AWP Network

Making a Difference in the Lives of African Entrepreneurs

Apply: WAAW Foundation She Hacks Africa Coding Bootcamp

Learn how to create your own web and mobile apps using: HTML, CSS, BOOTSTRAP, JAVASCRIPT & JQUERY, PHP & MySQL, WordPress, GitHub, Node.JS, Ionic Framework for Mobile App Development. The workshop will give you the know-how to get started, boost your Employability, Entrepreneurship & Leadership skills and productivity by learning to Code and hosting your…

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April 29, 2019

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Tony Elumelu Foundation Seeks Mentors for Its Business Program

The Tony Elumelu Foundation seeks mentors for its entrepreneurship program. To achieve its goal of 1:2 mentor/mentee ratio at most, we would like to take advantage of your network to recruit additional mentors. Kindly share this link with those you deem fit to mentor and grow the selected African Entrepreneurs – Qualities of a TEF…

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April 29, 2019

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active mentoring, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, business training, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Elumelu, empowerment, empowerment fund, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, GEEP, girls, growth, Hafsatu Hamza-Babaji, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, Kaduna, Lagos, leadership, LoftyInc Capital Management, LSETF, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentoring, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nigeria empowerment fund, program, progress, small biz, small business, SMEs, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Teen Tycoons, TEEP, TEEP program, The AWP Network, Tony Elemelu Entrepreneurial Program, Tony Elumelu, Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment
Orange Launches its first “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunisia

Orange has opened the “Orange Digital Center” in Tunis, a place built around a completely new concept and entirely dedicated to innovation. The Orange Digital Centre was set-up as a centre to provide wide-ranging support for startups. From training young people in coding to more direct guidance, as well as startup acceleration and investment in early-stage companies,…

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April 29, 2019

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Apply: Canon’s New Cosmos of Photography Competition

Canon will begin accepting entries for its New Cosmos of Photography 2019 photo competition. The competition is open to international entrants in the aim of discovering, nurturing, and supporting developing photographers who want to explore new and creative ways to engage with photography and video. The Excellence Award Selection Committee will meet in July to…

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April 29, 2019

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Africa, African youths, AWP Network, Canon, Excellent, international, Mary Olushoga, New Cosmos of Photography, Nigeria, Photographers, Photography, South Africa, The African Women Power Network, women and girls, women empowerment
Apply: Johnson & Johnson Global Community Impact Program

Johnson & Johnson Global Community Impact will offer scholarships to 12 young health leaders across the globe to participate in the 2019 Johnson & Johnson One Young World Scholarship Program. The 2019 J&J OYW Scholarship Program includes: Attendance at the 2019 OYW Summit to be held in London, UK (22-25 October 2019) including economy flights,…

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April 16, 2019

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Facebook artificial intelligence (AI) researchers create population density maps of Africa

Facebook is working closely with key non-profit and research partners to use artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to address large-scale social, health and infrastructure challenges in sub Saharan Africa. These efforts range from rural electrification in Tanzania to vaccinating people in remote corners of Malawi. Facebook is applying the processing muscle of its compute…

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April 16, 2019

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Winetech & South Africa Innovation Summit Launch Agritech Competition

Winetech and the SA Innovation Summit, have launched a competition for agritech startups developing innovative solutions addressing key issues confronting wine producers. The finalists of the competition will go through to the Winetech Pitching Den where they will pitch their startups to a panel of judges at the annual SA Innovation Summit, which will take…

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April 15, 2019

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Africa, African Women in Tech, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, cMapIT, collaboration, competition, Crowd mapping, crowdmapping, Data, data visualization, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fellowship, girls, growth, idea, Infrastructure, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, mapping, mapping technology, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile mapping, mobile technology, MongoDB, my voice matters, Nigeria, Niyi Abiri, Open Data Institute, open technology, program, progress, SheWorksInTech, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, United Nations, women, women and girls, women empowerment, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices
Apply: AWIEF Business Growth Accelerator Program for Women Entrepreneurs

25 entrepreneurs will be chosen for this three (3) month program designed to support participants with the business modeling and growth strategy required to scale their enterprises, become investment ready and develop entrepreneurial leadership. The program will cover: Financial modeling Target market, competitive landscape and value proposition Design framework thinking Access to finance Access to…

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April 15, 2019

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Africa, African Women in Tech, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, cMapIT, collaboration, competition, Crowd mapping, crowdmapping, Data, data visualization, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fellowship, girls, growth, idea, Infrastructure, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, mapping, mapping technology, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile mapping, mobile technology, MongoDB, my voice matters, Nigeria, Niyi Abiri, Open Data Institute, open technology, program, progress, SheWorksInTech, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, United Nations, women, women and girls, women empowerment, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices
MEST Africa and Microsoft announce 2019 Pan-African Tech Summit in Nairobi

MEST Africa, seed fund and incubator, has officially announced its fourth annual MEST Africa Summit, in collaboration with Microsoft. The 3-day event will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from June 10 – 12, 2019, at the Radisson Blu Hotel as well as the home of MEST Africa’s Nairobi incubator – the Nairobi Garage. The Summit…

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April 15, 2019

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AdGeek, Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cape Town, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, Claimsync, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Meltwater Foundation, MEST, MEST Africa, MEST Africa Summit, MEST Incubator, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, RetailTower, Saya, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, YouthsAfrica
Founder of AWP Network, Mary Olushoga to Launch the She Works in Tech Fellowship

The AWP Network SheWorksInTech Fellowship is a project-based immersive learning program for young women using the F.O.C.U.S. Methodology (TM), created by Mary Olushoga, to encourage collaborative learning, mentoring, leadership training and entrepreneurial strategies to develop long-term career and professional skills to develop the next generation of highly skilled workers in Africa. The AWP Network is…

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March 29, 2019

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Africa, African Women in Tech, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, cMapIT, collaboration, competition, Crowd mapping, crowdmapping, Data, data visualization, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fellowship, girls, growth, idea, Infrastructure, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, mapping, mapping technology, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile mapping, mobile technology, MongoDB, my voice matters, Nigeria, Niyi Abiri, Open Data Institute, open technology, program, progress, SheWorksInTech, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, United Nations, women, women and girls, women empowerment, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices