Corporate boardrooms: where are the women?

  A lack of diversity afflicts most companies’ boards By Kwamboka Oyaro When a woman rises to the top rung of the traditionally all-male corporate ladder in Africa, it’s front-page news because women’s More...

Think beyond microfinance when talking about businesswomen

Financing for women in Africa has remained stubbornly “micro” By Ndidi Anyaegbunam and Ecoma Alaga As the Third International Financing for Development conference kicks off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa is More...

Partnership with women, Mobile phone tech next frontier for Africa

Turkana Festival , Picture Credits – David Mbiyu A dozen African government, finance and business leaders, including Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, agreed surprisingly, earlier this More...

The 20 most powerful Women in Africa

“You have to think fast in business. If someone asks – Are you sell ing your blouse? Sell it! You can always buy another one. The first day I opened my shop, I only had five bunches of roses. My first customer More...