World Bank To Fund Africa’s Top 20 Tech Startups
World Bank has launched XL Africa, a five-month business acceleration program designed to support the 20 most promising digital start-ups from Sub-Saharan Africa. Start-ups will receive mentoring from global and local experts, learn through a tailor-made curriculum, increase their regional visibility, and get access to potential corporate partners and investors. With support from prominent African […]
Women In Leadership – Why The Gap Is Still Wide
Executive Director of Women Fund Tanzania Ms Mary Rusimbi presents a paper at an event in Dar es Salaam. She is flanked by the Chairperson of the Coalition of Women and Constitution Tanzania, Prof Ruth Meena. ALL women have in-born leadership character. What needs to be added is talent promotion, and this mostly should be […]
Abovewhispers Panache : Fashion On The Street With Evelyn Okere
What informed your choice of Olajumoke, the bread seller as the face of this year’s St. Eve African Fashion Week? We chose Olajumoke because of her street to stardom story. Remember that she is known as the bread seller. As we all know she is a representation of the street and all that it embodies. […]
Pregnant Woman Dies En Route Hospital In Galadima
A pregnant woman, Folorunsho Mary, has been reported dead while she was being taken to the hospital by her neighbours in Galadima. She died last Thursday at about 9:45p.m. Police sources said one of the neighbours, identified as Samuel, reported at the station that the neighbours decided to assist the deceased to the hospital after […]
Only 23 Women Are Willingly To Be Senators In Kenya?
The balance between the sexes in the Senate looks set to remain tilted in favour of men as only 23 women have asked to be nominated for election as senators at the next General Election. No woman was elected to the Senate in the last General Election, which resulted in the 18 who got there […]
Gunmen Kill Man, Son In Sokoto
Some unidentified gunmen have killed a 50-year old businessman, Alhaji Bello Danbuba and his teenage son, Aliyu, in Gandi village, Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The killings happened on Thursday. It was gathered that the attackers, believed to be bandits, trailed Danbaba to where his herd of camel was kept, then shot him […]
Tanzania Among Top Best Countries For Investment In Africa
Tanzania has featured in a list of top ten most attractive for investment flowing destination into African continent, emerging the only state from East Africa bloc. According to Africa Investment Index 2016, Tanzania was slotted on position eight ahead of Namibia and Burkina Faso, but below Algeria (on position 7), Cote d’Ivoire (6) and Zambia (5). […]
‘Hidden Figures’ Curriculum Brings Film’s Lessons To The Classroom
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced Monday that it’s partnering with nonprofit Journeys in Film and the USC Rossier School of Education to offer a curriculum guide with lesson plans based on the film. “Hidden Figures” is based on the true ― yet previously little-known ― story of three of the first black “human computers” […]
Bridging The Stem And ICT Gender Gap In Tanzania
If the Chinese City of Beijing comes to mind every time you talk about gender issues it’s probably advisable not to read beyond this first sentence. But, if gender will possibly mean little else beyond pub talk, or coinage floated around in policy corridors, then please read on. It’s a bit weird, also, that every […]
‘45,000 Women Prosecuted Under Public Order Act In Sudan
More than 45,000 complaints were issued against women under Sudan’s Public Order Act during 2016. “Students, working women, and especially food and tea vendors have received the lion’s share of physical and verbal violence.” Dr Ihsan Figeiri is the coordinator of the No to Oppression of Women Initiative, which was banned from holding an event […]
UN Rights Chief Alarmed By Rape Chants In Burundi
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has expressed outrage at an apparent widespread pattern of rallies in several provinces across Burundi, where young men from the Imbonerakure militia – the youth wing of the ruling CNDD-FDD political party – repeatedly chant a call to impregnate or kill opponents. According to […]
Political Parties Are The Biggest Barriers To Women’s Political Participation In Liberia
The country representative of United Nations Women, Lisa Kinderbavei has alleged that political parties are the biggest barriers of women’s political participation in the country. Kinderbavei made the observation recently during her interaction with female journalists at the auditorium of the YMCA in Monrovia. According to her, women play a vibrant and meaningful role in […]
College Student Hilariously Smacks Down White Supremacist Richard Spencer
White supremacist Richard Spencer got a supremely hilarious smack down when he spoke at Auburn University in Alabama on Tuesday night. Spencer was taking questions from the audience members when a young black student came up to the mic with a serious question. “How are white people more racially oppressed than black people?” she asked. […]
AWDF And IDEG To Launch AWDF Futures Initiative
African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is partnering with the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG)- a cutting edge public policy think tank based in Ghana- to launch the AWDF Futures initiative on 19 April 2017. The launch will take the form of a gathering at IDEG offices in Accra that brings together analysts, thinkers, donors, creatives, […]
FG Begins Fresh Manhunt For Absconded Failed Banks’ Chiefs
The federal government Task Force on the Implementation of the Failed Banks Act has commenced an intensive search for bank executives who fled the country in the wake of their investigation and prosecution over fraudulent practices. The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) confirmed wednesday that the task force had issued a notice to re-arrest for […]