Standard Chartered Bank (Nigeria) Limited has set aside $10,000 for the five winners in its fourth SC Women in Technology Incubator, an initiative designed to support and promote the economic and social development of women in Nigeria through innovation or technology-led entrepreneurship. The announcement follows the completion of the last three editions, which had seen 15 winners emerge to date, …

Kenyan male chess player, Stanley Omondi who disguised himself in a hijab to compete in the women’s section of the 2023 Kenya Open Chess Championship, has been busted. According to BBC, Omondi, who dressed head to toe in a burka and wearing spectacles, had registered himself as Millicent Awour. He was, however, busted and exposed as the organisers got suspicious …

Google has unveiled three new projects focused on boosting African women business owners and giving them the tools they need to be successful. The effort, according to Mr. Folarin Aiayegbusi, Head of Startup Ecosystem, Africa, was the group’s way of honoring International Women’s Day in 2023. Aiayegbusi said in a statement that the initiatives included the Google for Startups Accelerator …

Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter break, but women remain barred by Taliban authorities. The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021, and has sparked global outrage – including across the Muslim world. “It’s heartbreaking to see boys …

In a devastating skirmish in Gudumbali, Borno State, the Islamic State of the West Africa Province (ISWAP) is said to have killed 200 Boko Haram members, including women and children. Sources said the ISWAP insurgents targeted hundreds of the Boko Haram terrorists and their families at Choliye village while fleeing ISWAP attacks. Counter Insurgency Expert and Security in Lake Chad, …