Mahatma Gandhi drew much of his character from his Mother, according to his posthumous celebration in Lagos Milicent Atieno October 21, 2018 Women In Tech This post doesn’t necessarily fall under the women in tech classification we normally feature here but given impactful nature of the Mahatma Gandhi, and the fact that much of his character was drawn from his mother. We felt compelled to give Gandhi’s...
The ‘Amazing’ AI recruitment tool by Amazon is very biased against hiring women Milicent Atieno October 15, 2018 Women In Tech Between 2014 and 2017, e-commerce giant Amazon has tried using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool to rate the best job candidates as it does with the products on its online catalogs. It gives the applicants a rating of between one to five stars, as cited by...
Meet Najla Almissalati co-founder of She Codes teaching women programing in Libya Milicent Atieno October 4, 2018 Women In Tech It is no secret, Libya has seen better days in terms of political and civil unrest. These days, the country is torn up between rival rebel groups and a government trying to assert its authority. To top it all, it is largely an Islamic country, where women...
A woman has worn this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, becoming one of three women ever to have done so Milicent Atieno October 2, 2018 Women In Tech Just recently, the Noble Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for their innovative and ‘groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics.’ This is the third time in the history of the award that a woman is being awarded; it took...
Women Techmakers apply now to get Chrome Dev Summit Travel grant, Deadline next week Milicent Atieno September 28, 2018 Event Articles, Women In Tech It’s a little over a month now to the Chrome Dev Summit that will be happening in San Francisco, CA, USA. This is one summit any member of the Women Techmakers community would wish to attend. The members come from far and wide; basically from all around...
The Zach Grant offering $2,500 grant to bootstrapping women-led Entrepreneurship ventures Innov8tiv.com September 24, 2018 Business Plans, Women In Tech Fundera, an online marketplace for small businesses looking for financial solutions to scale their operations is offering the $2,500 in the Zach Grant to qualified entrepreneurs. Businesses founded or co-founded by female entrepreneurs are particularly...
There are many things Women like to have Big, an iPhone is just not one of them Milicent Atieno September 14, 2018 Apple, Women In Tech I don’t know if this is one of those things I should say ‘it’s debatable’ but I think most women would like to have a bigger house, a bigger paycheck, a bigger list of things we’ve accomplished, and the list goes on and on. However, I doubt as a...
Night Loo – a Safer Toilet for Women who can’t go outside at Night to Relieve themselves Milicent Atieno September 5, 2018 Women In Tech Night Loo is an innovative personal reusable urinal for women and girls that debuted at the 2018 James Dyson Award in the US, which picked our attention. Though the designer had women and girls living in refugee camps during its design, we at innov8tiv saw a...
Zimbabwe fighting the social stigma faced by Albino by holding the Miss Albino competition Milicent Atieno September 3, 2018 Fem Geek In most parts of Africa, there is a lot of misinformation about people living with albinism. In Tanzania for one, people who practice magic believe albino possess great healing powers. Not in the sense that they should be cherished and revered for their...
The Nigerian startup Lizzie’s Creations rebrands to ZenAfri as it launches a new app into the market Milicent Atieno August 28, 2018 Apps and Software, Business Plans, Women In Tech Lizzie’s Creation, the Nigerian startup that gave the world the AfroTalez episodic storytelling app, has rebranded and will now be called ZenAfri. According to the startup’s CEO, Elizabeth Kperrun-Eremie, the new name encapsulates the company’s...
