Olympian Salima Souakri became the new Secretary of State to the Minister of Youth and Sports, responsible for elite sport, within the Algerian government. Souakri participated in the Olympic Games four times and having won the prestigious Paris Tournament and ten African Champion titles. Souakri was also the first woman from Algeria and the Arab community to take part in the Olympic tournament.
Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has entered into a partnership with Educate Global (EG) to support women-owned enterprises and build the resilience of value chains in essential industries.
Educate Global is a private equity manager focused on impact investments in midsized businesses in the Food, Health and Education sectors.
As part of Educate Global’s commitment to the Billion Dollar Fund for Women, they will work with the KEPSA management and its Gender and Youth Sector Board to build the investment potential of Women-owned enterprises in the Food, Health and Education sectors.
The Egyptian Parliament has approved an amendment to an article in the constitution to allocate 25 percent of seats to women, a local daily, Egypttoday reported.
The approved articles also included the expanding of the two presidential terms allowed for any president.
Angelina Teny resumes her official duties today having recovered from COVID-19, an official statement said.
Angelina and her husband, Vice President Riek Machar went into self-isolation in Juba three weeks ago after both tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
While Uganda celebrates its success in containing the spread of COVID19 with sixty-nine recovered cases and zero number of deaths, the country’s leading telecommunication company, MTN Uganda recently donated sanitary towels to women in the mandatory COVID19 isolation centres.
In the rural Zimbabwe district of Wedza, a new electric-powered motorcycle is helping bring income to poor women and easing the burden of looking after families.
The three-wheeler, known as Hamba (Go), powered by a solar-charged lithium-ion battery, is being piloted by start-up Mobility for Africa, which leases the motorcycle to women in groups of up to five.
Women in Business, WIMBIZ, kick started its COVID-19 Relief Project, to assist Nigerian women within the low-income bracket who are vulnerable to the impact of the lockdown. Knowing that they would need support to comply with the government’s lockdown restrictions designed to flatten the curve as well as stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the WIMBIZ COVID-19 Relief Project, is an initiative borne out of the challenges associated with the pandemic and the need for a collective action to combat the spread of the virus. Initially, three communities were considered; Ijeh in Obalende, Idiaraba in Surulere, and Mushin. However, due to the scale of the adverse economic impact of the ongoing pandemic and in response to the overwhelming support and feedback from our donors, we increased our relief package distribution target to 10,000 relief packs. In addition, going forward they diversified their geographic focus and extended their donation window to enable…
