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Call for Papers | Global Black Thought Special Issue on African Women Thinkers | Submit by 30 April 2026

Global Black Thought is preparing a landmark special issue dedicated to African women thinkers and intellectuals, guest-edited by Yolande Bouka, Peace A. Medie, and Olajumoke Yacob...

How initiatives to narrow Africa’s digital gap are affecting women’s representation

Africa Wiki Women encourages African women’s advancement in online knowledge creation and sharing through training, contribution campaigns, and mentorship programs.

Top 25 Global Women Thought Leaders Shaping the Future of Leadership, Innovation and Social Impact

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Woman Hero: stories of the women who changed lives across Africa

Behind many lives that move forward, there is often a woman whose role was decisive long before anyone noticed it. She may be a mother, a sister, a wife, a teacher, or simply the o...

The women shaping the future of leadership: Morin Oluwole reflects

When we talk about innovation, we tend to focus new ways of leading. But innovation rarely starts from nothing. It is shaped, often quietly, by the women who came before us. The on...

Africa: How the Global Anti-Rights Movement Is Targeting Women's Rights in Africa Through Family Laws

[IPS] Nairobi, Kenya -- Millions of African women live under laws that deny them equal rights at home. A well-funded global movement is working to make sure it stays that way.

Tanzanian women poets band with others to raise their voices

For Tanzanian female poets, the message is clear: your story matters, your voice is valid and your poetry is a force capable of challenging conventions and inspiring change.

AU, ImpactHER to Examine Role of African Female Entrepreneurs in Economic Transformation

The African Union, in partnership with ImpactHER, will host the second edition of the Global African Women Sustainability Conference 2026, in Abuja. The conference is a premier con...

Africa: Gender Quotas Cannot Stand Alone - Political Parties Must Lead

[Liberian Observer] Across Africa, the surge of women excelling in politics and public leadership has been largely propelled by gender quotas, primarily enacted through legislation...

Women leaders urged to build stronger support networks

Women leaders in Tanzania have been encouraged to strengthen professional solidarity by joining platforms that promote experience-sharing

The Seventeen Nigeria’s Women Who Refused To Be Missing From Parliament

Somewhere in Nigeria this morning, a girl is getting ready for school. She stands before a small mirror, gathers her hair into place, slips her books into a worn backpack, and step...

She Books Burna Boy, Davido & Wizkid — Inside AfroFuture’s Talent Strategy | Khadija El-Alawa

In this episode, Kadijah shares a thoughtful conversation on female empowerment, intentional growth, and creating opportunities in spaces where women are often underrepresented. Sh...

The Women Who Changed the Game Across Generations

There is a particular kind of power in seeing yourself reflected across time.

Panafrikanismus in Sierra Leone: Als Schwarzer Stolz in Freetown gefeiert wurde

Die Lehrerin Adelaide Casely-Hayford gründete in ihrer Heimat Sierra Leone 1923 eine Mädchenschule. Was sie anstieß, lies sich nicht aufhalten. mehr...

Sojourner Truth, Sister Thea and the preaching of Black Catholic women

Tamika Royes suggests that Black Catholic women can help revive the Catholic Church — if only they are permitted to make full use of their gifts.

Paula Pwul: Why More Women Need to Be Visible Online

Nigeria has some of the most educated, most talented, most resourceful women on the African continent. Women who have built businesses with nothing, navigated systems that were des...

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Women entrepreneurs spotlighted in push to grow Africa’s blue economy

Women entrepreneurs have been placed at the centre of efforts to expand Africa’s blue economy, with stakeholders calling for increased financing, stronger networks and targeted sup...

Sawaba Fellowship 2026: Funded Opportunity for African Thinkers and Creatives

The Sawaba Fellowship offers a unique opportunity for African-based thinkers, artists, and organisers to receive funding, mentorship, and space to explore decolonial feminist ideas...

“Woman of a Woman”: Sixty pages of glorious poetry, By Syl Cheney Coker

Some of Funke Awodiya’s poems have a lyrical beauty that reminds me the early Leopold Sehghor, extolling the beauty of African women, as in ‘Femne Noir.” Her lines have the colours...

How the Global Anti-Rights Movement Is Targeting Women’s Rights in Africa Through Family Laws

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 25 (IPS) - The theme of Africa Day 2026, “63 years of unity, integration and development,” offers a stark reminder of the gap that often exists between rhetori...

Black Women Who Broke Barriers and Opened Doors

From courtrooms to outer space, from concert halls to the halls of Congress, these extraordinary black women did not just break barriers they dismantled them, rebuilt what came aft...

If Africa Doesn’t Think, Here’s Why

by Matthew Quartey  |  14 May 2026  | A few weeks ago, Adventist Today published a piece by Admiral Ncube entitled, Africa Must Think. Shortly after, I received several calls from...

Africa Must Think

by Admiral Ncube  |  16 April 2026  | I don’t mean to sound abrasive, but as an African, I can and should say it. We Africans boast of ourselves as the epicentre of Christianity. W...