“Men have singled out women of outstanding merit and put them on a pedestal to avoid recognizing the capabilities of all women” –Huda Sha’arawi, founder of...
Why companies must make gender equality a central, guiding theme, not only in their diversity and inclusion efforts and hiring practices, but in their business strategy...
One morning, when I was 14 years old, I woke up with excruciating stomach pain—the worst I’d ever had. My mom took me to urgent care, and the...
Edith Cooper, who spent more than 20 years as an executive at Goldman Sachs, knows what it’s like to stand out in a workplace. Being one...
Looking at Covid-19 through a gender lens Our world has undoubtedly been changed forever by the Covid-19 pandemic, as all efforts are focused on slowing down...
“We have grown past the stage of fairy-tale. As women, we have one common front and that is to succeed. We have to take the bull...
Ujunwa Ojemeni is an impact investing, energy and development expert with experience in the areas of opportunity maturation, financing, and policy. At the Office of to...
Cheryl Buss, the UK-based CEO of Absa International, on her passion for Africa and its resilient, entrepreneurial mind-set. Cheryl Buss lives by the mantra “smooth seas...
At the 2020 FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit in Durban on March 6, for the first time on the same stage, South Africa’s minister Dr...
One of only two female billionaires in Africa, with a net worth of $1 billion, Nigeria’s oil baroness Folorunso Alakija elaborates on the state of African...