In the quiet, sunbaked landscape of Mtakuja Village in Taita Taveta County, Kenya, farming has always posed significant challenges. The heat is often extreme, the soil dry, and the rains delayed for months. Yet, amid these challenges, a spirit of resilience is flourishing. At the heart of this transformation are women such as Margaret, a…
The fundamental rights of society’s most vulnerable – women, girls and gender diverse people – are currently under threat as a fascist right agenda continues to rise. In response, Women Deliver has launched the development of a Feminist Playbook, a co-created strategic document that will be finalized at the Women Deliver 2026 Conference to be…
More than 351 million women and girls could still be living in extreme poverty by the end of the decade if current trends persist. The world is retreating from gender equality, and the cost is being counted in lives, rights, and opportunities. Five years from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deadline in 2030, none of…
In the past six months, a team from ZAM and NAIRE, in seven African countries, including PREMIUM TIMES in Nigeria, investigated the Russian recruitment exercise–asking why so many young Africans take the chance to go, sometimes even after being warned. Late last year, the world was alerted to the disturbing news that Russia was recruiting…
The 2025 cohort of Huawei SA’s Women in Tech with their certificates. Since its inception in 2021, Huawei South Africa’s Women in Tech digital skills initiative has trained more than 300 women participants. This is according to the technology firm, which recently concluded the latest three-day programme of the Women in Tech training programming. This…
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, it is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. Risk factors for developing breast cancer include being female, increasing age, being overweight, alcohol consumption and genetic factors. Read more: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the world. 5 reads…
The third cohort of the Women in Tech Programme kicks off. Standard Chartered, in partnership with WomHub, announced the launch of the third cohort of the Women in Tech (WiT) programme. Standard Chartered South Africa has invested $50 000 to empower women‑founded tech enterprises. The WiT incubator programme aims to improve gender equality and innovation in science,…
Across Africa, women have less access to the internet than men. In Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania only 15%-28% of women own smartphones. Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo is a feminist political economist and director of the Centre for the Study of Race, Gender and Class at the University of Johannesburg. She researches gender inequality in digital…
Dimakatso ‘Mama Dee’ Hlongwane, founder and owner of Mama Dee’s Fast Food. Uber is observing Women’s Month by spotlighting female drivers and merchants who are leveraging its platform to build financial independence in the gig economy. Sihle Lakhe, a Johannesburg driver, has grown her business to two Uber Black vehicles after starting with one. Similarly,…
The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation – Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments – Debating Ideas. Through a number of themes that explore the intersections of war, displacement, identities and capital, Sudanese researchers, many of whom are themselves displaced,…
