Today Google doodles Kenya’s writer Margaret Atieno Ogola author of The River and the Source Milicent Atieno June 12, 2019 Cool Tech Jobs, Fem Geek Today, the world woke up to an interesting doodle on Google of Dr Margaret Atieno Ogola, the author of the award-winning novel The River and the Source. The doodle of the late novelist, pediatrician, and human rights activists marks what would have been...
Rude awakening; Kenyan court stuns Woman saying she’s not automatically entitled to half the property after divorce Milicent Atieno June 7, 2019 Women In Tech They say love is blind. But what they don’t tell you, is that blindness is not permanent. At one point, one partner in the relationship will become ‘woke’. When that time comes, dreams are going to evaporate away, and facts will drop on reality like a...
Million of Women risk losing their Jobs to Automation Milicent Atieno June 7, 2019 Cool Tech Jobs, Women In Tech According to a recent study by the McKinsey Global Institute, about 25% of women in the U.S. will lose their livelihood to technology within the next decade. The same applies for men who dominate the manufacturing industry, which is also seeing an increasing...
Top 4 Black-Owned Businesses You Need to Check Out Now Innov8tiv.com June 7, 2019 Cool Tech Jobs, Start-ups, Women In Tech Supporting black-owned businesses is essential to community success. Community, in the biggest sense - black owned is just as important as locally owned, as is women-owned. While these aren't local to you, they're still businesses with more people than...
Russian company Tatprof pays Female Employees extra packs for coming to work in short skirts Milicent Atieno June 7, 2019 Women In Tech For years, working women have been complaining of sexism when it comes to salaries, wages, and promotions. They say things are skewed in favor of men, where women consistently get paid less for the same work and get less promoted. Well, a Russian company...
Apply now for the Adrian Rubin Foundation Scholarship and get $1,200 for College Innov8tiv.com May 31, 2019 Cool Tech Jobs, Funding, Women In Tech Education is one of the best ways to level the playing fields for the different social classes. It is such a shame that in most countries, a good education is one of the most expensive life undertaking an individual can go through. Therefore, it is little...
47-year-old Saray Khumalo becomes first African woman to reach Mt. Everest Peak – highest point on Earth Milicent Atieno May 17, 2019 Women In Tech Well, here is a first; or as I would like to think, a first of documented history. Saray N’kusi Khumalo, an e-commerce executive from South Africa becomes the first African woman to reach the highest point on Earth, the peak of Mount Everest. That is some...
Malawi Police warns general public on Violence against Female Candidates participating in the May 21 Tripartite Elections Milicent Atieno May 14, 2019 Fem Geek, Social Media Come May 21st, Malawians will be going to the polls for the country’s Tripartite Elections. As politicians and electorates gear up for the exercise, the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Eastern Region Arlene Baluwa has warned members of the public to...
Kasha, a Women’s Health and Personal Care products e-commerce service now available in Kenya Milicent Atieno May 14, 2019 Business Plans, Fem Geek Kasha is not your typical e-commerce platform. This online marketplace is dedicated to meeting the needs of women. It stocks health and personal care products for women and delivers to them in a confidential, convenient, and affordable manner. First launched...
Compared to Men, Women work an extra Seven Years without getting paid or given credit Milicent Atieno May 10, 2019 Fem Geek According to research by the Melinda Gates, on average women work seven years longer than men in their lifetime. Much of these extra years of work is when womenfolk work on house chores. Male economists usually don’t account household chores as work and...
