The Most Powerful Women In Africa
15/11/2013Women are the backbone of most African economies and policy makers are starting to consider the unique role they play in society. Country development strategies are increasingly including gender themes.
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Child Ambassador: Zuriel Oduwole is Africa’s most influential 11yr old
30/10/2013The remarkable 11 year old Nigerian girl has been named one of the most influential young people in Africa. Her journey began about a year and a half ago, when.
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Helping African Youths Finance Higher Education – Tsitsi Masiyiwa
21/10/2013When a woman marries a millionaire and no longer needs to work, how does she spend her time? Decorate herself with designer clothes and expensive jewellery? Treat herself to Louis.
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Folorunsho Alakija unseats TV queen, Oprah Winfrey as the richest black woman on earth with $7.3b oil fortune
12/10/2013Move over Oprah, Nigerian oil tycoon Folorunsho Alakija is now the richest black woman in the world with an estimated fortune of $7.3 billion. Africa boasts 55 billionaires – far.
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Secrets Of Women At Top Business Positions
23/09/2013While companies and government undoubtably can do more to promote women in leadership positions – women need to learn how to tap into their unique strengths and make use of.
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Now Is The Time For Africa – Magatte Wade
16/09/2013Who knew a business could be based on the Hibiscus flower? Magatte Wade co-founded Adina World Beat Beverages in 2004, a manufacturing company based on a simple, sustainable, fair-trade model.
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Meet Dr Frannie Léautier – Africa’s Queen Of Development
02/09/2013Frannie Léautier was born in the town of Moshi, at the base of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro. She was one of seven children – four boys and three girls – who.
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How Linah Kelebogile Mohohlo Is Building A Better Botswana
28/08/2013Situated in sub-Saharan Africa, Botswana sits landlocked with Namibia to its north and west, a 1,850-kilometre border with South Africa due south and Zimbabwe to the east. The country’s capital,.
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Africa’s Most Powerful Women In Technology – 2013
14/08/2013Source: ITNewsAfrica As South Africa pays tribute to women on Friday 09 August, National Women’s Day, ITNewsAfrica is afforded the opportunity to reflect on the role that female technology professionals play.
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Liberia: Women in Liberia Growing Both Confidence and Rice Through P4P
10/07/2013After the civil war in Liberia, the women of Gbokuma village came together to address pressing issues like poverty, illiteracy and lack of access to primary healthcare. Today, about ten.
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