A report by the East African Legislative Assembly shows that trade limitations are hampering women from conducting business across the borders of the East African Community bloc. The Women’s Caucus of ...

Financial literacy programmes often overlook the fact that many African women already manage complex household and informal economies with discipline and foresight.

Exceptional women business leaders such as African engineer-turned-entrepreneur Norah Magero are demonstrating how lived experience and ingenuity, backed by United Nations support, can turn promising ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Britney Porter offers strategies and insights for achieving success. Throughout history, Black women have been a driving force in ...

FirstRand Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of the FirstRand Group, will channel the funds through its commercial banking arm FNB, leveraging its broad national reach and strong SME portfolio.

Kate Gannon receives funding from the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada. She is also supported ...

Participants during the launch of the regional master Training of Trainers by the SheTrades initiative by International Trade Centre in partnership with the East African Women in Business Platform, in ...

Only two women have been directly elected by their populations to the presidency in African countries: President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia in 2006 and President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of ...

Celebrating the positive impact these women are having within society and across their respective fields in entertainment, law, retail, beauty and food, they share their advice and life lessons for ...

Policymakers, organizers and business owners have gathered to tackle how to address rising unemployment among Black women ...