International Day of the Girl has been observed on 11 October since 2012. This day highlights and addresses the needs and challenges girls face while promoting girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights. the 2018 theme is ‘With Her: A Skilled GirlForce’. Hence our highlight of organizations that do Read more…
In 2016, Safaricom embarked on a journey to come up with its most ambitious project yet. BLAZE- a new network created for young people by young people. Safaricom saw that with its increasing customer base, customers within the age between 18-26 years had different needs. Since its inception, BLAZE has Read more…
In Africa, when a woman gets married, the society expects that she bears a child within a year or two. For Grace Kabini, “Mama Chips”, it did not work out that way. Nine years into her marriage she realized that she could not bear children. She suffered abuse from her Read more…
Malala Yousafzai was born on 12 July 1997 in Pakistan. This week marked her 19th birthday, it also marked an important day in education. Malala, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate is a girls’ education activist. She spent her 19th Birthday in Kenya, at the largest refugee camp in the Read more…
This morning I passed by the supermarket, picked my snack and dashed to the till. The supermarket is usually short of staff in the mornings, so one or two counters are functional. There was a queue on this single counter, which provided time to notice contents of people’s shopping baskets. Read more…
As the world commemorated the International Women’s Day this week, the AFDB hosted a candid conversation themed on ‘Making The Internet A Safer Place For Women’, on the 8th of March 2016 at the Hotel Intercontinental, Nairobi. The event brought together stakeholders from the donor community, private sector, government, civil Read more…
KCB Group has launched an ambitious KShs. 50 billion enterprise development program geared towards birthing a new cadre of youthful entrepreneurs within the informal sector to ease the country’s unemployment crisis. The programme dubbed “2JIAJIRI”, is expected to benefit at least 500,000 entrepreneurs in 5 years, thereby creating at least Read more…