7 Black-Owned Cannabis Companies to Invest in Right Now Innov8tiv.com April 2, 2019 Featured We're in the middle of a green rush, with people from all walks of life building empires on the back of cannabis. Society is recognizing that marijuana is a wonder plant with plenty of health and wellness...
Someone’s suing Harvard Uni for profiteering off Slave Pictures Milicent Atieno March 22, 2019 Featured A U.S. woman based in Connecticut is suing Harvard University for what she is alleging to be “wrongful seizure, possession, and expropriation” of pictures taken of 19th-century slaves. The woman, Tamara...
The African Women in Technology Conference comes to Lagos, Nigeria | Don’t Miss It! Innov8tiv.com March 5, 2019 Event Articles Africa Women in Technology (AWIT) is a network of women who are creatively redefining the technology space in Africa and are key players in the world’s creative and innovative industries. ‘The African...
Female employees at Oracle were paid $13,000 less per year compared to male counterparts Milicent Atieno January 21, 2019 Business Plans Oracle is currently embroiled in a lawsuit claiming the company discriminates against its female employees when it comes to equal pay for the equal job. Through an analysis of the company’s own pay data, the...
Womxn of Color in Computing holding a Tech Intersection Conference – Jan 26 | Mills College Milicent Atieno January 18, 2019 Events, Women In Tech We live in a world whereby each waking day humanity makes a further stride in cutting edge technology. This technology has historically been pioneered by predominantly white and male, but that is all changing....
BLCK VC wants to change the narrative of just 19% of Venture Capital firms have black investors Felix Omondi November 9, 2018 Cool Tech Jobs, Funding It is no secret; the Venture Capital firm is predominantly white. Even here in Africa, the bulk of investors aboard various VC vehicles are white and male, and blacks get even more underrepresented in North...
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...
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...
