AWP Network

Making a Difference in the Lives of African Entrepreneurs

Apply for the $100,000 Africa Food Prize

The search for the 2020 Africa Food Prize is on! The USD 100,000 prize celebrates Africans who are taking control of the continent’s agriculture agenda and changing the reality of farming in Africa from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. It puts a bright spotlight on bold initiative and technical innovations that…

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February 5, 2020

Business, Events

access markets, Africa, Africa Food Prize, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African Innovation, African Innovation Foundation, African youths, agriculture, apps, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, development, economic empowerment, education, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovation Prize for Africa, Innovators, Inspiration, Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, Lagos, leadership, making a difference, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, oil and gas, online services, Prize, program, progress, reduce poverty, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technical knowledge, technology, The AWP Network, website, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths Africa
Know A Child Changing The World? Apply for the €100,000 Peace Prize

Every year, the KidsRights Foundation awards this prestigious prize to a child who fights courageously for children’s rights. Every year, KidsRights Foundation awards this prestigious prize to a brave boy or girl, regardless of race, place of birth or social standing, who has demonstrated the skill and determination necessary to improve the rights of children.…

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January 29, 2020

Business, Events

Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, award, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, change agent, children’s rights, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, International Children’s Peace Prize, KidsRights Youngsters, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Peace Prize, prize winner, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Youths Africa, YouthsAfrica
Apply for the 2020 Les Margaret Women Entrepreneur Award

The #lesMargaret Award was established for women entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs who are changing the world from Europe and Africa. Created in 2013 by DWD and supported by Margaret Hamilton, the award highlights big ideas and innovations from committed and inspiring digital women who are disrupting challenges that our society is facing today. The les Margaret…

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January 10, 2020

Events

Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Disrupted, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Feminist policy, foreign policy, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Katie Washington, Lagos, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, post-colonial, power, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices
You are invited to attend the Fifth Annual African Diaspora Investment Symposium

The fifth annual global convening of leaders, innovators, investors, and entrepreneurs who seek to uplift the African continent by building bridges among Africans, Diasporans, and friends of Africa is set to take place in Silicon Valley, the innovation and entrepreneurial capital of the world. The conference aims to inspire and enable participants to be agents…

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January 6, 2020

Events

Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Disrupted, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Feminist policy, foreign policy, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Katie Washington, Lagos, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, post-colonial, power, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices
You are Invited to attend She-EO 7.0

The goal of She-EO is to provide safe platforms for women of African descent to retreat and discuss issues related to personal growth and community engagement. She-EO specifically addresses financial, mental and societal barriers that inhibit the growth and progress of women. We are breaking cultural barriers by having no hold barred discussions about issues…

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January 3, 2020

Events

Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Disrupted, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Feminist policy, foreign policy, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Katie Washington, Lagos, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, post-colonial, power, 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
The King Baudouin Foundation Honors Founder of WeCyclers, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola

On October 25, The King Baudouin Foundation, the leading resource for philanthropic giving to Europe and Africa, held a private dinner at Sea Grill in New York City to honor Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola the founder of WeCyclers. WeCyclers is a Lagos-based social enterprise focused on giving low-income communities in developing countries a chance to capture value from…

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November 12, 2019

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

Adey Hailu, African Women Entrepreneurs, African Women in Tech, African Women Power Network, AWP, AWP Network Agropreneur, Bilikiss Adebiyi, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, Busie Matsiko-Andan, change, clean energy, development, Lagos, Mary Olushoga, Michelle Awuku Tatum, Nigeria, philantrophy, progress, Ruth Umoh, Shimite Obialo, social change agents, South Africa, The King Baudouin Foundation, Tracy Austin, Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs, waste, WeCyclers, women, women entrepreneurs, Yasmina Edwards
Wefarm secures $13 Million in funding to scale its Smallholder Agricultural Ecosystem

Wefarm.co the digital network for global small-scale agriculture has raised $13 million in a Series A financing round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures. This financing round will help Wefarm further scale its network of 1.9 million farmers, and its newly created Marketplace, to connect farmers in Africa, even those without internet…

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November 10, 2019

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

agribusiness, agriculture, artificial intelligence, AWP, AWP Network, change, development, Entrepreneurs, Farmers, financing, investments, marketplace, Mary Olushoga, partnerships, progress, WeFarm, women
Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Conference Resolution Calls for the Inclusion of Women in the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Process

A resolution adopted at the Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) 5th Annual Conference & Expo, could have far reaching implications for women economic empowerment in Africa. The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Conference made history this week when it called for the economic empowerment of women to be linked to the Africa…

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November 10, 2019

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

Africa, African Women in Tech, African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, AWIEF Accelarator, AWIEF Conference, AWP, AWP Network, business, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Innovation, Irene Ochem, Mary Olushoga, South Africa, Vera Songwe, women
Society for Africans in the Diaspora to host its 9th Annual African Diaspora Award

This year’s event is themed, the “Passport To Africa – Homecoming 2019.” SAiD is kicking off a major landmark campaign targeting the African-Americans and African Diaspora to mark the 400 year anniversary of the first enslaved Africans’ arrival in Virginia by returning home to Africa in the year 2020. One of the main goals of…

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November 10, 2019

Events

ADA Awards, African Diaspora Awards, AWP, AWP Network, creative marketing, Mary Olushoga, Massah David, Miatta David Johnson, SAID Institutes, Society of Africans in the Diaspora
Apply: NGO CSW64 Women of Distinction Awards

Every year NGO CSW/NY presents the Woman of Distinction Award to a woman in recognition of her leadership in the struggle for gender equality, human rights and women’s empowerment. In 2020 as we commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing +25, we have decided to honor five (5) women, one from…

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November 10, 2019

Business, Education, Events, Interviews

Africa, Asia-Pacific, award, AWP, AWP Network, CSW64, gender equality, honoree, human rights, Latin America Caribbean, Mary Olushoga, social change, Western Europe, Woman of Distinction Award, women empowerment