AWP Network

Apply: 2014 SEED Awards

Do you have an entrepreneurial and innovative idea that is locally-driven and has the potential to contribute significantly to sustainable development in countries with developing or transition economies? The SEED Awards for Entrepreneurs in Sustainable Development is an annual awards scheme designed to find the most promising, innovative, and locally led start-up social and environmental…

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February 12, 2014

Events

Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, growth, idea, Innovation, Malawi, Mary Olushoga, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, progress, SEED Award, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, Uganda, UN Women, women and girls, Youths
Apply: The Thomson Reuters Foundation-Nokia Photo Award

DEADLINE: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 The Thomson Reuters Foundation and Nokia are inviting aspiring photographers and photojournalists to submit images capturing the many aspects of women’s empowerment around the world. This is an incredible opportunity to use pictures to spark positive debate on women’s rights, and to help foster social change. Photos will be judged by…

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February 10, 2014

Events

Africa, African youths, award, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nokia, Photo, photo contest, Photography, solutions, strategy, support, technology, The AWP Network, Thomson Reuters Foundation, women, women and girls, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths
Apply: Vital Voices Grow Fellowship

Based on its experience with women business owners around the world, Vital Voices has launched the VV GROW Fellowship Program, a one-year competitive program to support growth-oriented women business owners to take their businesses and leadership to the next level. The program supports women-owned enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle…

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February 6, 2014

Events

Africa, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, change agents, collaboration, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fellowship, growth, idea, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, process, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, vital voices, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: Nollywood Producer Means Business

Nollywood, Nigeria’s film industry is the second largest film industry in the world. Its rapid expansion is as a result of the innovative use and quick adaptation of new media and digital technology. The AWP Network met with leading Nollywood writer, executive producer, and co-founder of the Royal Arts Academy, Uduak Isong. Founded in 2009…

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February 3, 2014

Business, Education, Interviews

Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, change, collaboration, development, education, Emem Isong, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, film, film innovators, growth, idea, industry, Innovation, Innovators, Inspiration, Jobs, marketing, Mary Olushoga, myvoicematters, Nigeria, Nollywood, progress, Royal Arts Academy, small business, solutions, storytelling, support, sustainability, technology, Uduak Isong, voices, women, women and girls, Young Entrepreneurs, youth, youth unemployment, Youths
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs – I Am My Own Biggest Challenge

The AWP Network met with Ronke Lawal, Founder of RSL Management Services and business mentor at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. Lawal has served as a business mentor since June 2013. Her company, RSL Management Services specializes in marketing, brand development, and PR services. The company offers a unique service to businesses committed to increasing the sales…

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January 27, 2014

Business, Education, Interviews

Aderonke Lawal, Africa, African, African women power, African youths, AWP Network, branding, business support, Business tips, challenge, change, collaboration, development, Diaspora, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Europe, growth, Innovation, Inspiration, London, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, PR Services, progress, Ronke Lawal, RSL Management services, small business, strategy, support, sustainability, United Kingdom, voices, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths
AWP Lagos Event: Meet the Panelists

Clara Ohakim is CEO of Fine Dining by COCO Ltd. Prior to founding Fine Dining by COCO Ltd, she held the position of Director of Operations at MAD Hospitality (a London-based hospitality Management Company). She has also worked at Shell Petroleum Development Company, KPMG, and City Index. Ohakim holds a degree in Business Economics and…

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January 13, 2014

Events

Africa, African youths, Africholidays Travel, AWP Network, Ayomide Condotti, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, business, business support, challenge, change, Clara Ohakim, collaboration, development, education, Fine Dining by COCO Ltd, Innovation, Lagos, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nkemdilim Begho, Oreoluwa Somolu, progress, strategy, sustainability, technology, women CEO, women entrepreneurs, women leadership, WTEC, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth unemployment, Youths
Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa

The MILEAD Fellows Program is a long-term leadership development program designed to identify, develop, and promote emerging young African Women leaders to attain and thrive in leadership in their community and Africa as a whole. The program targets dynamic young women interested in developing transformational leadership skills that help them address issues facing women and…

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January 7, 2014

Events

Africa, African, African youths, AWP Network, business, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Fellows, growth, Innovation, leaders, leadership, Mary Olushoga, MILEAD, program, progress, solutions, sustainability, women, women and girls, young, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment
Three-day Hackathon with MEST and UNICEF Ghana

UNICEF Ghana in partnership with MEST introduces the MEST-UNICEF Hackathon, a three-day product development competition hosted by the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) and UNICEF Ghana. Over 3 Days, find team members, select a problem (from a list of problems presented by UNICEF Ghana ) and develop a mobile or web-based solution to the…

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January 3, 2014

Events

Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, change, development, education, Ghana, growth, hackathon, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, MEST, mobile apps, mobile technology, Nigeria, small business, solutions, support, Unemployment, UNICEF Ghana, women and girls, Youths
Win $5000: GrowthHub Agribusiness for Innovation Program

Are you an entrepreneur and/or an innovator with a mature agribusiness idea? The GrowthHub Agribusiness for Innovation Incubator programme, based in Nairobi, invites 12 agribusiness startups with mature ideas to work together with facilitators, mentors and like-minded entrepreneurs in the same environment for 16 weeks. The 2014 GrowthHub Agribusiness for Impact incubator and accelerator program is…

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December 30, 2013

Events

Africa, African youths, agribusiness, AWP Network, business, business support, collaboration, development, entrepreneur, GrowthHub, idea, Incubator, Innovation, innovator, Kenya, Mary Olushoga, Nairobi
Scholarship for African Students

The Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) at Georgetown University is offering a full-tuition scholarship for a talented graduate student from sub-Saharan Africa. MSFS is a two-year, full-time graduate degree program in international affairs. Students will take courses in international relations, international trade, international finance, statistics and analytical tools and history. In addition, students…

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December 25, 2013

Events

Africa, African youths, AWP Network, collaboration, development, education, Engagement, Innovation, learning, Mary Olushoga, Possiblities, scholarship, solutions, youth unemployment, Youths