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women empowerment, Women Entrepreneurs April 14, 2023

Standard Chartered Unveils KES 60M ‘Access to Finance Programme’ For Women Entrepreneurs

Standard Chartered Kenya in partnership with Somo has unveiled an ‘Access to Finance Programme’ that will support disadvantaged women by giving them access to small ticket loans ranging from KES 250K to KES 2.5m at…

women empowerment March 27, 2023

The Top 100 Most Loved Brands by Women in Kenya

Ipsos in Kenya and BSD Group have released the 3rd edition of The Top 100 Most Loved Brands by Women in Kenya. The Study establishes the authority of women consumers as an emerging, significant, and profitable consumer market. This Study is the…

women empowerment March 7, 2023

How to Celebrate and Support International Women’s Day 2023

Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, a global event celebrated annually on March 8th to recognize the achievements and struggles of women and to call for gender equality. Whether you’re a woman yourself or an ally,…

Opportunities, Women Entrepreneurs January 18, 2023

African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC) Now Accepting Applications for Cohort 6

Happy New Year ladies! We are so excited here at Shaboard and are pleased to share a great opportunity for African women entrepreneurs. The African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC) is currently accepting applications from African…

Meet Her, Women in Leadership September 7, 2022

Meet Her: Rossa Wayodi, Owner and Founder of Roaki Properties

Kenya is in a season of hope. For the first time in a long time, Kenya has actually defeated all odds and has conducted a peaceful election. We are right now a couple of days…

Women, women empowerment August 18, 2022

Brighten Your Life: Self-Care Tips to Help Women Balance Work and Home Life

Women between the ages of 18-44 are two times more likely to report feeling tired than their male counterparts. Women are also twice as likely to suffer from depression than men. These are worrisome statistics,…

Opportunities, Women Entrepreneurs July 18, 2022

Opportunity: Apply to the HerMeNow Accelerator program (2,000$ grant)

Applications for the HerMeNow Accelerator program are open to women-led social enterprises from the MENA + Africa (including Armenia) regions. In collaboration with the Stardust Concept ESG and Impact Division, the almost entirely remote and…

Child Care July 13, 2022

How To keep your African Child Disciplined Without The Cane

We live in a world that is totally different from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. That was a time when parents would use the cane to discipline their kids and the kids turned out…

Health & Sanitation, Women June 22, 2022

How To Make Period Pain Less Painful

Growing up, I always thought having period pain is normal and not having the pain is somehow weird. For many women, I believe this has always been the thought when growing up. But once most…

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