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Visa has announced its intention to launch dedicated Kenya editions of both its Visa Everywhere Initiative and She’s Next global…

 The Standard Chartered Bank Women in Tech program has announced winners of the 5th cohort of Women in Tech Incubator…

Nigerian -based  Taeillo, an online furniture e-commerce platform , has raised $2.5 million funding from Aruwa Capital, a Nigeria-based early-stage growth equity…

Miss.Africa Digital a.k.a Fempower Initiative led by DCA Academy has announced its fifth rounded Seed-Fund Winners in Africa. The program…

The African Development Bank has signed an agreement with First City Monument Bank (FCMB) for a $50 million line of credit…

The African Development Bank’s  Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa program, known as AFAWA, and the Alliance for Financial…

 The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Standard Bank Group, with the support of the Arab Bank for Economic Development…

Techstars, the global accelerator for early-stage startup entrepreneurs, is bullish on expanding to key cities in Africa in a move…

Visa has today announced a grant towards the African Women Impact Fund (AWIF), a collaboration between Standard Bank and the…

Absa Bank Kenya yesterday hosted over 3,000 businesswomen from across Africa for a one-day mentorship conference aimed at empowering women…

As we aim to spotlight some of the best technologists, innovators, CEOs, and powerful women holding leadership roles in the…

We started a series to convey the tales of the many intelligent and talented women who work tirelessly to close…

We took a keen interest to shine a spotlight on African Women in Tech. These are women who have utilized…

As mentioned in our Discovering African Women in Tech article, we found that despite the industry growing rapidly, women still…

Kenya, also referred to as the Silicon Savannah, is praised for its application of technology to solve global issues. Nairobi,…

The World Bank has appointed Victoria Kwakwa a Ghanaian national, as the new World Bank Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, effective…

Norah Magero, a Kenyan female engineer based in the UK has made history in the United Kingdom after she became…

The expansion of mobile internet access in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is continuing at pace, but risks leaving women…

SemaBox, Kenya’s podcasting studio and first specialist podcasting studio, has announced the launch of the second edition of the Dada…

The Women Entrepreneurship for Africa (WE4A) has selected 30 female entrepreneurs to receive up to an additional €50,000 in grant…

The African Development Centre (ADC), Microsoft’s engineering hub, has appointed Catherine Muraga as its Managing Director effective 01 June 2022…

For Africa to achieve its energy access, decarbonization, affordability, independence and security goals, women’s participation across the entire oil and…

develoPPP Ventures is looking for Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania-based startups to apply for a grant of up to 100,000 euros…

Solar Sister, Inc. and LivelyHoods Kenya have merged in a move expected to bring economic opportunity and clean energy to…

  By Ashley Olson Onyango, Head of Financial Inclusion and AgriTech  The start of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift…

VeelPay, a new fintech platform is set to launch to enable instant money transfers from anywhere to anywhere around the…

  The  African Development Bank’s , Coding for Employment program has announced it will set aside half of their initial training slots to…

The ECOWAS Commission has combined efforts with the International Trade Centre (ITC) SheTrades Initiative to launch the ECOWAS – ITC…

MTN Group has partnered with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and…