“I raise my voice not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.,” Malala Yousafzai. Gender bias is a preference or prejudice toward one gender over the other. Bias can be conscious or unconscious, and may manifest in many ways, both…
Addis Ababa 11 May 2020 (ECA) – The director of regional integration and trade at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Stephen Karingi, told an online group of journalists on 11 May 2020 that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could help African economies recover from the impact of COVID-19. Watch the video here!!!
Episode Four: Mental Health of Journalists In our final episode of the ‘Covid-19 for Journalists’ podcast series, we speak about the mental health of journalists, and duty of care of editors and senior management in news organisations, to journalists. Dr Yemisi Akinbobola, is joined by Qaanitah Hunter, Politics Editor at South Africa’s News24, and Stephanie…
Hodan Nalayeh was the founder of Integration TV, a platform she set up so that she can change the narrative of Somalia in the news. She was killed in an Al-Shabaab bombing today, alongside her husband, and leaves behind two children. I was fortunate to interview Hodan in March for our podcast Her Media Diary….
Planning #AWIM18 conference outside my 9-5 life was not so easy. The fact that I was outside the country made it more difficult than I expected. Fortunately, I had good people and organisations around me. Gotcha Communications managed the event while Butterfly Tourism handled the travel and accommodation arrangements. My network of friends and AWIM…
I gave birth to my second child a few days to the deadline for a reporting grant application I was working on. I had budget and planning spreadsheets to complete. And so like many female business owners before me, I found myself working on the application just hours after giving birth. I remember sending an…
The concept of charging for a project may be a struggle as there are many factors that come into play: How much time is it going to take to complete that project, What level of expertise will you be applying in the execution of that project? Would it take extra support from other people to…
At the beginning of each working day, I go through a number of time management tools that I use to plan and manage my priorities for that day. One of these tools I have come to love is called the Eisenhower Matrix System which is what I use for a monthly, weekly and daily assessment…
Life prepared me for the adventure I currently live. Growing up, I lived in the UK with my brothers. I remember CNN was a permanent fixture on our TV anytime we visited our parents in Nigeria. My siblings and I dreamt of having our own 24 hours news channel for Africa one day. My parents,…
Something I have grappled with for sometime now is understanding what my style is. I like to dress well and look good but I don’t like to make it the main challenge of my day. I don’t like to be excessive, but I do believe that looking the part usually dictates how seriously people take…
When you are a very ambitious person, you tend to want to do everything. But learning to say No can be a good thing, especially for your productivity. The consequences of taking on too much work is you run the risk of producing half-baked or poor quality work. This impacts on your reputation, self-esteem and…
I started my first business in 2010. IQ4News was a collaborative platform for news on Africa – at least that was the original vision. My time at IQ4News slowly grounded to a halt in spite of my dedication. I suddenly woke up to the hard truth that I had gone off track after forgetting my…
