Tag: African Women
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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 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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