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Across much of Africa, women continue to face significant barriers in accessing the rights, opportunities, and markets available to men. According to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the gender gap in sub-Saharan Africa remains at 32% across four critical dimensions: political participation, economic opportunity, education, and health. At the current pace of progress, the IFC […]
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Despite meaningful progress in women’s participation in the economy, many women-led businesses across South Africa still face persistent challenges, from limited access to markets and networks to barriers in securing funding and digital tools. These realities were brought into sharp focus at the Women Trade Intervention Dialogue, held on Friday, 1 August 2025 at the […]
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Standard Bank Business and Commercial Banking returns as a proud sponsor of the Women in Business Awards, celebrating female entrepreneurial excellence with R500,000 grand prize Standard Bank is proud to announce its continued partnership with the South African Future Trust as the official sponsor of the Women in Business Award for the second consecutive year. […]
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Across Africa, millions of people are uprooted from their homes each year, driven by war, political instability, and deep poverty. From the Sahel to the Horn of Africa, communities are being torn apart by armed conflict, ethnic violence, and fragile governance. In countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi, fear and uncertainty […]
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The Future African Space Explorer’s STEM Academy (FASESA) and Boeing [NYSE: BA] launched the second edition of the “Pathways to Space” program in Africa. On May 6, the educational program returned to Ethiopia and Nigeria and made its debut in Kenya. The program will reach up to 300 state schools’ students aged 13-18. It is […]
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The Wilderness Foundation Africa, Digify Africa, Wildlife ACT, and Africa Ignite will all receive grants from the 2023 Airbnb Community Fund. The donations form part of Airbnb’s Africa Pledge, a $500,000 USD commitment to support economic empowerment, digital access and sustainability across the continent through to 2025. Created in 2020 as part of our commitment to share […]
...At a United Nations debate in New York, Isabel dos Santos, who is currently the richest woman in Africa, spoke of the economic empowerment of African women as a key to transforming society. This and many of her other hopeful and encouraging messages have inspired many citizens in African countries, mainly young women, to pursue their […]
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