A group of women activists have called for the creation of additional special seats for women and other vulnerable groups in the federal and state legislative houses to ensure equitable participation and inclusion.
Women activists in Nigeria have issued a call for the creation of additional special seats for women and other vulnerable groups in the federal and state legislative houses to ensure equitable participation and inclusion, as the country reviews the provision of its constitution.
The African Ministers’ Council on Water, AMCOW, has recognised Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Her Excellency Fatima Maada Bio, as African Champion of Sanitation and Hygiene, the third prominent person to be honoured after Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
By Aditi Maheshwari
South Africa has a poor record at the Olympics, and in gymnastics in particular. With a background of financial constraints and lack of proper training to support a great aspiration, Astride Mikoko took her first steps in gymnastics at the age of five. Her humble beginning started on the couch in her parent’s house on the outskirts of the city of Pointe-Noire, the second-largest city in the Republic of the Congo in Central Africa.
A clothing brand in Namibia, Betterdays, owned by Nailenge Samora and Atshipara Starlin, invests a profit share of 40% made from 1000 sales into the provision of sanitary pads for schoolgirls across the country.
Major Steplyne Nyaboga, a Kenyan Peacekeeper has won the 2020 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. The 32-year-old, who served in the recently ended United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), is scheduled to receive the award on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers during a virtual ceremony to be presided over by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
The Deputy Managing Director of Falcon Corporation and immediate past president of Nigeria Gas Association, Audrey Joe-Ezigbo has stated that embracing local content will make Nigeria globally competitive. She said this during the Africa Energy and Infrastructure Forum (AEIF) 2021 hosted by the African Leadership Magazine with the central theme “Optimizing Partnerships and Local Content Development for Recovery and Growth”. The meeting which was held virtually had in attendance private sector leaders, industry titans, academics, as well as stakeholders in the energy and infrastructure industry.
