As the world gathers for the 79th United Nations General Assembly, Africa's unique challenges and opportunities take center stage in a pivotal side event that will serve to discuss two central issues ...
Africa’s electric vehicle (EV) market is accelerating. But so far, one particular group of potential users — rural women — has largely been left behind, with investors favoring electric motorbike ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emese Maczko is a travel writer covering sustainable travel. World Bank’s recent report estimates that every dollar invested in ...
Former South Africa 15s women’s captain Lusanda Dumke has died at the age of 29 after being diagnosed with a rare gastric ...
Moroccan adventurer Meryem Belkihel is returning home after nearly three years cycling solo across 33 African countries, during which she also climbed the continent’s three highest peaks. Despite ...
On May 2, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (ACHPR) is scheduled to meet for its first public session since the African Union adopted the Convention on Ending Violence Against Women ...
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 ...
Kenyan filmmaker Vincho Nchogu makes her feature directorial debut with the pastoral drama “One Woman One Bra,” a story of womanhood, community and the struggle to reshape African narratives that ...
Almost half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by 2030, according to a new study, an "alarming rise" that has been "compared with the HIV epidemic", said The Guardian. Unlike in most ...