Category: Women
FIFA Secretary General to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
By APO Group Published August 3, 2023 FIFA’s first female Secretary General, Fatma Samoura, who winds up her role in December 2023 is set to receive the inaugural World Football Summit Lifetime Achievement Award. Fatma Samoura will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming World Football Summit event in Sevilla, Spain, scheduled…
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Church Faithful Caught in Crime and Violence in New Drama Series
By Jennifer Ochieng Published June 26, 2023 Faithless, a 10-part crime drama series set in the aftermath of a heist gone bad premieres streaming service Showmax on July 6, 2023. The story follows four church members who are drawn into a life of crime and violence when their chama is turned into a money-laundering operation…
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African Development Bank-Funded Project Boosts Universal Access to Water in Rwanda
By African Development Bank Published June 18, 2023 Esther Mukantwali of Rwangara Village in Bugesera District, about 18 km south of Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, used to wake up at 3:00 in the morning to trek for an hour to fetch water from a swamp. The story is the same for 18-year-old Umuhoza Francine who lives…
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Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Awards Call for Nominations
By Khalifa Hemed Published June 8, 2023 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) invites nominations for the 2023 AWIEF Awards. The initiative, that is in its seventh edition, recognises, honours, and celebrates the achievements of female entrepreneurs and business owners in Africa, across various industry sectors, for their contribution to the continent’s inclusive economic…
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There Is Hope For Widows
By Ogova Ondego Published March 8, 2023 Every wife is a potential widow just because women generally outlive men besides the fact that not only are men affected by some diseases like stroke (3:2), lung disease (4:1) and prostate cancer more than women but women usually marry men who are older than themselves. Yes, these…
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African Development Bank Lends US$1 Billion to Women in Africa
By African Development Bank Published February 26, 2023 African Development Bank has lent US$1 Billion to women entrepreneurs across Africa through its Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) project that was launched during the first Feed Africa conference (Dakar 1 Africa Food Summit) in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, in 2015. RELATED: Financial Institution…
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