AWP Network

“Innovation in Africa Will Thrive Whether People Support It Or Not,” Founder of cMapIT Nigeria Speaks to the AWP Network

Niyi Abiri is passionate about using open mobile mapping technology to capture citizen-related concerns about government and governance, infrastructure projects, and areas vulnerable to conflict in Nigeria. His company, cMapIT has received global recognition and awards from institutions like MongoDB and Open Data Institute. The AWP Network connects with Abiri to learn more about his…

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August 6, 2018

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

Africa, 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, 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, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women empowerment, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths
Venture Garden Group and GreenHouse Capital to Launch Female-Focused Tech Accelerator Program in Lagos

On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 – Venture Garden Group and GreenHouse Capital will launch GreenHouse Lab, a female-focused tech accelerator program and Africa’s first “Powered by Google” accelerator. The event is set to take place at Vibranium Valley in Ikeja. GreenHouse Lab was founded by GreenHouse Capital – a venture capital firm based in Lagos and is…

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August 3, 2018

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Google Accelerator, GreenHouse Capital, GreenHouse Lab, growth, idea, Ikeja, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, tech accelerator, technology, The AWP Network, Venture Garden Group, Vibranium Vallet, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Facebook and Google Help to Establish the African Master’s in Machine Intelligence

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) has announced the launch of a one-year intensive African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (AMMI) in partnership with Facebook and Google. The master’s program will begin this September at the AIMS-Rwanda campus in Kigali. The goal of the initiative is to train a generation of young scientists who will bring a fresh…

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August 2, 2018

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

Africa, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, African Women Power Network, African youths, AIMS, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, girls, Google, governance, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kigali, Lagos, leadership, Machine Intelligence, machinery, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, pan-African network, program, progress, research, Rwanda, scientists, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Register Your AgriBusiness with AWIEF

This is a call for digital registration of women-owned agribusinesses in Eastern and Southern Africa. This registration will facilitate the development of a digital database for women-owned agribusinesses in Africa, the first agribusiness intelligence network targeting women agri-entrepreneurs. The aim is to create a network of women in agribusiness, increase information flow within women agribusiness…

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July 30, 2018

Events

Africa, Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, African woman, African women, African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, African women power, African youths, agribusiness, Agribusiness partnership, Angola, awards, AWIEF, AWIEF Accelarator, AWIEF Accelerator, AWIEF Conference, AWP Network, Botswana, Burundi, business, business support, Cape Town, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, conference, development, digital database, digital registration, Djibouti, Eastern Africa, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Events, Fatoumata Ba, girls, Grace Ongile, growth, ICO Conferences & Events Limited, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, intelligence network, Irene Ochem, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Lesotho, Malawi, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, Mozambique, my voice matters, Namibia, Ndidi Nwuneli, Nigeria, Njideka Harry, Obiageli Ezekwesili, program, progress, Rwanda, small business, solutions, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Southern Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Swaziland, Tanzania, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, Zainab Saleh, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Attend: Nutrition Africa Investor Forum in Kenya

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) – an international organization founded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and driven by the mission of a world without malnutrition – is hosting the first-ever Nutrition Africa Investor Forum, to engage and encourage private sector investors to play a key role in improving nutrition across Africa. The event is hosted in partnership…

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July 26, 2018

Events

Africa, African Business magazine, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, business, business support, challenge, change, childhood malnutrition, collaboration, competition, development, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, food value chain, Forum, girls, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investor, Lagos, leadership, malnutrition, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, nutrition, Nutrition Africa Investor Forum, Nutrition-sensitive capital investments, nutritious, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, SUN Business Network, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Nigerian Startup ScholarX Joins Wise Accelerator and Injini Incubator

Founded by Bola Lawal and Maxwell Ogunfuyi, ScholarX was recently accepted into Injini’s five (5) months edtech incubator program. The program is all expense paid, plus a $50,000 investment during the program. In addition to this, ScholarX is one of five (5) initiatives selected for the 2018-19 WISE Accelerator. The WISE Accelerator will support the five selected edtech…

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July 17, 2018

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Bola Lawal, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Injini, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Maxwell Ogunfuyi, mentoring, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, ScholarX, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, WISE Accelerator, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Introducing Afrimart: B2B E-Commerce Platform

Afrimart is designed to create new business opportunities for African Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs), general merchants and service providers on the quest for growth and expansion by creating visibility and accessibility to African buyers and suppliers. Afrimart’s e-commerce platform for made in Africa product launched today, offering prospects of catapulting the otherwise less exploited intra-Africa…

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July 17, 2018

Events

Africa, African youths, Afrimart, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, buyers, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fredrick Igbinedion, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, marketplace, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, suppliers, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Apply: $100,000 Cartier Women’s Initiative Award

Since 2006, the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards has supported over 100 female entrepreneurs worldwide. Each year, 18 finalists are selected, 6 of whom will become Laureates. The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards is looking for committed female entrepreneurs heading initiatives with the potential to grow significantly in the years to come. It is a unique opportunity…

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July 2, 2018

Events

Africa, African youths, award, AWP Network, business, business support, Cartier, Cartier Women’s Initiative, challenge, change, coaching, collaboration, competition, development, education, emerging market, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, financing, girls, grants, growth, idea, ideas, Innovation, Innovators, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
AWIEF Launches #VALUE4HER: Program For Strengthening Women’s Agribusiness Enterprises in Africa

#VALUE4HER is a 22-month project aimed at increasing VALUE for women agripreneurs through market access, improving knowledge, skills, networks and advocacy for addressing some of the key barriers for women’s empowerment in agriculture and agribusiness. Women are actors in numerous agricultural value chains, offering huge potential for their participation in markets, but few are involved in…

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July 2, 2018

Events

Africa, Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, African woman, African women, African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, African women power, African youths, awards, AWIEF, AWIEF Accelarator, AWIEF Accelerator, AWIEF Conference, AWP Network, business, business support, Cape Town, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, conference, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Events, Fatoumata Ba, girls, Grace Ongile, growth, ICO Conferences & Events Limited, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Irene Ochem, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Ndidi Nwuneli, Nigeria, Njideka Harry, Obiageli Ezekwesili, program, progress, 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, Zainab Saleh
£60,000 in Equity-free Funding for Engineers

The Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowships supports creative, entrepreneurial engineers who have demonstrated an exceptional innovation in engineering which they want to develop further. These Fellowships support three (3) types of people: Researchers wishing to spin out a company from a university or research institute, Recent graduates wishing to start a company, International PhD students…

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June 29, 2018

Events

Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Enterprise Fellowships, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial engineers, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Royal Academy of Engineering, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths