Stepping out of Nairobi Airport, you find yourself in the melee of a modern city, tall buildings and wide roads, congested traffic, newspaper and magazine sellers standing on corners, buses blaring music, and busy shops. Venture further west and you find breathtaking landscape. A six-hour bus ride will take you…

Moscow stocks dropped 45.21% yesterday (February 23, 2022) as markets reacted to tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Russian shares have lost 30% of their value since their October 2021 high. In efforts to limit the slide, Russian markets halted trading on February 24 at 0400 GMT and reopened three hours…

If you visit Dublin, Ireland, you will quickly find yourself on O’Connell Street, a wide thoroughfare that runs down to the river and leads to shopping streets, historical sites, and central transport links. Just metres from the river is the Daniel O’Connell memorial, a bronze statue of the man himself…

Every major news outlet is now talking about a topic previously discussed in online forums and niche advisor’s books or youtube channels. Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) refers to a lifestyle where workers strive to frontload savings in their 20s and 30s, with the goal of leaving the workforce before…

March 2020 On Monday, the “democratised” stock trading app valued at $7.6 billion went down for two days, causing users to take to social media. Technical issues brought the app down, causing users to miss out on the largest single-day leap in Dow Jones Industrial Average history. Robinhood founders later…

The White Countess (produced in 2005 by Ismail Merchant, directed by James Ivory, with screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro) depicts a multinational community struggling to survive in 1920s and 1930s Shanghai. The main characters (Sofia, Jackson, and Matsuda) represent three nationalities: Russian, American, and Japanese. Their symbolic nature points to the…

Emma Griffin, who manages cyber risk and incidents for Sky, closed the afternoon sessions at WeAreTechWomen with an honest and comedic talk on women’s work-life balance in the technology sector. Emma, unsure of what she wanted to do when finishing school, decided to solve this problem by applying for seven…

Mivy James, Head of Consulting at BAE systems, points out that technology is no silver bullet, with AGILE delivery solutions needed to move organisations forward. Mivy James, Head of Consulting, begins her afternoon talk by saying that technology is no cure-all for modern businesses, to much nodding and laughter from…

There’s standing room only as Lloyds Banking Group shares with #WeAreTechWomen about their Group’s community support systems to a packed room. In the afternoon session, now that delegates are full of good food and strong coffee, Lloyds are hosting a talk with a more conversational atmosphere. …