2025 Intake Open University of Kenya
2025 Intake Open University of Kenya

Gender Empowerment

An e-poster of the African countries MTN Group women CEOs who graced the International Women's Day MTN webinar on March 8, 2023. They encouraged more women to take up tech roles across the continent. E-POSTER/MTN.

Telcos Giant MTN Breaking Glass Ceiling for African Women in Tech

Gender equity in tech does not only need women who are courageous but also require men who are enlightened and will make room for them, make them feel safe at work and respect their...
Terry Nyambura with her son on his first birthday. PHOTO/Courtesy.

The Contemporary Woman; too noble to push?

At 43 weeks of her pregnancy, Terry Nyambura, 21 years old, walked into Thika Level 5 Hospital for a checkup seeing that normally, most pregnancies run to a maximum of 40 weeks. “It seemed to...
Girls from The Kibera School for Girls. Many girls in Africa face myriad challenges in their efforts to acquire quality and sustainable education. Creating enabling environments for them and empowering them academically stands essential. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Liberating African girl child through equitable education

Improving girls’ and young women’s access to education in Africa has been on the mainstream development agenda for decades because this investment has a great potential to cut back poverty in the continent. Empowering the...
A mother carrying her daughter while attending to her duties in Kisii County. Numerous women in the Gusii region still suffer GBV after resolving to embrace modern family planning and reproductive health decisions. PHOTO/Ben Oroko, The Scholar Media Africa.

How women suffer violence for embracing modern family planning

Many women have nevermind experienced the right to decide on the number of children they want to give birth to, nor have they ever decided on the spacing of children within their reproductive and...
A group photo capturing the Gusii Women in Leadership Network (GWILN) High Tea event speakers with a gift bag equipped with books on Women Leadership. GWILN promotes a reading culture among women leaders. The event was held on December 3, 2022 to pave way for more Gusii women into leadership spaces. PHOTO/GWILN.

Women challenged to subdue drawbacks and march forward

If we want to position ourselves as women leaders, we must embrace personal developmentAnne Babu, Mentor and Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Women Leadership, not only in Kenya but even continentally, remains...
A flier of the just-ended online training on the art of Storytelling, titled Find Your Voice, which is a vital 21st-Century skill. IMAGE/WWWA.

Mastering The Art of Storytelling, Self Esteem, a springboard for African Girls

Originality connects you with your audience, makes your story unique, and awakens the audience's eagerness to listen, watch or read it. It also helps you create a personal or business brand story easily. Ms. Marylynda...
An online session where participants followed through and make their contributions while commemoration the International Civility of the Girl Child Day. PHOTO/WWWA.

It’s Now O’clock; arise and shine, Women Movement challenges girls, women

It is time for us to create programs that will embrace her and create strategies to guide her to make milestone decisionsDr. Louisa Akaiso, Founder, WWWA. On October 13, 2022, the world celebrated International Civility...