A Recap of the pre-events leading up to Women in Technology Conference | #AWITKenya19 Felix Omondi July 22, 2019 Event Articles, Fem Geek, Start-ups The African Women In Technology (AWIT) was all the craze this past weekend in Nairobi. The conference attracted women (and some men) from all walks of life from across the continent and beyond. The two-day...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Garmin trackers and smartwatches can now track menstrual cycle Innov8tiv.com May 2, 2019 Fem Geek, Hardware Women using trackers and smartwatches by Garmin will now be able to track their menstrual cycle through wearable tech gadgets. This ability comes after the company announced it will be adding a feature for...
‘It is not enough to have the technical skills, communications skills is equally as important’ – Itohan Kukoyi | #AWITNigeria19 Innov8tiv.com April 26, 2019 Cool Tech Jobs, Event Articles, Fem Geek In our continuing series of interviews on the women in tech who attended the African Women in Technology (AWIT) conference in Lagos, Nigeria. We present to you Itohan Kukoyi. Kukoyi owns a digital agency...
Here’s Mary Job, the Product Manager at How Do You Tech – an EdTech platform Innov8tiv.com April 14, 2019 Cool Tech Jobs, Event Articles, Fem Geek And in our yet another feature of women in tech that participated in the #AWITNigeria19 event. We bring you Mary Job. She is a Product Manager at How Do You Tech, an ed-tech firm curating answers to specific...
Facebook poached Peggy Alford from PayPal; she’ll become first Black woman on Fb’s Board Milicent Atieno April 13, 2019 Cool Tech Jobs, Facebook, Fem Geek The Senior Vice President, core markets at PayPal, Peggy Alford, is set to join Facebook’s board of directors. History will be broken, as Alford will become the first Black woman to sit on Facebook’s...
Mareena Snowden – the First Black Woman to earn a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT Milicent Atieno April 9, 2019 Fem Geek They say, Education is the greatest equalizer in the world; although some would claim so is democracy, but I would take that with a pinch of salt know how shady politicians can get. In today’s Women in Tech...
