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In 2005, she launched Africa Woman Magazine, a glossy monthly publication with circulation in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan and Tanzania. [5] [6] Owori designed and manufactured the costumes for the lead actors, actresses and part of the cast of the film The Last King of Scotland, released in 2006.
She would later move to East Africa Industries (now Unilever Kenya) where she worked for 5 years and established the communications department. Njambi was also tasked with producing a corporate magazine. This is where she first thought of starting her own magazine. She registered her company in 1981 and Consumer Digest magazine was born in 1984.
Wanjira Mathai (born December 1971) is a Kenyan environmentalist and activist. She is Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships at the World Resources Institute, based in Nairobi, Kenya. [1] In this role, she takes on global issues including deforestation and energy access.
True Love relaunched in 2010 and Drum East Africa in January 2011. In December 2012, Carole Mandi Media launched a bi-monthly home, garden and lifestyle magazine Home & Living. [4] [9] CMML’s brand True Love is a monthly lifestyle magazine which targets women aged between 25 and 35 and retails in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. [4]
The modern feminist movement, which took off in the early 1960s and also in the 1970s, gained impetus through the establishment of various organisations such as Maendeleo Ya Wanawake (Women’s Progress) [2] and Kenya Women’s Political Caucus (Kenya Women Parliamentary Association). [3] [4] [5] [6]
2013: Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government, Winner, Civil Society category, Nairobi. 2014: Top 40 women under age 40, [23] Business Daily, Nairobi, Kenya. 2016: Africa's Most Influential Women, New African Magazine, London, U.K [24] 2017: Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa), Whitman College, WA USA [4]
Margaret was a member of the Green Belt Movement, Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.), the Kenya Girl Guide Association, the Kenya Red Cross Society, the National Council of Social Services, HelpAge Kenya and the National Council of Women, of which she was the President for three years. She was also the Chairlady of the Kenyatta ...
She became the first African Woman Senior Superintendent of Women's Prison in 1963 on the eve of independence. [ 7 ] Hon. Phoebe Asiyo was elected to Kenyan parliament from the Karachuonyo seat in 1980 and held the seat until 1983, when parliament was dissolved. [ 8 ]