“Why is she driving the car? Can’t she give her husband the car to drive?” These were the words that came out of my six-year old sons mouth some years back while we were going out to see a relative. It was not his first time seeing women drive and so I wondered where his...
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Digitizing the African Future
Tell us about yourself and your professional journey? I am a trained engineer. Growing up, sciences were my favourite subjects which I excelled in through primary and high school. I ended up pursuing a course in engineering for my undergraduate. While in my fourth year of study, my interests shifted, and I fell in love...
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Wife Inheritance in Africa
Wife inheritance is an affliction that has gripped the African society from eons of time. Widely practiced across the entire continent, it is a tradition where a widow gets inherited by relatives of her late husband. Once thought to be an honorable practice, the custom initially entailed taking care of the widow and her children...