Diana Mwango

Editor at Business Daily Africa

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Dating in the 80s: When finding love was a much simpler affair

1 month ago | nation.africa | Diana Mwango

Are people nowadays unnecessarily making it hard to find a soulmate? We, who fell in love (and sometimes in lust) in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, remember a time when love was tender in its simplicity. It was direct. It was brave. I read a post recently, written by a corporate baddie, as young educated working-class women call themselves nowadays, saying that they have no time to date and no men to marry. I thought Gen Zs are just overcomplicating intimacy. In our time, it was not this complicated.
No soft life: Childhood joys CBC kids may never know

1 month ago | nation.africa | Diana Mwango

What’s something you did growing up that today’s generation will never understand? I would say the fact that my generation went outside when bored and just did stuff. We didn’t really know the term boredom. We had no footballs, so we made them from layers of plastic bags, tied tight with string or yarn stolen from our mothers’ knitted seat covers — or from tattered knickers, for those who wore them. You used what you had.
What Easter looked like in the ‘90s: Safari Rally, Franco, and dusty joy

1 month ago | nation.africa | Diana Mwango

I asked a bunch of college mates what Easter looked like in the ‘80s and ‘90s — back when God was feared, parents were obeyed, and happiness was homemade, usually with borrowed sugar and borrowed time. The stories came tumbling out, like clothes from an old suitcase: wrinkled, mismatched, but full of character. Let me start with the Safari Rally. Because Easter was never Easter without the dust, the roar, the thrill of it.
Woman who brought first ultrasound to Pumwani

Mar 8, 2025 | nation.africa | Diana Mwango

Prof Marleen Temmerman has achieved many firsts in her career. She was among the first women to attend medical school when university was largely reserved for men. She chose gynaecology and her professor wondered why she desired a career meant for men. She became the first female university professor. From a young age, she realised that power lies in knocking as many doors for opportunities as possible, before one or three finally open.
Seeking to get pregnant when the cancer is advanced

Mar 1, 2025 | cancerworld.net | Diana Mwango

Faced with the sudden knowledge that the life they had expected will be suddenly cut short, some women find hope and existential meaning in trying for a child that that will be theirs for their remaining time, and carry their legacy when they are gone. Diana Mwango reports from Kenya on what that choice can mean for patients and their cancer management.
My mammogram journey

Oct 25, 2024 | nation.africa | Diana Mwango

It is 11am and I’m seated outside a breast imaging clinic at Aga Khan University Hospital. Two elderly women enter and exit within minutes—10 minutes each, to be precise. I had contemplated not coming for this mammogram, an X-ray examination of my breasts. Such things can be scary. I try to read the women’s faces to gauge whether the process is painful. They look calm, but I’m feeling queasier with each second.
Keeping family hopes alive among young African women treated for breast cancer

Aug 29, 2024 | cancerworld.net | Diana Mwango

In Africa, women’s infertility carries a heavy stigma; it becomes their label. Many end up feeling worthless, face harsh treatment from in-laws, abandonment by spouses, or relegation to polygamous marriages, as husbands take additional wives capable of bearing children. For Linet Auma, a 27-year-old recently diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer, the fear of losing her ability to have children compounds the distress of her diagnosis.
Keeping family hopes alive among African women treated for breast cancer

Aug 29, 2024 | cancerworld.net | Diana Mwango

In Africa, women’s infertility carries a heavy stigma; it becomes their label. Many end up feeling worthless, face harsh treatment from in-laws, abandonment by spouses, or relegation to polygamous marriages, as husbands take additional wives capable of bearing children. For Linet Auma, a 27-year-old recently diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer, the fear of losing her ability to have children compounds the distress of her diagnosis.
‘I nursed my child with one breast'

Aug 6, 2024 | nation.africa | Diana Mwango |Marion Sitawa

In 2018, Grace Nduta made a bold decision. She was pregnant and had just been diagnosed with breast cancer stage 3b. Against her doctor’s advice, she refused to terminate the pregnancy. The doctor warned her that if she waited nine months, the cancer would spread, and the drugs could harm the foetus. “I was two weeks pregnant when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The doctors kept telling me, ‘You have to start on chemotherapy immediately.’ I refused an abortion.
Kenyans growing love for premium French wine woos wineries

Jul 24, 2024 | businessdailyafrica.com | Diana Mwango

French wine and cognac producers are turning their sights to Kenya as demand in Europe slows, especially among younger drinkers. These producers recently showcased their offerings at the French ambassadorâ€™s residence in Nairobi. They highlighted that young Europeans are drinking less, partly due to social mediaâ€™s influence, as people do not want to be seen as heavy drinkers. Kenya imports most of its wine, mainly from South Africa, Chile, and Italy.