Category: Business

• The AWP Network Promotes Entrepreneurship at Afe Babalola University

  

    In line with its mission to power small business success for African entrepreneurs through training and support, the AWP Network organized a pitch competition for young entrepreneurs at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. The event was done in collaboration with the Inspire Young Leaders Summit (IYLS), an organization led by Mide Popoola. The AWP…

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  February 17, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

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• The 2017 AWP Network Power List

  

  Be the change. Be Inspired. Be you. Recognizing (40) African women with powerful, inspiring, and influential voices. Introducing Africa’s leading women!  At the AWP Network, we aim to encourage more African women with powerful voices who will continue to create programs and policies that support the development and growth of African women and girls. Africa’s First…

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  December 4, 2017

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Adaku Ufere, Adenike Ogunlesi, Aishah Ahmad, Almaz Negash, Amarachi Jessyforth, AsoebiBella, AWP Network, AWP Network Power List, Ayodeji Owosobi, Banking, Benin, Bidemi Zakariyau, Blessing Effiom Egbe, Botswana, Britain, Cameroon, Chicago, Chika Uwazie, Dambisa Moyo, Dorothy Njamze, Edu Ene-Okoro, Elizabeth Elango Bintliff, England, Eniola Aluko, Eritrea, Esther Ijewere-Kalejaiye, Eunice Baguma Ball, Funke Opeke, Gail Makenete, Ghana, Glory Edozien, Harvard Law Review, Ilwad Elman, Imelme Umana, Ink Eze, Irene Ovonji-Odida, Itoro Eze-Anaba, Judith Owigar, Justina Etim, Kenya, Lesotho, Linah Mohohlo, Lola Omolola, Marlise Montcho, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Moiyattu Banya, Molara Wood, Nigeria, Nike Ogunlesi, Nshuti Lucy Mbabazi, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Owosobi, Osayi Alile, Pauline Mujawamariya, Pauline Mujawamariya-Koelbl, Peace Hyde, Phanice Nkwamboka, Polo Leteka, Ruth Oniang’o, Rwanda, Sabetha Mwambenja, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Susan Mashibe, Switzerland, Tanzania, tech, technology, Techwomen Kenya, The African Women Power Network, Toyin Odulate, Uganda, Uneku Atawodi-Ekun, United States, Wendy Luhabe, WimBiz, Zambia

• 9 Entrepreneurs Join the Jobs for Youths in Africa Initiative

  

  The Jobs for Youth in Africa initiative aims at creating 25 million jobs and impacting 50 million youth over the next ten years by equipping them with the right skills to get decent and meaningful jobs. PYAG members are: Ashish Thakkar, CEO, Mara Group, Tanzania (Chair); Uzodinma Iweala, award-winning author, Nigeria; Mamadou Toure, Founder /…

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  November 28, 2017

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Ada Osakwe, Africa, African youths, Akinwunmi Adesina, Ashish Thakkar, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Clarisse Iribagiza, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Francine Muyumba, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jeremy Johnson, Lagos, leadership, Mamadou Toure, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Monica Musonda, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Uzodinma Iweala, Vanessa Moungar, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Cornell Student, Kanyinsola Obayan to Establish Creative Arts School in Nigeria

  

  Kányinsọ́lá Ọbáyàn is a doctoral candidate in Africana Studies at Cornell, an Ivy League research university in Ithaca, New York where her research examines the relationships between the Lagos startup ecosystem migration and the larger urban environment. Obayan is also founder of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Orísun Collective Inc., which holds summer camps in the creative…

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  November 14, 2017

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Cornell PhD Student, Cornell University, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kayinsola Obayan, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Orisun Collective, 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

• Meet Winners of the Orange Social Venture Prize for Africa and the Middle East

  

  For the seventh year in a row, the Orange Group recognizes innovative projects that further development within the region. The objective of the prize is to stimulate entrepreneurial initiatives that use new technologies to meet the needs of people in Africa and the Middle East. Open from February to June 2017, the call for applications received…

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  November 10, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Botswana, Bulles Magazine, business, business support, Cameroon, Cameroun, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, City Taps, collaboration, competition, development, DRC, education, eFret.tn, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FoodoGraphy, Génie Edu, girls, growth, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Conakry, Guinée Equatoriale, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jordan, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, Ma Tontine, Madagascar, Majika, Mali, Manzer Partazer, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, MedTrucks, mobile technology, Morocco, Morrocco, my voice matters, Nanoé, Niger, Nigeria, program, progress, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tunisia, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Founder of AWP Network Joins the Host Committee for the African Diaspora Awards

  

  Mary Olushoga, Founder of the AWP Network will join the host committee for the 7th Annual African Diaspora Awards set to take place in New York on Saturday, December 2nd, 2017. The African Diaspora Awards will honor the new breed of African diaspora leaders, activists, designers and businesses solving the problems of today and tomorrow. The nominations…

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  November 8, 2017

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  ADA Awards, Africa, African Diaspora Awards, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, 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, Youths

• Meet Winners of Demo Day in Hargeisa

  

  Innovate Ventures, the leading Somali tech and business startup accelerator launched in partnership with VC4A, Telesom, and the Work in Progress! Alliance, had their second cohort of 10 startups from Somaliland and Somalia graduate from their program. This year’s accelerator saw over 400 applications received, building on the traction of last year’s program. The seed investment given doubled…

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  November 8, 2017

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• Check Out What These Young Entrepreneurs Are Up to! The AWP Network Congratulates Winners of the 2017 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition

  

  The AWP Network congratulates winners of the 2017 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition.  Winners of the Competition were announced on October 21, 2017 at the Entrepreneurship Summit in Berlin, Germany. Mary Olushoga, Founder of the AWP Network served as a judge at the event. The Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition is a global program and an online platform…

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  November 8, 2017

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  Afghanistan, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Berlin, BHOGIP, business, business support, challenge, change, Cities Controlling App, collaboration, competition, development, Edu-Cell, education, EDUPAY, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Summit, Ethiopia, GadaaUniverse, Germany, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nicaragua, Nigeria, NovFeed, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, UNESCO, United Kingdom, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition, youth unemployment, Youths

• Meet the 20 Startups Accepted into the World Bank Group Digital Acceleration Program

  Twenty (20) of the most promising African digital startups will take part in the XL Africa residency, the flagship initiative of the business accelerator launched last April by the World Bank Group’s infoDev program. From Nov. 6-17 in Cape Town, the entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to learn from their mentors and peers, increase their regional visibility,…

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  November 8, 2017

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• Founder of AWP Network wins award at AWIEF 2017

  

  Mary Olushoga, Founder of the African Women Power (AWP) Network won the empowerment award at the recently concluded AWIEF conference, which took place in Cape Town, South Africa. AWIEF, which stands for the Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum is a Pan-African initiative and platform created to bring attention and focus to the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit…

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  October 31, 2017

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  Africa, Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, African women power, African youths, awards, AWIEF, AWIEF Conference, AWP Network, business, business support, Cape Town, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Irene Ochem, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, 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, Youths