Women
WPP’s GroupM expands its academy into Kenya and Nigeria
GroupM SSA has expanded its Groupm Academy GradX program established in South Africa in 2020 to Kenya...
Startups
Here are the 5 women-led businesses that received R1-million from SA’s Momentum
Momentum Metropolitan recently announced it had empowered five women-led businesses with a share of R1-million and...
Startups
Founder Institute holds Women in Leadership Roundtable in Nairobi
In a COVID-19 driven world, more women are embracing entrepreneurship across the world. In the case of...
Startups
Nigeria’s Team Apt launches internship program to support women in tech
Nigerian Fintech startup, Team Apt has started an internship program to support women in Technology.
Team Apt is...
Startups
Kenya’s Pula & M-KOPA receive $1.3m to increase women’s access to loans & micro-insurance
Nairobi-based Pula Advisors and M-KOPA have received $1m and $300,000 respectively in grants from the African Development...
Ride Hailing
Bolt recently received $24 million from the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to promote...
Tech
HUAWEI launches its Women Developers Program to Drive Technological Innovation
Huawei has officially launched its HUAWEI Women Developers (HWD) program to empower women developers to create applications...
Startups
Crowdyvest raises funding, gets new CEO, pivots to wealth management & savings platform
Crowdyvest, a Nigerian crowdfunding platform has raised additional funding and is pivoting to a digital wealth management...