, AGF to offer loan guarantee for MSMEs
Qualifying Borrowers must be Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) eligible for credit facilities from NBK.
- News
KCB sets up KES 250 Billion Fund to support Women Entrepreneurs
KCB says that data shows that almost 80% of women owned businesses have limited access to credit due to lack…
- Announcements
New Cybersecurity Mentorship Program targets Women in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Standard Chartered in collaboration with @iLabAfrica-Strathmore University has launched mentorship program targeting women
- Opinion
The importance of supporting gender equality in the tech industry
A Gender Equality PwC report says women presently hold only 19% of tech-related roles at the world's top ten tech companies…
- News
Bolt launches 2nd Phase of its Internship Program that supports Women in Tech
Bolt says the internship program is designed to offer women at the start of their careers access to top Bolt…
- Announcements
“PAA Born to Fly” is a new series by SKY to empower teens in Kenya
SKY's ‘PAA – Born To Fly’ is written by Davina Leonard, produced by Enos Olik and soundtrack by Emma Cheruto.
- Announcements
15 Female Bloggers in University awarded by Kenya’s Ministry of ICT
The Blogging ICT Challenge targeted female bloggers in universities and colleges aged between 17-25 years who run blogs in Infrastructure, Greening…
- Announcements
KenGen CEO named one of Top Women CEOs in Africa
KenGen Managing Director and CEO, Rebecca Miano, has been named among top women CEOs leading business in Africa.
