According to Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria can reduce poverty if the country trains and empowers more women.
Nigerian Minister Calls For More Women Empowerment To Reduce Poverty In Nigeria
SIRLEAF Appreciates Association Shaping Women Values in Liberia
The former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has appreciated the role carried on by the Liberia Girls Guard Association affecting the lives of young girls through exercises that will improve their character and set them on course for a better future.
Uganda’s Women Council Urges Government to Provide Factories for Underwear and Pads
Uganda’s national female youth Member of Parliament (MP), Phiona Nyamutoro, has announced efforts with the National Women’s Council geared towards mobilizing all female leaders across the country to ask for underwear factories from the government.
Borderless Trade Network Creates Initiative to Empower Female MSMEs in Nigeria
Borderless Trade Network, a gender and trade advocacy Organization in Nigeria, has expressed its readiness to provide access to funding and technical support for female-owned Micro, Small, Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) through its WINHER initiative.
Mozambique Continues Progress in Women Empowerment
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare for Mozambique, Nyeleti Mondlane, has announced the country’s continual progress in promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
“Rarely are opportunities perfectly presented to you”
“Rarely are opportunities perfectly presented to you. In a nice little box with a yellow bow on top. ‘Here, open it, it’s perfect. You’ll love it.’ Opportunities – the good ones – are messy, confusing, and hard to recognize. They’re risky. They challenge you.” – Susan Wojcicki CEO, Youtube
Alakija Launches N1bn Fund for Female-Owned Businesses
Nigerian Businesswoman and Philanthropist, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija, has through her female empowerment platform, Flourish Africa, announced the launch of a N1bn facility to fund and promote businesses owned by women in Africa.
