Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Changing Perceptions of African Business Women through Blogging

There's an article on African Path about roadblocks that African business women face. The author, Benin Mwangi, identifies 3 main challenges, which include property laws that make it more difficult for women to own property, family responsibilities, and perceptions of African women that might make it difficult to secure capital.

Mwangi looks at blogs as a platform for raising awareness of issues that African business women face. He zones in on women bloggers being at the forefront of changing perceptions of African women and lists some bloggers who he feels have been doing a great job at this. Read more on African Path ......

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