By Iminza Keboge Published November 29, 2017 The first ever women’s seven-aside rugby league has kicked off in West Africa. The event, that was held on November 25, 2017 in Ghana, is expected to become the 2017/2018 Ghana Rugby Championship…
Category: Women
By Iminza Keboge Published August 26, 2017 An off-grid energy contest in Uganda that seeks to identify and support enterprises either led by or benefitting women to compete in the global economy has announced winners for 2017. Joint Energy and…
By Grace Kerongo Published July 29, 2017 A leading Kenyan radio presenter has walked down the aisle. Adelle Onyango, who wedded on July 28, 2017 said, “I do” to the love of her life at an intimate ceremony where only…
By Iminza Keboge Published July 15, 2017 A documentary film that examines what is perceived as ‘accelerating gains of the crusade to control pregnant women and the fallout that is creating a public health crisis, turning pregnant women into criminals…
By Iminza Keboge Published June 2, 2017 A 21-year-old woman has won the third annual BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. Ada Hegerberg, a Norwegian striker who plays for Olympique Lyonnais in France, beat a field of five nominees in…
By Iminza Keboge Published May 17, 2017 BBC World Service has launched its first ever poetry award for young Somali women. Known as BBC Somali Young Female Poet of the Year Award 2017, the contest is expected to produce a…
A film that tells the story of two women with opposing political views fighting for their different versions of a democratic future, has been selected as the opening night film of the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York, USA….