Category: Cultural Trends
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The Women Pilots Changing the Landscape of Aviation
By Shaan Khan (01/10/21) Taking the helm of 90,000 pounds of metal that hurls across the globe in terrific conditions with hundreds of passengers stored inside’ is a massive responsibility and an accomplishment that deserves the utmost admiration. Since its conception, the honourable duty of a pilot has been culturally delegated to men disproportionately. It’s…
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10 Amazon Products Every Woman Wants in 2022
By Shaan Khan (28/09/21) Amazon is home to more than 350 million products for a whole assortment of people with distinguishable needs and interests. Narrowing down the products that you, your mother, sister and the lady next door all want at the same time! Is like searching for a goldmine. Earning them the rightful honorary badge as…
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Plant-based Skincare: African Businesswomen Creating Beauty Products Global Consumers Need
By Shaan Khan Image by silviarita from Pixabay Browsing the aisles of health & beauty in your local supermarket will quickly reveal the state of modern beauty products. Fragmented into sections; the shelves are dominated by the power players of the market who each want a slice of the cake with their real estate on the aisle. It’s…
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Women Leadership: What Future Tech Cities in Africa can Learn from Kigali, Rwanda
By Shaan Khan (18/05/21) It’s no mistake that Africa is later than most continents in developing its technological infrastructure. But being fashionably late has its quirks. Having reliable electricity is pivotal to regional health. While electricity powers our machines & lights; under the surface, it’s powering our ability to work, be productive and even survive.…
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The Online Businesses Empowering or Exploiting Berber Women?
By Shaan Khan (22/04/21) North Africa is a conglomerate of vistas, from beaches to sand dunes. But there is more than meets the tourist’s eye than just geography & a mimosa cocktail by a palm tree; it’s Berber culture. Berber women are entrenched in a rich history of producing ornate crafts & wares that capture…
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African Women Redefining Modern Architecture in Africa
By Shaan Khan (22/03/21) Technology & Environmentalism race through new architects minds & weave themselves through modern building designs. For an architect, it’s about finding new solutions to improve residents’ quality of lives that’s cost-effective. Utilising our planet ecologically through sustainable methods can lead to fewer bills to pay for residents through an abundance of…
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African Women Repairing our Planet
By Shaan Khan (22/03/21) With the last northern white rhino’s dying in 2018 and a giant iceberg, twenty-times the size of Manhattan! Just split off from Antarctica this February! …Which good-god was not due to climate change according to Scientists… These events that hit the headlines still have people sad and fearful of our conservation…
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The Eco-Villages Empowering African Women & Saving the Planet
By Shaan Khan (22/03/21) As a relatively new yet massively successful species, we are faced with a new lesson in life today, one that will test our ongoing capacity to learn—or will prove we have reached the cap of our success which could seal the deal that it’s all downhill from here for humanity. The…
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We Need More African Women Depicted in Video Games
By Shaan Khan (22/02/21) In my humble beginnings of picking up a controller and playing video games on my PS1 console, I was enthralled with the stories told in this interactive medium that I was a part of! In a way, It felt like my story; since my actions would lead to conclusions—if I collected…
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African Women in The Gaming Industry
By Shaan Khan (22/02/21) In a world of information technology, industries are becoming increasingly globalised. Over are the days of international stars being made in Hollywood or K-pop being purely for South Koreans. It’s no longer ‘The American Dream’, but rather, ‘The Digital Dream’. Let’s consider the Gaming industry. To play or create a video…
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