Malawian Woman breaking the glass-ceiling of Bodybuilding is a Male Sport Milicent Atieno December 17, 2018 Women In Tech Imagine walking into a gym to build up on your body’s general strength and endurance levels only for it to turn into a profession that is now pitting you against male chauvinism! That is the story of 33-year-old Doreen Kumbatira, who loved cycling all her...
Paula Dance breaks record by becoming first African American Sheriff and first Black Female Sheriff for North Carolina Milicent Atieno December 13, 2018 Women In Tech To North Carolinas (if that’s even a thing), there’s a new sheriff in town. This sheriff breaks record even before officially taking the post. Paula Dance, the new sheriff, is not just black, but she’s also a female; pun intended 😎. Late November,...
Female Founders involved in one of UK’s first BAME Incubator Programs set to Pitch their Business Innov8tiv.com December 11, 2018 Women In Tech Twenty fearless female founders of color are on the path to launching their own businesses following a chance to develop their ideas through a trailblazing South London incubator program. Launched by Hatch enterprise in mid-October with the financial...
#TbT – Empress Zewditu, the first Female Head of State of the Ethiopian Empire Milicent Atieno November 8, 2018 Women In Tech Ethiopia is now the talk among feminist circles around the globe after its recent nomination of Sahle Zewde as President. But one should not be too quick to call her the first Female President of Ethiopia, as that title was long taken by the Empress Zewditu...
Meaza Ashenafi becomes the first female Federal Supreme Court President of Ethiopia Milicent Atieno November 4, 2018 Women In Tech The dust has not yet settled from the announcement of a downsized cabinet by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed which currently now has men and women sharing seats on a 50-50 basis. In addition to the announcement of the country’s first female...
Rwanda’s President Kagame announces new downsized Cabinet with Women taking 50% of seats Milicent Atieno October 28, 2018 Women In Tech On Thursday this week, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame announced a slimmed-down cabinet made up of 26 seats. Interestingly, Kagame appointed women to half of the cabinet seats, making Rwanda join the handful of countries across the world with gender parity...
Sahle-Work Zewde becomes the First Female President of Ethiopia in a newly reshuffled Cabinet 50% being Women Milicent Atieno October 28, 2018 Women In Tech Ethiopia has a new female President, Sahle-Work Zewde, who was quickly appointed by the country’s parliament following the resignation of Mulatu Teshome. Sahle-Work (69) has worked with the UN’s special representatives to the African Union since June...
Nigerian Adetutu Alabi uses Social Media to stop Parents from giving Kids Tribal Marking without their explicit consent Milicent Atieno October 26, 2018 Women In Tech In ancient times, most cultures (for the purpose of this article, let’s use the word tribe) around the world had a unique way of identifying themselves. It could be in the way they wear their clothes, carry certain weapons or beauty ornaments, or it could...
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...
