Marriage in Transition: Balancing Tradition, Equality and Individual Choice

For generations, marriage followed a familiar script. Many people grew up watching their parents assume clearly defined roles within their unions. Fathers served as primary breadwinners, while mothers managed the…

One Girl Every Three Seconds: The Fight to End Child Marriage

Every three seconds, somewhere in the world, a girl is married before she reaches adulthood. More than 12 million girls are married each year before the age of 18. Behind…

Beyond the Farm Gate, Nigeria Must Help Farmers Capture More Value

Nigeria’s agricultural transformation debate often begins with a familiar question: how can farmers produce more? But there is another question that deserves equal attention: who captures the value created after…

Africa’s Green Transition Cannot Succeed Without Women, Experts Warn at WIGSE-26

At the Women’s International Green Summit and Exhibition (WIGSE-26) in Lagos, experts, policymakers, researchers and entrepreneurs converged around a common message: Africa cannot achieve an inclusive and sustainable green transition…

The Joke I Couldn’t Laugh At

I was scrolling through WhatsApp Status on Sunday morning when I came across a status shared by a friend. I think he had reposted it from someone else. It was…

When Women Have the Right Tools Businesses Thrive

For many women entrepreneurs, the biggest obstacle to growing a business is not a lack of talent or customers. It is the high cost of essential equipment. A new financing…