Changing the narrative on Africa.
By age five, Kakenya Ntaiya was already betrothed. At 12, her genitals were mutilated as part of a traditional ceremony. Today, she is working to
Somalia’s recent commissioning of its first-ever female defence cadets is a reflection of a wider development that is progressively bringing more women into command, peacekeeping
As more young Malagasy women leave home in search of opportunity, their stories often go unheard. One woman’s journey offers a window into the motivations, sacrifices, and aspirations driving this quiet wave of female migration.
Insurers are re-writing the playbook by introducing women-first covers to test whether gender-specific solutions can raise uptake and narrow financial inclusion gaps. By Conrad Onyango,
Women are transforming the economic landscape of an entire region, bringing energy, skills, organisation – and a sense of future – to a risky trade.
Nigerian environmental scientist, Alawiyya Baba Musa, is leading a grassroots effort to mobilise women to plant trees, cook clean and use regenerative agricultural techniques, all
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Akili Dada is a Kenya-based nonprofit cultivating the next generation of African women leaders through education, feminist mentorship, and grassroots movement-building. In this interview, we
Experienced women leaders are rising up to mentor a new generation of entrepreneurs, innovators, and change-makers across Africa—in a quest to close long-standing gender gaps
A regulation aimed at keeping mothers like Asrat Bekele in the workplace is helping Ethiopia’s women build executive careers. Now, the government wants to roll