Employees and Surrounding Communities to get a free stake in Mining Companies in South Africa Felix Omondi September 27, 2018 Featured As part of the South African government grand plan to reverse economic exclusion of the majority black in the country. A new mining regulatory charter has been announced on Thursday, that will see employees of...
Video Games by African Game Developers to be showcased at Devcom 2018 Milicent Atieno August 9, 2018 Apps and Software, Games Video games by some African game developers will be showcased at the oncoming Devcom 2018; an interdependent game developer game developer conference. The conference, slated for August 19 – 20, will take...
Meet Stanford Muyila, a young Malawian who won the Young Scientist Award in Japan Felix Omondi August 5, 2018 Cool Tech Jobs Stanford Muyila from Malawi was awarded the Young Scientist Award in Japan. Muyila was one of the many scientists participating in the Japan-China-Korea Grassland Conference. For the competition, Muyila...
Jess Wade – Ph.D. is changing the sexist Wikipedia entries where Women in STEM are grossly underrepresented Milicent Atieno August 1, 2018 Women In Tech The Wikipedia is one of the greatest educational materials of our time. You have probably realized that if you have had to do your college assignment, and the fact that is free makes it top go-to-place online...
These Women in the TechMAKERS mini-series are ensuring the future will be less sexist Milicent Atieno March 13, 2018 Tech MAKERS showcased five women leading the campaign against gender disparity in tech from the front line. These women come from various professional backgrounds in tech, ranging from Artificial Intelligence,...
Finnish-Nigerian woman with Down’s syndrome strides down the runway as a Model Milicent Atieno March 11, 2018 Women In Tech 20-year-old Maija Mattila’s interest in modelling began at a tender age after seeing Polina Hiekkaa make those strides before a panel of judges during a reality TV show. From a tender age, Maija wanted to...
T.I., Octavia Spence, Ellen DeGeneres score tickers for fans to watch Black Panther Milicent Atieno February 15, 2018 Featured American Hip Hop artists T.I. becomes the latest celebrity to sponsor people to see the Black Panther this weekend; the black-star superhero Marvel movie. There is no doubt the movie is one of the most...
Maame Biney becomes the first Black Woman to make the U.S. Olympic Speedskating team Milicent Atieno December 17, 2017 Fem Geek 17-year-old Maame Biney is the first black women to make it to the U.S. Olympic speedskating team with a pair of victories in the 500 meters category. Biney made the team during last Saturday as she cruised...
UN Economic Commission for Africa launches Women and Girls Startup Challenge in Cote d’Ivoire Milicent Atieno December 2, 2017 Women In Tech Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has launched a Women and Girls Startup Challenge in Cote d’Ivoire’s capital, Abidjan. The initiative is geared towards...
African Teen Geeks finalist announced in the Prestigious UN Women/ITU Equals in Tech Awards 2017 Innov8tiv.com November 22, 2017 Women In Tech Finalists announced for prestigious 2017 EQUALS in Tech Awards ITU and UN Women named Africa Teen Geeks as one of the 15 finalists for the 2017 EQUALS in Tech Awards. As the flagship event of the EQUALS...
