The Youth Dividend – Showing Young Women a World of Opportunity

The Youth Dividend – Showing Young Women a World of Opportunity   In 2016, academics from Boston University and Microsoft Research highlighted how machines are learning bias based on the data they are exposed to; including gender-based stereotypes. Such studies highlight distinct challenges facing women as they enter a crowded, competitive workplace: the lack of…

Sleeping Out and Changing the World

A transformation catalyst at the boardroom table, Faith Khanyile is certainly not averse to rising to a challenge, both in and out of the Boardroom. So when faced with the opportunity of taking part in The SheEO SleepOut™ to raise funds for the Door of Hope charity*, she was one of the first CEOs to put up her hand and say “count me in”.

Banking on the Unbankable

Say the name Mavis Makukule to former First Lady Zanele Mbeki and her face lights up with pride. “She was our very first client,” says Mbeki. “She is what we like to call the ‘poster girl’ for WDB.”