The challenges the black woman faces in the United Kingdom presents a gigantic mountain that needs more hands on deck she can be able to raise herself in decision-making positions. The average black woman is ‘disappearing’ from the workforce which is predominantly apexed by the male folks. It is even more worrisome that up to 20,000 black women are […]
Selma Ndi: DataGirl Technologies: Career Switch, Cameroon’s Women Bias in Tech and Putting Women on Success
Facing a seeming crisis in sponsoring young girls alongside a group of friends back in the day, Selma Ndi knew she had to reinvent the wheel to meet the times and seasons evolving right under her nose. Her group of friends had pulled out of sustaining the group’s volunteering services of assisting young girls become fashion designers and hairdressers […]
Affiong Williams: Getting Funding Rejection, Expanding Dried Fruit Retailing and Empowering African Women
For any entrepreneur looking to build a formidable foundational in inspiring the next generation of agripreneurs, the challenges ahead would prove too insurmountable upon first glance. The sector is one that relies extant forces from the farmers’ farmlands to the consumers’ table. Other factors worth considering involves funding and government policies. These strigent measures pervading the Nigerian agriculture sector […]
Facebook Turns 20: From Mark Zuckerberg’s Dormitory To A $1 Trillion Company
In the early 2000s, a geeky Harvard student named Mark Zuckerberg changed the world as we know it from the comfort of his dorm room. Armed with his brilliant mind and a knack for coding, Zuckerberg created a social networking platform that would soon become a global sensation. The Birth of “The Facebook” Originally named “The Facebook,” Zuckerberg’s creation […]
Alex Okosi: Engineering Digital Transformation and Amplifying African Voices at Google
Ogbuefi Akunne Alex Uche Okosi, a visionary business executive of Nigerian origin has had a journey laid with triumph, education, and success-driven passion. From his humble beginnings in Nigeria to his present role at Google, with a desire to inspire aspiring leaders, one thing is clear, this guy is out to revolutionize Africa’s tech industry. Okosi’s story is a […]