Sylvia Owori
Leading African fashion icon and businesswoman from Uganda. Designer, Publisher, Founder. Africa Woman Magazine Women, Zipa Modelling Agency, Sylvia Owori Designs & Boutique, Sylvia Owori Foundation among others.
Expert Perspective
Four years in 25 minutes!
Slightly under a year ago I flew to Cape Town in South Africa for a conference. I had the good luck of landing on a sunny cloudless sky. Now, if you’ve never been to Cape Town, imagine that when God created Africa he poured out all his artistic skill over …
African Women & the World Respond to Mentorship Website
I am very proud to announce that Wisdom Exchange TV (www.WisdomExchangeTv.com) is now being viewed in 49 countries and on 6 continents! This site was designed for African women to
A New Lease on Life
By Maggie Gitau (Ignite Excellence Foundation Recipient)
I grew up on an idyllic hill that was nestled between two rapid streams, each river less than a five minute skip and hop from our house. During high rains the streams could get so treacherous we learnt to treat them, any body …
Ignite Excellence Awards 4 Scholarships!
Through the generousity of donors, the Ignite Excellence Foundation is proud to inform you we provided four scholarships to wonderfully diverse and committed women. Three of the four recipients will start their under or postgraduate education starting September 2011, the other is in her second year.
Please list to …
Leadership from the Animal Kingdom. Is it the right style for your organization or its stage of development?
Looking out on Kenya’s famous game reserve, the Masai Mara, at the millions of wildebeest, I could not help but be intrigued by their behaviour. To watch the wildebeest roam the vast open space with no semblance of order, to all of a sudden fall in line behind this one wildebeest. One wildebeest would start [...]
Maggie Gitau, Kenya, PHD Cultural Studies
Maggie Gitau: Raising Partners…To Impact Africa
About two weeks ago I hosted a family of nine from the USA. After their Maasai Mara safari, they decided to make a stop-over at slums in Nairobi, laden with token gifts to hand out. They distributed school shoes to impoverished children then met …
Clene Nyiramahoro, PhD in Intercultural Studies
Beyond the Tears: a Rwandan Refugee’s intention to help heal the vulnerable during unrest.
Having lived outside my home for almost 16 years, I was able to objectively think about some of the cultural values that are strongly held and which I believe have been contributing to the many conflicts …
Esther Silamo, Randille, Kenya
Tertiary Education will give me a voice, where there is none
Education will give me the confidence, the knowledge and the vehicle to empower women in my community, who have been subjected to traditions that have suppressed them. I was raised in Northern Kenya, in a remote community where…
Joy Ayuma Nandokha, Masters in Curriculum & Instruction
Inspire to Work with Care Givers; the individuals responsible for the next generation
My name is Joy Ayuma Nandoka. I am a wife and mother to two children. I am pursuing a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction in African International University.
My aim of pursuing the Masters in Christian…
Guilt: Women’s heavy burden to bear
Ripple Effect – Following the Donations
Welcome to the Ignite Excellence Foundation Blog! Since the inception of the foundation in April 2007 we have made some strides to develop the women leadership in Africa.
We have sponsored two potential women leaders through post-graduate education through the sales of photography.
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Suzanne F. Stevens Interview about Foundation
Suzanne F. Stevens interview on Liquid Lunch about the Ignite Excellence Conference, the cause and the women that will be supporting the initiative. 10 minutes.
