“The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.” – Barbara Corcoran
Words on the Marble
Angela Merkel’s Leadership Style -Lessons for Entrepreneurs
Though the worlds of politics and business are profoundly different, Merkel’s leadership traits offer plenty of pointers for entrepreneurs who are fond of learning lessons from the larger stage of global government. She has never been afraid to be a lone voice. In fact, Merkel is accustomed to minority platforms. She is a divorced Protestant in a Catholic party. She is from East Germany, entering politics as “an Ossi in the newly unified Germany of the 1990s where easterners were still aliens,” notes Time. Her educational background is not in politics or international relations but in quantum chemistry. And of course, she’s a woman, another identifier in which she’s had to stand more or less on her own. She is a master of leading from behind – Merkel has “proudly practiced what Willy Brandt once called Die Politik der kleinen Schritte (the politics of baby steps), or as we call…
Banana Bread Anyone?
By Kembet Bolton Bananas and plantains are the world’s fourth most important food crop and are of critical importance to the food security and income generation of more than 70 million Africans. There are various types of banana unique to Africa, and these can be eaten fresh, cooked, fried and processed to be served as baby food, juice and beer. There is one other way to eat banana and make it appear almost everyday in our menu -you guess right, that will be the banana bread. Bread is a staple in most African homes and the banana bread can be an exciting way to add this staple meal to our everyday menu in a healthy way. Here is an easy recipe for banana bread. Ingredients 3 ripe bananas (mashed) 1 cup white sugar 1 egg ½ Cup melted butter 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt…
India’s Female Entrepreneurs Hopes on 2021 Budget
Struggling with the Covid-19 slump, India’s female entrepreneurs are hoping for a win with this year’s budget. Between March and June when India was under a complete lockdown, several people—especially thousands of women—took to entrepreneurship. This was either because these people had lost their jobs and were looking for ways to earn, or because they sensed an opportunity in the growing trend of hyperlocal demand as physical stores and restaurants remained shut. For instance, thousands of women turned home chefs, serving customers who wanted home-cooked food but lacked culinary skills. Many others tried to make a buck from pandemic-related trends. In rural Karnataka, for instance, 200 women banded together to start producing and selling masks. Others created healthcare and ed-tech products to solve new problems birthed by the pandemic. However, as economic activity trudges back towards normal, these entrepreneurs see several obstacles ahead of them. In October, the Indian government noticed the sudden spur in the…
Namibia Law Society Pushes for the Establishment of a Sexual Offenders Registry
The Law Society of Namibia has called on the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Gender Equality and relevant stakeholders to combine efforts in the creation of a sexual offenders’ registry. The Director of the Law Society of Namibia, Retha Steinmann in a statement this week echoed this while condemning the ever-increasing wave of gender-based violence in the country. The Society has since urged government and stakeholders to look at finding alternative solutions, including the creation of a sexual offenders registry, the enforcement of stricter sentencing for those found guilty of committing gender-based violence, femicide or sexual violence, and other necessary measures. “Our women, our children and our men have been victimised and traumatised and dehumanised in what will remain a stain on our history as a nation,” Steinmann said. Steinmann encouraged victims of gender-based violence and sexual violence to be brave and come forward so that the law…
IFC, Leadway Vie to Increase Access to Life Insurance, Jobs for Women in Côte d’Ivoire
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and insurance company Leadway Vie Côte d’Ivoire announced a partnership to increase access to life insurance for women in Côte d’Ivoire and create jobs for women as insurance brokers in the country. Under the partnership, IFC will help Leadway Vie Côte d’Ivoire, a subsidiary of Leadway Assurance Limited Nigeria, develop an insurance strategy and products tailored to Ivoirian women. Currently, only 2 percent of women in Côte d’Ivoire have life insurance, leaving millions of women-headed families at potential risk. IFC will also work with Leadway Vie to increase the number of women they employ as insurance agents, creating jobs and also helping boost the uptake of insurance among women. According to the International Labor Organization, 20 percent of Ivorian households are women-headed. These women tend to be more vulnerable to physical and financial shocks and often have limited access to coping mechanisms.…
Vitali Smart Bra
“Good breathing doesn’t happen without good posture”. While all regular bras have the same primary purpose, to offer support, they also have something else in common; a feeling of relief to the wearer when they are taken off. But, with the new smart bras hitting the market; one may feel much better by keeping it on. The Vitali bra is a revolutionary piece of smart clothing that not only offers physical support, but also offers emotional support, too. This on the go “wellness coach” is unlike other smart clothing, rather than monitoring fitness, this bra tracks breathing, posture and heart rate variability (HRV) via a powerful processor that collects data from sensors. Honing in on key indicators of the balance between stress and your wellbeing, the bra gives biofeedback that lets you know if an unbalance is detected. This then allows you to take action, such as taking a deep…
