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African Daily Voice Launches News Agency

Based in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, African Daily Voice – a multinational company specializing in content, and the media, has a newsroom in Casablanca (Morocco) and offers multilingual services (French, English, Arabic) has launched a pan-African news agency. Driven by a long-term vision for Africa, the founders and investors of the new media group rely exclusively on…

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August 13, 2018

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Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Africa, African youths, Algeria, Algiers, Antananarivo, Arabic, awards, AWP Network, Bangui, business, business support, Cameroon, Casablanca, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, content, Dakar, development, Douala, DRC, education, English, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, french, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, Ivory Coast, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos, leadership, Madagascar, Malabo, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, my voice matters, New Media, Nigeria, program, progress, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths
Need Funding for Your Business? Apply for the Bank of Industry Loan

LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited has been appointed by the Bank of Industry (BOI) as a Business Development Service Provider (BDSP) to potential Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria. This serves as a notice to inform eligible candidates/MSMEs who might be interested in accessing loans from the Bank of Industry of opportunities to access such through…

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August 10, 2018

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Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Bank of Industry, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, GEEP, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, LCM, leadership, Loftyinc Allied Partners, LoftyInc Capital Management, LSETF, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MINC, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Omojuwa Small Business Support Fund, program, progress, small business, SMEs, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, TEEP, The AWP Network, The Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program, Tony Elemelu Entrepreneurial Program, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths
Join the WAAW Foundation SheHacksAfrica (FREE) Coding Bootcamp

Join the WAAW Foundation to advance STEM Education for African girls by attending a four (4) week immersive coding bootcamp. Want to learn how to create your own web and mobile applications? or even learn about cutting-edge data analysis? The WAAW Foundation training workshop will give you the know-how to get started, boost your employability skills and productivity…

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August 10, 2018

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Africa, African girls, African girls in technology, African Women Power Network, African youths, applications, awards, AWELE Academy, AWP Network, AWP Network. change, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Girls education, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nairobi, Nigeria, program, progress, science, She Hacks Africa, SheHacksAfrica, small business, software engineering, solutions, South Africa, STEM, STEM Camp for African girls, strategy, support, sustainability, techbiz, technology, technology leadership, The AWP Network, Unoma Odili, Unoma Okorafor, Waaw Foundation, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Introducing the 9 Female-Led Startups Accepted for the GreenHouse Lab Accelerator Program in Lagos

Venture Garden Group and GreenHouse Capital have launched GreenHouse Lab, a female-focused tech accelerator program and Africa’s first “Powered by Google” accelerator. GreenHouse Lab was founded by GreenHouse Capital – a venture capital firm based in Lagos and is “Powered by Google” – the only accelerator program in Africa with this distinction. After going through…

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August 8, 2018

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, Allpro, AMPZ. tv, awards, AWP Network, Bankly, BitMama, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Google Accelerator, GreenHouse Capital, GreenHouse Lab, growth, idea, Ikeja, Innovation, Inspiration, Kozzi Homes, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nicademia, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, Social Lender, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, tech accelerator, technology, The AWP Network, Venture Garden Group, Versus, Vibranium, Vibranium Valley, Vibranium Valley Ikeja, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Xigma, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Finalists Announced for the MIT (Zambezi) Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion

The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation just announced the finalists of the 2018 edition of the Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion. The prestigious competition, awarding a total of $200,000 in prizes, was established in 2015 to discover Africa’s most…

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August 8, 2018

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

Africa, Africa strategy, African tech startup, African youths, Apollo Agriculture, awards, AWP Network, Bidhaa Sasa, business, business bootcamp, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, egatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FarmDrive, Farmerline, financial inclusion, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, LanteOTC, leadership, Legatum, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MasterCard Foundation, MaTontine, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, OZE, program, progress, RecyclePoints, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tulaa, Wala, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zambezi Prize, Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion
Attend: Property Summit for Real Estate Investors and Developers in Senegal

The Francoreal Property Investment Summit will offer a platform for the region and continent’s premier real estate investors and developers to gauge opportunities in one of the world’s fastest growing zones – known colloquially as Francophone West and Central Africa. This forum will provide a platform for local, regional and international delegates to learn, network and strike deals.…

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August 8, 2018

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Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Central Africa, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Developers, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Francophone West Africa, Francoreal Property Investment Summit, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, real estate developers, real estate investors, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Finalists Announced for the 2018 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Ecobank has announced the finalists for the 2nd edition of the annual Ecobank Fintech Challenge, a competition for Africa-focused technology startups. The list includes eleven (11) fintech startups from across the continent and beyond. The startups are: Wallet.ng (Nigeria), Nala (Tanzania), Litee (Benin), SESO Global (South Africa), InvestED (Sierra Leone), Eversend (France), Secapay (Nigeria), Virtual Identity…

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August 8, 2018

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

Africa, African fintech entrepreneurs, African startup, African startup ecosystem, African youths, Awamo, awards, AWP Network, Benin, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Developers, development, EcoBank, Ecobank Africa Fintech Prize, Ecobank fintech challenge, Ecobank Fintech Fellow, Ecobank Fintech Fellowship, Ecobank Group, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Eversend, FinTech, fintech solutions, France, Germany, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, InvestED, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Litee, Lome, Lypa, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, MojiPay, my voice matters, Nala, Nigeria, pan-African, prizes, program, progress, Secapay, SESO Global, Sierra Leone, small business, software developers, solutions, South Africa, startups, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Togo, Virtual Identity, Wallet.ng, women, women and girls, women developers, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths
Pitch Your Ideas For a Sustainable Future: Apply for the Phanes Group Solar Incubator Program

Phanes Group, an international end-to-end solar provider headquartered based in Dubai has announced the 2nd edition of its Solar Incubator program, aimed at identifying PV projects of potential in sub-Saharan Africa by providing support to funding, and commercial and technical knowledge. The initiative held under the theme, “Your Project, Our Expertise, For a Sustainable Future”, will…

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August 7, 2018

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Abidjan, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, AWP Network The African Women Power Network, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, commercial, competition, development, Dubai, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Funding, girls, growth, Hogan Lovells, idea, impact, Incubator, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, Kigali, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Phanes, Phanes Group, program, progress, project finance, Proparco, PV developers, Renewable Energy, responsAbility, RINA Consulting, Rwanda, small business, Solar Capital, solar energy, Solar Incubator, solar provider, Solarplaza, solutions, South Africa, strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa, support, sustainability, sustainable future, technical knowledge, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Startups in Lagos Could Receive a $25,000 Investment from the Honeywell Group

Honeywell Group has launched a new accelerator and investment vehicle, Itanna. Led by Tomi Otudeko, Head, Innovation and Sustainability for Honeywell Group and Director of the new venture, Itanna will roll out a four-month innovation program for tech-enabled Nigerian startups from its newly built Enterprise Factory in Lagos; with its pilot cohort of startups receiving USD…

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August 7, 2018

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accelerator, Accelerator program, Accounteer, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, cashless, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Demo Day, development, education, Enterprise Factory, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Honeywell, Honeywell Group, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, Itanna, Kolopay, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Oba Otudeko, PowerCube, program, progress, Renewable Energy, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, tech, tech startups, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, Tomi Otudeko, Tradebuza, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths
ENGIE to Build 8 Hybrid Solar Power Plants in Gabon

ENGIE has signed an agreement with CDC, the Gabonese financial institution Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, to deploy eight (8) hybrid solar power plants in Gabon, representing a combined capacity of 2.2 MW. The implemented solution was developed by ENGIE’s subsidiary, Ausar Energy in collaboration with CDC, the Gabonese Ministry of Energy, and the Gabonese energy…

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August 6, 2018

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, Ausar Energy, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Engie, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Gabon, Gabonese, girls, growth, hybrid solar power plants, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, power plants, program, progress, 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