By Monica Kemoli-Savanne – Artist & Label Partnerships Manager, East Africa at Spotify In a world where female artists like Rihanna, Taylor Swift, and Beyonce can have multi-million (and in […]
By Cecelia Regolo As a woman, what have some of your biggest challenges been in your industry? How have you overcome them? As an industry, technology has sometimes been a
By Joyce Chimbi Judy Wangari is one of an estimated 800,000 smallholder potato farmers who, according to the National Potato Council of Kenya, contribute at least 83 percent of the total
By Joyce Chimbi Pascaline Chemutai’s five acres of land located in the country’s breadbasket region of Rift Valley recently produced 115 bags of maize, each weighing 90 kilograms. She tells IPS
Chanda Katongo, Head of Reputation, Communications, CSI and Brand at Stanbic Bank Zambia Empowering women in the economy and closing gender gaps in the world of work are key to
We applaud all the women who continue to empower and educate themselves and their families. According to Stats SA, in the last 5 years, women occupied on average 51% of
Women in Africa are primed to benefit from the increasing digitalisation of the global work culture, and should ensure that they embrace a habit of life-long learning and upskilling to
It’s a hard reality that finding work in South Africa at this time is almost impossible, with the country’s job stats citing that nearly 33% of all South Africans are unemployed, it
By Wezi Khoza, Chairperson, CHIETA Despite decades of effort, the gender disparity in technical fields is still sizable. According to a study by the World Economic Forum, women in the
Social issues and crises tend to affect women more severely than men. This is why terms like “gender mainstreaming policies”, “gender-responsive interventions” and “gender-based budgeting” have become more popular in public policy discussions in recent years.
