As the world faces an unprecedented crisis in the form of Coronavirus COVID-19, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is playing a critical role in bringing people together while social distancing is being practiced across the world. More than ever, information, unified collaboration, and telecommunication including mobile networks form a critical backbone that enables families, health...
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#FlattenTheCurve Special: It Takes A Village
The damage that the novel coronavirus, COVID 19 will have on poor countries is nothing short of catastrophic. The impact of this pandemic is far reaching and has spread over to 199 countries. It is not just a public health crisis, it is urgent that we recognize it for what it truly is a...
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COVID-19: Womens Needs Must be at the Centre of Response and Recovery Plans
With the increased global panic, loss, and grief as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this was a video, many might have watched with absolute disbelief! In my country, Daily Nation says Kakamega traders protested the closure of a street market due to CoronaVirus, One may wonder, do they not realise just how serious the...
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COVID19 – Resilience ToolKit 2020
COVID19 – Resilience ToolKit 2020 Download Resilience ToolKit 2020-2
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Be Fearless: Give Yourself Permission To Be You
What happens when a girl from the slums dares to dream? She bags an Engineering Degree, and Executive Education from Harvard Business School, becomes a Telecoms Head, and mentors others to do the same. In Be Fearless: Give Yourself Permission To Be You, Jane Egerton-Idehen draws from her over fifteen years experience as a telecommunication...
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Tete-a-tete with Jane Egerton-Idehen
Jane Egerton-Idehen is a Telecommunications Executive who hails and bases in Lagos, Nigeria. She is the Country Manager, Nigeria, and Regional Sales Manager, West Africa at Avanti Communications Group plc. A Masters degree holder from Warwick Business School, UK and an Executive Education from Harvard Business School and Yale School of Management, Jane possesses over...
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Calls for greater inclusion in all travel companies is championed by industry leaders
March 12th, 2020, Dubai (UAE): Fifty-four per cent of women make up the global tourism workforce compared to thirty-nine per cent in the broader economy and yet many still struggle to follow a clear leadership track to senior positions and so remain in lower-level employment. In travel, specifically, the overall percentage of women in executive...
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UAE-based female leaders driven to make a positive impact
March 11th, 2020, Dubai (UAE): Half of UAE-based female leaders feel driven to make a positive impact on the world compared with 32% of global peers, according to KPMGs latest UAE Female Leaders Outlook. In addition, a majority (74%) feel it is their personal responsibility to align their organizations environmental, social and governance policies to...
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International General Insurance teams up with Career Excel to empower female employees
March 3rd, 2020, London (GB): International General Insurance Holdings Limited (IGI), the international specialist commercial insurer and reinsurer, today announced plans to support the women in its organization on International Womens Day by investing in their personal and professional development. As part of its ongoing Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) initiative, IGI will offer Career Excel...
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Algorithms of Bias
Gender bias is prevalent in our society, and while numerous efforts are being made to counter it, we are still long ways from eliminating or even reducing it. So it should not come as a surprise that Artificial Intelligence models and frameworks are learning gender bias as well. There is a growing awareness of the...