Apply for the Cherie Blair Foundation Women’s Business Growth Project
Are you a female entrepreneur seeking business growth support? The Cherie Blaire Foundation has announced its partnership with ExxonMobil Nigeria and Enterprise Development Centre, (EDC) of the Pan-Atlantic University to design the Road to Women’s Business Growth Project. The initiative aims to build and support 500 Nigerian women entrepreneurs and help them grow their businesses and improve […]
9 Inspirational Quotes from and for Women CEOs
Happy Women’s Entrepreneurship Day! The unique celebration that is Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) is set aside to recognise and honour women entrepreneurs across the globe. Held annually on November 19th, its inaugural event was held in New York City in 2014 at the United Nations, with additional events being held simultaneously in several other countries. […]
Access Bank Plc. Receives the Global Banking Alliance for Women Market Champion 2015 Award
During the just concluded 14th annual summit of the Global Banking Alliance (GBA) for Women in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Access Bank bagged the Women’s Market Champion 2015 award alongside banks across the world which had implemented successful women market programmes. Access Bank Plc. received the Global Banking Alliance for Women Market Champion 2015 award in […]
ExxonMobil Nigeria Inaugurates Women Interest Network (WIN)
Female professionals in ExxonMobil Nigeria, under the auspices of the Women Interest Network, have inaugurated an outreach programme to encourage girls to pursue careers in Engineering and Geosciences. The programme enables WIN members to hold lecture sessions and mentor female students, particularly Geosciences and Engineering students. Speaking at the inauguration of the initiative, Mrs. Toyin […]
How to Touch God’s Heart
Who can touch God’s heart? How can we touch God’s heart? Here is how? A wife who stays through life constantly working and thinking about raising her children at the expense of her ambition should be rewarded tremendously. A woman will lay her life down for her household and at old age people will call her a […]
Strong Girl Remix: Male and Female Artistes Harmonise for Women’s Empowerment and Justice
It’s official! The acclaimed track “Strong Girl” is getting a fresh sound in a remix which will feature some of the best male artistes in Africa such as D’Banj, Diamond, Banky W and Femi Kuti. It will also feature Bono, lead singer of U2 and co-founder of ONE, and be produced by Cobhams Asuquo. Strong […]
Happy Women’s Equality Day
Enlightened and determined women the world over have continued to make several advancements regarding the issue of equality and as it has been proven time and time again, behind every tangible advancement is a great story. This day – specially set aside to celebrate women’s remarkable achievement – has a great backing story. The demand […]
Overcoming the Struggle Between Passive and Aggressive
Women are usually socialized to be passive, so assertive behaviours can be very uncomfortable and sometimes pretty excruciating. It is also common for women to bounce between two ineffective poles; passive and aggressive. Passive communicators are indirect, they tiptoe around the message until there isn’t one. Passive communication looks like low self-esteem or even worse, apathy. […]
How Every Woman Can Run the World
To run the world, you need beauty and brains! Simple. It’s fun being a woman. Well, most times. I love shopping, dressing up and looking good. I also love to play around with make-up and different hairstyles. Despite all of these, there’s more to me than my beauty. It makes me really (add another ‘really’ […]
Access Bank’s W Initiative Presents “Women! Let’s Save!”
Access Bank encourages Nigerian women to save and become financially independent through a new innovative campaign called the W Initiative: Women! Let’s Save! 2015 The campaign started on the 3rd of August and will end on the 30th of November, 2015. Access Bank requires existing or new female customers to increase their account balance by […]
Call for Applications! GEMS4 Launches £3.5 Million Funding Window For Private Sector Development
Two funding windows have been launched by the Growth and Employment in States – Wholesale and Retail Sector (GEMS4); a market development project in Nigeria funded by DFID/UKaid and the World Bank. It has been identified that 7 out of every 10 baskets of perishable food produce such as tomatoes, pepper, and vegetables are lost […]
Genevieve Magazine’s Finance Management Workshop to Hold in April
Would you like to improve your net worth and take better control of your money? There is good news for you! Genevieve Nigeria will host a special one-day workshop tagged ‘Becoming Financially Fearless’ on 30th April, 2015. The event is aimed at empowering women of all ages to become better personal and business managers. A range of high-profile […]
International Women’s Day 2015; #Make it Happen
Women play an integral and vital role in our society today being bearers of children, keepers of homes, comforters, bread-winners, providers and sources of strength in society. International Women’s Day is officially celebrated globally on March 8th and it attempts to look at the commendable accomplishments of women globally while demanding greater equality. We are […]
20 Nigerian Women Emerge Winners at African Women in Agriculture Research and Development Award
Twenty Nigerian women out of 70 have emerged winners of the 2015 African Women in Agriculture Research and Development, AWARD. A total of 1,109 applicants applied to participate in the two-year career-development program for top women agricultural scientists. Eleven countries were considered in the award with Nigeria leading with 20 winners, Kenya with 11 and […]
WIMBIZ to Hold February Roundtable Lunch ‘ Managing Your Finances 2015’
Are you looking to improve your network and meet business minded and career oriented women with big goals and even bigger dreams? If so, then you may want to attend the February Roundtable Lunch being held by WIMBIZ On February 5th, 2015 from 12:30pm. The theme of the lunch is ‘Managing Your Finances in 2015’ and […]
Money is First for Investing: How Shifting The Attitudes of Our Women Can Actually Save The Country
‘The quality of a nation is determined by the quality of the women.’ – Dr. Mike Murdock Nothing rings more true than that statement when you measure the input of women in the development of some of the everyday ideas, inventions and appliances that make our world so bearable to live in. Subtle as a woman’s […]