AWP Network

Making a Difference in the Lives of African Entrepreneurs

Apply: FastTracks Bootcamp for Startups

This three (3) month bootcamp kicks off in September 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa, and will be led by seasoned innovation experts, Zachariah George, Philip Kiracofe, and Paul Nel. PRIZES: EUR 15,000, 100+ highly engaged industry mentors, free office space, access to funding and a network of industry partners, investors and venture capital firms.…

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February 15, 2018

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Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, 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, Youths
HERlead Fellowship for Next Generation Leaders

ANN INC. and Vital Voices to empower young women from across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico to effect global progress, invest in their communities, and begin their journeys as the next generation of leaders. WHO SHOULD APPLY: Girls in the 10th or 11th grade at a high school in the United States, Puerto Rico and…

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February 1, 2018

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Africa, African youths, Ann Inc., ANNpower, ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, vital voices, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Apply: Women in Science STEAM Camp Namibia

There is a strong gender imbalance in STEM. The WiSci Camp aims to bridge that gap through access to education, mentorship opportunities, and leadership training. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Design, and Mathematics. The camp will include a STEAM curriculum led by experts in their fields, as well as leadership development activities…

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January 24, 2018

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Africa, African youths, Arts&Design, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, girls, girls in technology, girlstech, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, Malawi, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mathematics, mobile technology, my voice matters, Namibia, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Nigeria, program, progress, Rwanda, science, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEAM, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, Swaziland, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, United States, Windhoek, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women in Science, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zambia
Leadership and Entrepreneurship Training for African Women In Business

Are you an aspiring or experienced African business woman living in Africa or the Diaspora? Can you dedicate 2 to 3 hours a week to business and leadership training over the course of the next year? Would you relish the opportunity to grow your network within and outside Africa, expand your skills, strengthen your brand, and be mentored…

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January 22, 2018

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Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Center for Global Enterprise, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, 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, Youths
UNICEF Innovation Fund – Up to $90k in Equity-Free Funding

The Innovation Fund allows UNICEF to quickly assess, fund and grow open-source solutions that can improve children’s lives. Financial and technological support is available for companies that are using technology in innovative ways to improve the world. The UNICEF Innovation Fund – will provide selected startups with between $50,000 and $90,000 in equity-free funding. The…

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January 22, 2018

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Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovation Fund, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, UNICEF, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
$100,000 Available: Off-Grid Energy Challenge in Nigeria

The U.S. African Development Foundation and All On invites proposals for innovative off-grid solutions to “power up” underserved areas of Nigeria. Applicants should be developing, scaling up or extending energy technologies to off-grid areas of Nigeria. DEADLINE: March 1, 2018 The Off-Grid Energy Challenge is led by the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) to develop, scale-up or…

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January 18, 2018

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Africa, African youths, All On, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Department of Energy, development, education, Energy Challenge, engineers, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, Ghana, girls, Global LEAP Awards, Global LEAP Off-Grid Refrigeration Competition, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, manufacturers, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Off-Grid Energy Challenge, Power Africa, program, progress, Refrigeration, Scaling Off-Grid Energy Grand Challenge, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, students, Sub-Saharan Africa, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, U.S. African Development Foundation, USADF, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Partech Africa Fund to Invest $70M in Early Stage African Startups

Partech Ventures announced today the launch of its Partech Africa fund, which has secured above €57M (US$70M) commitments toward its target size of €100M ($120M), making it the first technology fund of such size from a top-tier international VC to be exclusively dedicated to the fast-growing tech ecosystem in Africa. Partech Africa intends to focus…

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January 18, 2018

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Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business impact, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, ecosystem, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Partech Ventures, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, tech fund, technology, technology fund, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Attend: She Hacks Africa Free Coding Workshop

Want to learn how to create your own apps, websites or even learn about cutting edge data analysis? The She Hacks Africa training workshop will give you the know-how to get started, boost your employability skills and productivity. The training program will be split between fun, hands-on, result-oriented workshops that deliver practical, creative, software programming skills, and…

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January 17, 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, 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
Investors: Opportunity To Acquire Majority Stake in Carthage Cement S.A

The purpose of this Call for Expression of Interest is (i) to inform investors about this Transaction, (ii) to describe the sale process, and (iii) to guide the interested investors on the pre-qualification document’s withdrawal. This Call for Expression of Interest is open to Tunisian or foreign legal entities. Interested Investors may act alone or form a…

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January 16, 2018

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Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Carthage Cement, cement, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, concrete, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, transaction, Tunisia, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Enter the World Bank Data Science Competition and Win $15k

The World Bank competition will supply a set of training data with anonymized qualitative variables from household surveys in 3 countries, including the “poor” or “not poor” classification for each observation. The challenge is to build models which can accurately classify households from a different set of test data (with the poor/not poor classification removed!)…

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January 16, 2018

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Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Data, data science, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, poverty, program, progress, qualitative, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, training, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths