Category: Business

• Apply for the $100,000 Anzisha Prize for Young African Entrepreneurs

  

  Africa’s premier award and fellowship for Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs is excited to announce that the 2020 call for applications is now open. Every year, the prize celebrates 20 African entrepreneurs, aged 22 years and younger, each of whom have a chance to win a shared prize of US$100,000. In addition to the cash prize, selected…

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  February 27, 2020

  Business, Events

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• 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

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• 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

• 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

• 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

• Apply to host an NGO CSW64 Parallel Event

  

  Any global NGO can apply to host an NGO CSW64 Parallel Event as long as their proposed event is relevant to the CSW64 theme. Your organization does not have to be ECOSOC accredited. Your application will be reviewed to determine the relationship of your proposed parallel event to the CSW64 theme and its relevance to…

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  November 10, 2019

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  CWW64, ECOSOC, gender equality, NGO, poverty, poverty eradication, shared prosperity

• Apply for the Facebook London Startup Accelerator Program

  

  The 12-week Facebook Accelerator London program will launch in November, and startups will gain access to the knowledge and expertise of Facebook employees, which includes practical workshops in product, engineering, growth, impact, and bespoke mentorship. Product managers, data scientists, marketers, recruitment specialists and engineers from Facebook will offer mentorship to the startups involved in the…

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  September 30, 2019

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  7keema, access, Aerobotics, Africa, African Angel Investor Summit, African Women Power Network, African youths, Asoko Insight, awards, AWP Network, Brimore, Buseet, business, business acceleration, business accelerator, business opportunity, business support, Cape Town, challenge, change, Coin Afrique, collaboration, competition, CredPal, CrowdForce, development, digital, Edgepoint Digital, education, Electronic Settlement Limited, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FinChatBot, Finland, FlexClub, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, investor, Investors, Lagos, leadership, LifeBank, Lynk Jobs Ltd., marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, MAX, mobile technology, Mobiz, my voice matters, Nigeria, Norway, ogaVenue, Ongair, Opportunity, Pesabazaar.com, Prepclass, Printivo, program, progress, Rasello Company, Rensource, Sendy Ltd., small business, Snapnsave, Snapplify, Sokowatch, solutions, South Africa, startups, strategy, support, sustainability, Sweden, TalentBase, technology, The African Woman Power Network, The AWP Network, Timbuktu, Tizeti Network Ltd., VRapeutic, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank, XL Africa, XL Africa Venture Showcase, Yassir, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices

• Apply for the 2020 Africa Energy Fellowship Program

  

  In line with its growing international cooperation, the African Energy Chamber will welcome young professionals from across Africa, North and South America, Asia and the Middle East to join its office in Johannesburg for 12 months. The Fellows will be provided with an opportunity to apply analytical skills on concrete challenges and problems across the…

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  September 30, 2019

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  7keema, access, Aerobotics, Africa, African Angel Investor Summit, African Women Power Network, African youths, Asoko Insight, awards, AWP Network, Brimore, Buseet, business, business acceleration, business accelerator, business opportunity, business support, Cape Town, challenge, change, Coin Afrique, collaboration, competition, CredPal, CrowdForce, development, digital, Edgepoint Digital, education, Electronic Settlement Limited, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FinChatBot, Finland, FlexClub, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, investor, Investors, Lagos, leadership, LifeBank, Lynk Jobs Ltd., marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, MAX, mobile technology, Mobiz, my voice matters, Nigeria, Norway, ogaVenue, Ongair, Opportunity, Pesabazaar.com, Prepclass, Printivo, program, progress, Rasello Company, Rensource, Sendy Ltd., small business, Snapnsave, Snapplify, Sokowatch, solutions, South Africa, startups, strategy, support, sustainability, Sweden, TalentBase, technology, The African Woman Power Network, The AWP Network, Timbuktu, Tizeti Network Ltd., VRapeutic, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank, XL Africa, XL Africa Venture Showcase, Yassir, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth