Blogs & Updates
Powerful African Goddess: Joan Mazimhaka
Women worldwide have enjoyed all kinds of advancement in the field of business, becoming more and more visible at leadership levels in various sectors; however, they continue to be shut out of most managerial positions. In Rwanda, the glass ceiling that prevents women...
#Elle101: Technology For Social Change
Thanks to great advances in technology, today's world has been made more convenient and accessible: companies are able to reach more customers, provide better and more efficient products, more people have access to information at their fingertips and stay connected...
The Transfer Of Negative Emotions
By Amandla Karungi I finally understand it, the thing about misplaced anger. Sometimes you want to give someone a verbal thrashing but because you still have to work with them for possibly a long time, or maybe in the spirit of humility, you decide to inhale this...
Sonia Mugabo – Bespoke In Rwanda
By Joan Semanda. Sonia Mugabo started her journey as a designer in 2013 after living in New York and doing an internship for Teen Vogue. She made it back to Kigali just in time for the first ever Kigali Fashion Week and, in so doing, launched her brand. Her...
Will All the Manists Please Stand Up?
By Divine Muragijimana After spending 15 years in the US- it took my coming back to Nairobi to encounter a manist. Yes- that's right. Feminism has a partner now. And for a movement that seems to be growing teeth, I am just encountering this…out of all the places in...
Where Is The Good Music!?
By Mahbuba Matovu The moment I watched Joe’s cover of Adele’s dominating hit, Hello, an unexplainable chill rushed through my veins as I was reminded of an RnB icon left in the 90’s. The smoothness of his vocal cords across the lyrics of a song he didn’t even write,...
#Elle101: Violence Against Women
Violence against women is an important topic all across the world. Staggering statistics such as those found in Uganda, show that as much as 7 in 10 women report experiencing some form of violence throughout their lives. On April 22 2016, Jacqueline Asiimwe, a Ugandan...
Powerful African Goddess: Solaire Munyana
Solaire Munyana is a television producer and television production consultant of shows like 'The Hostel'. She graciously took time out to tell us about her career and give advice for all who want to be in television. EA: Please tell us your background Solaire: I am a...
Medical Crisis In Uganda
By Zerida Mponye So I read an article a couple weeks ago on The Independent’s website from Dr. Ian Clarke who allegedly said that Ugandans were partly to blame for the collapse of the medical system. The article said that Ugandans do not trust their own medical system...