A number of organisations are marking 2019 International Women Day in style.
The corporates have laid down action plans cantered on fostering gender parity, trainings and coming up with challenges geared towards empowering women.
The Nairobi Securities Exchange will be hosting future women Chief Executive Officers training to mark the day while Kenya Commercial Bank Group changed its logo to a lioness in honour of women.
The Nairobi Securities Exchange will hold future women CEOs and Board members training for women in top management and leadership positions in their organisations to mark the occasion.
World’s largest beverage maker says it will focus on accelerating a new gender balance plan to empower women in Central and West African countries
According to the plan, more women in the workplace and in leadership roles make business sense.
In the Central and West Africa Region, Nestlé aims to bring the Gender Balance Acceleration Plan to life through its multi-pronged initiatives, such as trainings to raise awareness on gender biases, career development and mentoring programmes for women.
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Visa has reinforced its dedication to women empowerment with the launch of the first Visa Everywhere Initiative: Women’s Global Edition.
The global program invites women entrepreneurs from around the world to tackle FinTech (financial technology) and Social Impact challenges for a chance to win Sh10 million ($100,000) in each of the two challenges. The program will culminate with a finals event to be held during kick-off of the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019.