By Kembet Bolton
Too often, and like in many other areas, women are an untapped resource in philanthropy. The ability of women to contribute and make a lasting impact in philanthropic campaigns is often overlooked and under-utilized.
“Build your business success around something that you love — something that is inherently and endlessly interesting to you.” — Martha Stewart American retail businesswoman, writer, and television personality
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.
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.
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.
The First Lady of Zimbabwe, Auxillia Mnangagwa, has launched an appeal to financial institutions urging them to provide cheap and affordable loans to women in the construction sector or women-led companies as they are better options with trusting qualities such as sincerity, accountability perseverance, hard work and being averse to corruption.
Angola’s Minister of State for Social Affairs, Carolina Cerqueira, has announced that the journey towards the diversification of the national economy had a strong foundation in higher education, as the government is working on providing trained staff, as an effective way of generating human capital.
