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5 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Start a Business

(1) They have a bold idea, (2) They have a fun idea, (3) They have a solution to a problem, (4) They want to test a new idea, (5) They want to make money.

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October 28, 2014

Business, Education

Africa, African youths, AWP Network, bold, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, fun, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, problem, program, progress, small business, solution, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Apply: Yale Young African Scholars Program

The Yale Young African Scholars Program (YYAS) is an initiative modeled after the Yale Young Global Scholars Program. This program is intended solely for African students attending secondary school on the African continent. The Yale Young African Scholars Program is a high-intensity 6-day program designed for African students who will graduate from secondary school in…

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October 28, 2014

Events

Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yale University, Yale Young Global Scholars Program, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Nigeria’s Minister of Communication Technology Wins GEM Tech Award

Honorable Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s 1st Minister of Communication Technology and founding chairperson of Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ), a non-governmental organization seeking to improve the success rate of female entrepreneurs as well as increase the proportion of women in senior positions in corporate organizations just won the GEM Tech Award. The GEM-TECH Awards is organized…

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October 28, 2014

Events

Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Gender, gender equality, girls, growth, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, ITU, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Omobola Johnson, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, UN Women, WimBiz, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Funke Michaels Hosts Entrepreneurs Roundtable at CUNY

Funke Michaels, Edward Mason Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government led an entrepreneurs roundtable at the 2014 CUNY Young African Leadership Symposium, which took place at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. At the table were Claude Grunitzky – Founder of TRACE Magazine, Vuyo Dunjwa – Executive Chairman of the Sub-Saharan Africa Chamber…

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October 24, 2014

Business, Education, Events

Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Claude Grunitzky, collaboration, competition, CUNY Young African Leadership Symposium, CYAL, development, education, Edward Mason Fellow, emerging entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial skills, Entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs roundtable, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Conference, Funke Michaels, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, smallbiz, solutions, strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa Chamber of Commerce, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Trace Magazine, Vuyo Dunjwa, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Young Nigerian Techies Encourage More Girls to go Into STEM Fields

Creators of the traffic app, Road Marshal – want more girls to go into STEM fields. Oladayo Satope, Oreoluwa Okuboyejo, and Adedayo Oluokun – all students at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria reflect on their success since developing their traffic app, Road Marshal, an online 2D game. Satope, an Electronics and Electrical Engineering graduate and her…

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October 24, 2014

Business, Education, Interviews

Adedayo Oluokun, Africa, African youths, 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, Oladayo Satope, Oreoluwa Okuboyejo, program, progress, Road Marshal, small business, solutions, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Arunma Oteh Named West African Business Woman of the Year

The CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards [AABLA] just honored Arunma Oteh, Director General at Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission as the 2014 West African Business Woman of the Year. The CNBC Africa award honours remarkable leadership and salutes game changers of business on the African continent for their commitment to excellence, developing best practices,…

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October 23, 2014

Events

Africa, African youths, All Africa Business Leaders Awards, Arunma Oteh, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, CNBC Africa, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, progress, Securities and Exchange Commission, small business, solutions, strategy, support, technology, The AWP Network, West African Business Woman of the Year, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Serial Entrepreneur, Rapelang Rabana Wins Big at the World Entrepreneurship Forum

Rapelang Rabana won the Young Entrepreneur Award at the at the 2014 World Entrepreneurship Forum. Chosen by Forbes as one of Africa’s Best Young Entrepreneurs, and listed on the ‘O Power List’ by The Oprah Magazine, Rapelang Rabana is one of Africa’s success stories. More recently, Rapelang started an innovative technology-driven education company seeking to…

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October 22, 2014

Business, Events

Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, program, progress, Rapelang Rabana, ReKindle Learning, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Entrepreneurship Forum, Young Entrepreneur Award, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
AWP Exclusive: Pictures from the Women & Girls Summit

The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Her Excellency, Dame (Dr.) Patience Faka Jonathan convened the inaugural 2014 Women & Girls Summit in collaboration with the National Centre for Women Development and Friends Africa. The summit is expected to release a communiqué highlighting key conclusions from the meeting, as well as, key announcements…

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October 22, 2014

Events

2014 Women & Girls Summit, Abuja, Africa, Akudo Anyanwu-Ikemba, AWP Network, Bola Shagaya, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Determination, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Friends Africa, girl education, growth, Hafsat Abiola, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Onyeka Onwenu, Patience Faka Jonathan, Patience Jonathan, possibilities, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths
Nigeria’s First Lady Convenes Women & Girls Summit

The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Her Excellency, Dame (Dr.) Patience Faka Jonathan convened the inaugural 2014 Women & Girls Summit in collaboration with the National Centre for Women Development and Friends Africa. This event was in commemoration of the International Day of the Girl-Child with leaders from government institutions, indigenous and international…

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October 21, 2014

Events

AWP Network, collaboration, Friends Africa, Inspiration, International Day of the Girl-Child, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Maryam Booth, National Centre for Women Development, Patience Faka Jonathan, support, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: What Nigerian Women Need

Women entrepreneurs in Nigeria face a host of cultural and institutional hurdles they must negotiate on their way to success. Despite these obstacles, women are thriving because they are learning from each other’s lessons and listening to voices of those who have gone before them. Entrepreneurs need to be encouraged. It is not easy to…

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October 21, 2014

Business, Education

Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Clara Ohakim, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Oreoluwa Somolu, program, progress, small business, small business development, solutions, Startup, stories, strategy, success, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths