Category: Business

• Opportunity: Woman-Owned Organization Is Hiring

  

  WAAW Foundation is looking to hire outstanding individuals who are passionate about Africa and issues pertaining to the science and technology, education and entrepreneurship for African woman, and can demonstrate a commitment to their educational and economic development. Available positions: Executive Director, STEM Trainer, Operations and Business Development Director, Summer Intern or Industrial Trainee Position, Marketing…

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  April 25, 2016

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  Africa, African girls, African girls in technology, African Women Power Network, African youths, applications, awards, AWP Network, AWP Network. change, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, 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, solutions, South Africa, STEM, STEM Camp for African girls, strategy, support, sustainability, techbiz, technology, The AWP Network, Unoma Odili, Unoma Okorafor, Waaw Foundation, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Young Entrepreneur at Northeastern University Introduces Healthy Sports Drink Alternative

  

  Innovations in bottle filling technology allowed me to create a beverage that has no need for preservatives. Hylux has less sugar and calories than Gatorade and Vitamin Water, while containing more nutrition in form of vitamins and electrolytes. Hylux is a low-calorie and low-sugar alternative to traditional sports drink. How did you come up with the name…

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  April 18, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, DrinkHylux, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Hylux, HyluxDrink, idea, Inspiration, Lagos, Lamar Letts, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, Sports drink, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneur, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• African Woman Entrepreneur, Tiyani Majoko Launches Africa’s First Full-Scale Lawyers on Demand Service

  

  Imani is now recruiting sixty (60) lawyers and is projecting a talent pool of 400 lawyers within 16 months. Its lawyers have global experience at big law firms and education from top African, European and North American universities. Imani is a direct response to the changing legal landscape and the tremendous economic growth opportunities present…

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  April 15, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, Angola, awards, AWP Network, Banking, Black Economic Empowerment Advisory, Botswana, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Congo, Contracts, Corporate Governance and Compliance, development, education, Energy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Equatorial Guinea, Finance, Gabon, General Commercial Services, Ghana, girls, growth, hiring, idea, Imani, Imani lawyers, Innovation, Inspiration, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Labour Law, Lagos, lawyers, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mining, mobile technology, Mozambique, my voice matters, Nigeria, oil and gas, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Tiyani Majoko, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs

• Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: Lessons from Building A Global Tech Business

  

  On Twitter, I am best known as a curator of African tech news and in general as someone promoting tech entrepreneurship in Africa. In fact, many think that I am a blogger or a journalist. What many don’t realize is that I am also a successful tech entrepreneur. In 1999, I set up AppsTech to…

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  April 15, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, AppsTech, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cameroon, 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, Rebecca Enonchong, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, VC4Africa, Washington DC, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Will Africa be Digitally Relevant in the Next 10 Years?

  

  By 2025, jobs which were common in 2015 will no longer exist. Students graduating in 2016, will have obsolete qualifications for which there will no longer be a profession by 2025. Front-line military personnel will be replaced with robots. Private bankers and wealth managers will be replaced with algorithms. Telemarketers, data entry personnel, tax preparers,…

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  April 12, 2016

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Digital Natives, digital nomad trend, digital strategy, digital transformation strategy, digital workforce, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Frost & Sullivan Africa, 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, Wayne Houghton, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Venture Fund To Invest Exclusively In Women of Color Startups

  

  Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne in partnership with digitalundivided have launched the Harriet Fund – the name is inspired by Harriet Tubman and the management company by Maya Angelou – two powerful Black women.  This will be the first venture fund to invest exclusively in women of color startups.  It is important to note that of the 10,284 venture deals funded…

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  March 28, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, digitalundivided, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne, girls, growth, Harriet Fund, Harriet Tubman, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Maya Angelou, Maya Angels, 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

• Yetunde Odugbesan-Omede: Olivia Pope of Leadership Development Talks to the AWP Network

  

  Young Africans need to write, document and own their story and not let anyone exploit their talents or gifts.   How did you come up with your business name? I chose the name Yetunde Global Consulting because I wanted a name that would stand the test of time and serve as a way to brand…

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  March 28, 2016

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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, Yetunde Global, Yetunde Global Consulting, Yetunde Odugbesan-Omede, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• A Woman’s Perspective – A Review of Nigeria’s Social Media Bill

  

   Ebele Ezenwa  The Digital Rights and Freedom Bill seeks to protect internet users in Nigeria from the infringement of their fundamental freedom and seeks to guarantee the application of human rights for all users of digital platforms, and, or digital media. Indeed, the Internet is a multi-stakeholder space with no single point of control; more…

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  March 23, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Chukwuemeka Ujam, collaboration, competition, development, Digital Rights and Freedom Bill, Ebele Ezenwa, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Gbenga Sesan, girls, Google, Google Africa, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Internet Freedom Forum, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, small business, social media, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Titi Akinsanmi, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• AWP Network Agribusiness Training for Women

  

  The AWP Network continues to work with women farmers in Taraba State, Nigeria. For this training session, AWP partnered with locally-based entrepreneur Zanau Hassan Maikusuwa, a seasoned farmer and CEO of Farmfields Agro-Allied Services with funding support from the Planet Earth Institute. Zanau Hassan will continue to coordinate and manage the day-to-day activities of the…

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  March 21, 2016

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  Africa, Africa Data Challenge Winner, Africa Women Power Network, African women, African youths, agribusiness, agriculture, awards, AWP Network, AWP Network Agropreneur, Álvaro Sobrinho, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial skills, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Farmers, Farmfields Agro-Allied Services, farming, girls, growth, House of Lords, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, Lord Paul Boateng, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Palace of Westminster, Planet Earth Institute, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Taraba State, technology, The AWP Network, training, Voices of Women Entrepreneurs, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women farmers, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zanau Hassan Maikasuwa, Zanau Hassan Maikusuwa

• DIY Solar Pumps in Africa

  Pumpmakers Platform is a virtual marketplace that provides individuals, local companies, NGO’s and volunteers with free access to the easy-to-use Do-It-Yourself Solar Pump and a global network to implement projects for everyone where there is a need of water. This helps to reduce the global water shortage, strengthens the local economy, creates jobs and prevents…

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  March 16, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Dietmar Stuck, DIY Solar Pump, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, my voice matters, Nigeria, PM Pumpmakers, program, progress, Pumpmakers, small business, solutions, Somalia, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zambia