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The WomenIN (WiN) Festival is proud to announce Her Excellency Bridget Motsepe-Radebe, Chairman & Founder of Mmakau Mining and Ambassador for Economic Development at the Pan-African Parliament, as the official keynote speaker for the highly anticipated WomenIN Festival 2025, taking place from 13–14 November 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. Renowned for her bold leadership, […]
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A Bold Celebration of Women Who Refuse to Fit In — and Choose to Stand Out. The WomenIN Festival, Africa’s definitive gathering of women from across industries, sectors, and stages of life, is thrilled to announce its official theme for 2025: LIMITLESS: No Labels. No Limits. No Apologies. This year’s theme is a declaration — […]
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OverviewOver the next two decades, the Gates Foundation will work together with its partners to make as much progress as possible towards three primary goals: This focus builds on the extraordinary global progress in health and development between 2000 and 2025—a period when child deaths were more than halved, deaths from deadly infectious diseases were […]
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Investments Through 2030 to Catalyze Innovation in Maternal, Menstrual, Gynecological, and Sexual Health for Women Globally The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to accelerate research and development (R&D) focused exclusively on women’s health. It will support the advancement of more than 40 innovations in five critical, chronically underfunded areas—particularly those […]
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In a continent abundant with talent, innovation, and drive, these three women are leading with purpose and reshaping what leadership looks like across sectors. From building inclusive financial ecosystems to revolutionizing childcare and unlocking digital access for women, their stories reflect the power of investing in women—not only as a moral imperative but as a […]
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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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Uganda’s Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, has issued a clarion call to land sector stakeholders to urgently implement existing land policies and advance women’s rights to land ownership and management. Her message highlighted persistent challenges in bridging policy frameworks with grassroots realities, particularly for women farmers. Speaking through Hon. Judith Nabakooba, the Minister for Lands, Housing […]
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They’re not waiting for tomorrow—they’re shaping today. The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) unveils its fourth cohort of Amujae Leaders. This group of 13 exceptional women from across Africa is set to redefine public leadership, joining 42 trailblazers from 19 countries in the prestigious Amujae Initiative, launched in 2020 […]
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Efforts will Have Serious Consequences for Gender Equality and Women’s Health Gambia may soon become the first nation to reverse a ban against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). Gambia passed a law banning the practice in 2015. But the parliament is now moving to overturn the ban, arguing that such an effort is […]
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Did you know gender inequality and climate change are interconnected? Africa is more vulnerable to climate change than any other region on the planet. Coincidentally, the continent is also one of the world’s least gender-equal places. Gender inequality, combined with the climate change crisis, endangers the lives, livelihoods, health, safety, and security of African women […]
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