ETHIOPIA – Congratulations to Tirunesh Dibaba and her husband Sileshi Sihin for the birth of their third child, a girl named Mati. They already have two sons, Nathan born in March 2015 and Allon born in January 2020. Our best wishes to the whole family!
AI and Big Data to Help Feed the World SARA MENKER — FOUNDER, CEO, GRO INTELLIGENCEBEST OF NEWSWEEK VIA EMAIL By 2050, the United Nations says, we’re going to need 70 percent more food to feed the nine billion people living on Earth. Global climate change threatens to upend their lives—worsening storms, droughts, heat waves and
AMSTERDAM–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tommy Hilfiger, which is owned by PVH Corp. , is pleased to announce the six finalists of the 2021 Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge, who were carefully selected from over 430 applications received from startups and scaleups globally. Building on Tommy Hilfiger’s sustainability vision to Waste Nothing and Welcome All, the third edition of the program
Born in Mexico and raised in Ethiopia, self-taught filmmaker Jessica Beshir burst into the documentary scene when her debut feature “Faya Dayi” debuted at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. An evocative exploration of the consumption and production of khat, a stimulant chewing leaf traditionally used for Sufi religious practices, the film started out as
Arize AI is a start-up with a dynamic founding team, Tsion Behailu, Aparna Dhinakaran, and Manisha Sharma (along with five others, all over 30). The startup, which enables customers to monitor the performance of AI models using software that looks for things such as unforeseen biases in algorithms, has $24.5 million in funding from Battery
Throughout the rich history of Ethiopia, the country has been faced with existential crises and wars by foreign invaders. Through strength and determination, Ethiopia repelled every foreign attempt of subjugation against it. These Ethiopian patriots during these wars weren’t just men, but women as well who served in the highest roles in the army. Ethiopian
In every setback, there is the motivation that drives a person to be the solution or at least to not be part of the problem. Growing up as a woman in Africa has its own attributes to create an advantage in a disadvantageous condition. Bitania Lulu is one of the young leaders in Africa challenging
Dr Carlos Füchtner, FIGO President 2018–2021, announced the winners of the FIGO Awards in Recognition of Female Obstetricians/Gynaecologists, which were first presented at the 1997 FIGO World Congress of Gynecology & Obstetrics. The awards have honoured some of the amazing work of the members of our Member Societies, who throughout their careers have advanced the health of
For her youth group, she was the mother they never had; she was the ray of light for the people she inevitably looked after, and the hope-filled persona for people around her. Yet she became on the death toll of Covid -19. Zemi Yenus, whose lifelong hearth of helping people in need and her deep
If one takes a good look at the history of war, he/she may quickly recognize that women suffered the consequences thereof more than men. Women are more likely to live with the horrific images from the war and conflict. This causes a great deal of psychological stress that may lead to psychological and psychiatric disorders.