Category: Women in Business
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The First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, Mrs. Dominique Ouattara, has encouraged women to believe in their ambitions, pointing to the significant progress made in women’s rights under the presidency of H.E. Alassane Ouattara. She stressed the importance of women being united to towards future prospects saying “let us stay united, tear down walls, and light…
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Somalia, supported by the United Nations, celebrated the International Day for Women in Maritime on Sunday, with an event designed to celebrate women’s role in the country’s sea-based industries. Somali officials announced the launch of a new initiative to empower women through education and job creation. Faced with gender discrimination, Somali women remain underrepresented in…
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The GetBundi Education Foundation has introduced a digital skills programme that offers a 250,000 dollars scholarship fund for women. The programme, tagged, “TechSis 2025”, is expected to train 1,500 African women in Data Analytics and Cybersecurity – completely free of charge. A statement by Mr Osita Oparaugo, Founder of Getbundi, a digital education platform, indicated…
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Rwanda’s Yvette Ishimwe and Kenya-based Caitlin Dolkart are among this year’s nine Cartier Women’s Initiative 2025 Impact Awardees. They will be celebrated next month at the Women’s Pavilion during Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. The Impact Awards are dedicated to former Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellows who have achieved extraordinary impact over the years. The 2025 nine impact awardees were…
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A group of young women in Senegal have successfully launched an agribusiness by combining their new skills in filmmaking and farming, using social media to market their produce online. YouTube is not the first place you would expect to find a young farmer like Anta, but she and her four friends are now making a…
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In the heart of Mozambique, women are courageously advancing toward sustainability and gender equality goals through innovative sustainable beekeeping initiatives. These practices are transforming lives, preserving the environment, and promoting equity. A New Dawn in Beekeeping “We used to set fire to trees to harvest honey, but the problem was that we couldn’t recover the…
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#ForAllWomenandGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. In Tanzania, the African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI), implemented by UN Women in collaboration with the Ministries of Gender, ICT, and Education in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, the African Union Commission, and the International Telecommunication…
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#ForAllWomenandGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. In Tanzania, the African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI), implemented by UN Women in collaboration with the Ministries of Gender, ICT, and Education in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, the African Union Commission, and the International Telecommunication…
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BRICS Women’s Business Alliance (WBA) unveiled a new wave of initiatives aimed at empowering women in rural communities by connecting them to international markets. Through strategic partnerships with India and the Sultanate of Oman, WBA is helping female entrepreneurs move beyond local limitations and into the global agricultural economy. Lebogang Zulu, Executive Chairperson of BRICS…
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TIME has named Chef Selassie Atadika to its prestigious 2025 Earth Awards, recognising six individuals worldwide whose work is redefining the future of our planet through sustainability, climate justice, and innovation. Other honorees this year include climate philanthropist Michael Bloomberg. Past Earth Award recipients have included U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, and Indigenous Amazonian leader Nemonte…
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