The VA Pod

This week on Herstory, Facebook honors Africa's leading women with a book launch, three African women make the 2021 international women of courage award list, and South African women launch movement to promote gender equality.

This week on Herstory, over 50 women accuse ebola aid workers of abuse in the Congo, Bollore Transport and Logistics appoints its first female manager in Nigeria, a young innovator is turning trash to cash in Kenya.

This week on Herstory, AFDB sets out to support women entrepreneurs with up to $2 billion in loans and Ghanaian-born script writer gets hired by Marvel for the next installment of the movie, Blade.

This week on Herstory, 26-year-old Nigerian-American becomes one of Washington’s counsels, Ghanaian software engineer, Anna Addei, joins Microsoft, and South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail emerges winner of the inaugural ICC Women’s Player award.

This week on Herstory, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set to become the first female Director-General of the WTO, Nigerian-born Lawyer, Eno T. Ebong, has been appointed the Acting Director of the USTDA, and the Gambia records its first female-owned cotton farm.

This week on Herstory, Odun Eweniyi and Eloho Omame launches First Check Africa, a female-led angel fund, more African women join the Amujae Initiative, and South African activist launches a safe taxi company for women.

In a religious conservative society like Nigeria, where open conversations on sex and sexuality are frowned upon, Amos Sanasi has built a brand doing exactly that.

This week on Herstory, AFDB appoints new female Acting Director for the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption, female lawmaker, Farida El Choubachy, becomes the first woman to preside over the opening session of Egypt's parliament, and 10,000 Nigerian women are set to benefit from a COVID-19 recovery partnership between Value Seeds and the Mastercard Foundation.

Ozioma is a chef who is not just promoting healthy food choices by the meals she makes, but is also contributing to economical and environmental sustainability as she embraces an eco-friendly packaging business style.

This week on Herstory, Fidelity Bank Plc. announces its first female CEO, three women contest for Nairobi's gubernatorial office, and the Nigerian government announces N20,000 grant disbursement to 125,000 women.

Oluwatosin is more or less an 'accidental' food content creator who has built a thriving brand by simplifying food recipes for Nigerians.

This week on Herstory, Zimbabwean journalist wins APO women in media award, women-led businesses are set to benefit from the TEF and EU partnership, and the midwife in Northern Nigerian providing support for women in labour.

This week on Herstory, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins Women's Prize Award, UNICEF is set to boost maternal and infant health in Eastern and Southern Africa, and US virtual academy empowers women in Namibia with business skills.

This week on Herstory, a Nigerian woman wins a seat in the US 2020 November elections, 24 African female entrepreneurs advance to the final stage of the 2020 AWIEF Awards, and women in rural northern Nigeria band together to provide an ambulance for their community.

Nigeria is capable of generating $10 billion annually from trading honey and other hive products, yet it produces less than three percent of its potential honey output. In this interview, a young apiarist discusses the process of honey farming and the issues apiarists in Nigeria have to deal with.

This week on Herstory, a Nigerian doctor wins the World Bank SDGs award, the UN train Tanzanian women in horticulture, and a Liberian-based NGO seeks to empower young girls.

This week on Herstory, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is appointed the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, CBN announces strategy to eliminate gender gap in financial inclusion, and Zimbabwean women raise awareness on community issues through art.

In this interview, Adeyinka Tekenah discusses the largely untapped economy of locally produced coffee, policies to advance that economy, and what it means to be an indigenous coffee producer in Nigeria.

This week on Herstory, Yemi Alade is appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the UNDP, Nigerian gender and disability rights advocate wins the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation changemaker award 2020, and NGOs seek to end child marriage in Zimbabwe.

This week on Herstory, Google gives a business grant of Ksh125 million to 500 Kenyan women, the Nigerian Supreme Court voids an age-long patriarchal law of the igbo people, and a grassroot organisation donates L$300,000 to increase women participation in politics in Liberia.

Initially, COVID-19 was labelled the 'great equaliser', the disease that is no respecter of class. However it is turning out to be anything but that.

This week on Herstory, Ringier One Africa Media (ROAM) appoints Hilda Kragha as its new managing director, South Africa’s double Olympic champion, Caster Semenya, loses appeal against the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and women groups sue Zimbabwe’s President Emerson Mnangagwa over sexist cabinet appointments.

This week on Herstory, Rwanda appoints its first female director of external intelligence, Mastercard and Womenwork Network collaborate to help female businesses in Kenya, and the Nigerian government begins profiling women and children in IDP camps in the northeast.

This week on Herstory, Kenya Women Empowerment Index reveals less than 50 percent of women living in Kenya’s urban areas are empowered, Khadra Ali improves Somalia’s human capital with digital literacy, and the Nigerian government rescues 71 Nigerian girls from Lebanon.

Gabon appoints its first female Prime Minister, a Kenyan environmental activist wins a $12 million lawsuit for her community, and Nigerian fashion label, Tiffany Amber, swaps couture for PPEs.