Nairobi – The recent Africa Forward summit in Nairobi hosted jointly by Kenya and France gave women working in the technology sector the chance to discuss issues including the future of artificial intelligence in Africa. RFI spoke to Shikoh Gitau, CEO of tech lab Qhala, about working with France’s Mistral AI, and with female leaders…
Thirteen-year-old Mona still remembers the moment the second airstrike hit. “We were sitting on the sixth floor when they struck the seventh – my uncle’s apartment,” she said. “My uncle’s wife was screaming, ‘My children! My children are gone!’ As I rushed to help her, they fired the second shell. That’s when my mother and…
Geneva — History has repeatedly shown us that women are more likely than men to die during an Ebola outbreak, the chief of humanitarian action of UN Women has said in Geneva. “This is not because the disease is more deadly for women once they are infected,” Sofia Calltorp addressed journalists at a UN press…
Emma Wenani, Chief Director of Global Media Alliance, has been named among the Ascent Top 100 Career Women in Africa 2026, a recognition by Ascent Club that celebrates bold, audacious and high-impact women shaping the continent’s corporate landscape. The recognition places her among an influential group of women whose work continues to redefine leadership, excellence…
Across Rwanda, women farmers are quietly building some of the most resilient cooperative businesses in African agriculture. What began as small savings groups in rural districts is evolving into something much more significant: locally owned agricultural economies that move milk, meat, eggs, crops, and capital communities every day. Having worked in agricultural development across Africa…
When the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, another crisis quietly grew behind closed doors. Reports from around the globe suggested that violence against women and girls was increasing. Governments, nongovernmental organizations and advocates began referring to the phenomenon as a “shadow pandemic.” To determine whether these headlines and informal…
Robert Koen, MD of Amazon Sub-Saharan Africa. (Image supplied) Amazon South Africa and female accelerator WomHub have selected 35 women entrepreneurs from across South Africa to participate in the first edition of the Amazon Sustainable Sellers Incubator. The accelerator is a newly-introduced sustainability-focused incubator established by the two organisations, aimed at strengthening women-led manufacturing businesses….
In some African countries, more than 50% of women regularly use skin-lightening products. In South Africa, the rate is 32%, while in Nigeria it’s 77%. This dwarfs rates in other regions of the world. The health consequences are not trivial. Over-the-counter skin lightening creams and pills have been linked to severe skin discoloration, organ damage,…
Women still make up less than a third of the world’s workforce in STEM. (Image source: 123RF) Minister Solly Malatsi has emphasised the critical need for inclusive growth within the ICT sector, drawing attention to the need for more girls and women in the ICT sector. Malatsi made the comments at the second annual Girls…
Academia isn’t strong on gender equality. Women are under-represented throughout, in the research workforce and even more so as leaders in scientific organisations. This is true for science academies (prestigious bodies within national science systems) and scientific unions (international organisations representing disciplinary communities). Women today make up nearly a third of the global research workforce….
