Category: Business

• Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) Announces Top 12 Ventures for its 2019 Series-A Venture Showcase

  

  VC4A is proud to announce the 12 ventures (11 Series A and 1 Seed+) for its 2019 Venture Showcase. These companies selected represent the best investment opportunities on the continent. They have been vetted by 40 VC investors through a rigorous referral and selection process. The companies demonstrate strong revenues and competitive edge, are well-positioned…

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  September 30, 2019

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• Founder of AWP Network, Mary Olushoga to speak at the She-EO Conference in Maryland

  

  Mary Olushoga, Founder of AWP Network to speak at the She-EO 6.0 conference in Maryland. She-EO is a powerful, soul inspiring and life transforming experience for purpose driven women. It is a talk-show style experience, which features experts and “battle tested winners” whose stories, authenticity and experiences transform the lives of our audience, and inspire us…

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  September 30, 2019

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• Do you want to play a pivotal role in shaping a Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan for Beijing+25?

  

  Register now to join one of six Thematic Working Groups! As we prepare to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and Beijing Platform for Action, take stock of our progress toward achieving gender equality and examine the threats, barriers and gaps that remain, we do not want to reinvent the wheel. Let…

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  August 18, 2019

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• African Women Entrepreneurs Nominated for the 2019 AWIEF Awards

  

  The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF)  has announced the top finalists for its annual awards to celebrate women leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa. 22 women founders and entrepreneurs have been selected as finalists, from different African countries, across 8 different categories. The AWIEF Awards Panel of Judges is made up of high-calibre industry…

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  August 16, 2019

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• Call for Articles and Artwork – Center for Feminist Foreign Policy

  

  The Center for Feminist Foreign Policy’s print journal ‘Disrupted’ seeks to understand, challenge, and critique mainstream foreign policy through highlighting both experienced and emerging voices from across the globe. Feminist foreign policy is a relatively new political theory and praxis, and while several governments have implemented its methodologies, the surface has only just been scratched.…

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  August 16, 2019

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• CANAL+ Group Acquires ROK

  

  ROK, the leading African film studio and international TV network, has been acquired by CANAL+ Group, comprising production, content distribution and publishing channels. As part of the transaction, IROKO Ltd will also take full control of the JV IROKO+, the #1 SVOD platform in French-speaking Africa. The move comes as CANAL+ Group looks to strengthen…

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  July 17, 2019

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• Startups Win $50,000 at the MEST Africa Pan-African Tech Summit in Nairobi

  

  This year’s Summit was held in partnership with Microsoft. Additional sponsors included Liquid Telecom, Africa’s Talking, Oracle, Intel, Lori Systems, Flutterwave, Stratlink, Ethiopian Airlines and a number of ecosystem partners. The Summit was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Nairobi on Conference Day, and the Nairobi Garage, home of MEST Africa’s Nairobi Incubator, on…

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  June 14, 2019

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• CoinCola – Person-to-Person (P2P) Bitcoin platform now in Nigeria

  

  Blockchain Technology is rapidly growing in different continents and many more people beginning to see the importance and relevance of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in their different fields of life. Nations and companies are gradually adopting cryptocurrency in exchange for goods and services instead of fiat. However, the African continent seems to be lagging behind…

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  May 24, 2019

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• Opportunity: Cellulant Nigeria Hiring for Head of Marketing

  

  Cellulant, a well established digital payments provider and one of the 7 companies that make up the underlying e-Payment infrastructure in Nigeria is currently hiring for the role of Head of Marketing. The company is looking for someone with 10 years of experience in the market. Cellulant is tasked with increasing the uptake of e-Commerce,…

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  May 15, 2019

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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

• Opportunity: WAAW Foundation is Recruiting for a Business Development Manager

  

  This position is to manage WAAW Foundation fundraising and partnership growth strategies, including business development, sales, and program management for software development projects and STEM training, project planning, management, administrative support to WAAW foundation programs. The Business Development Manager is responsible for the organization’s consistent achievement of its mission and objectives in program development and…

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  May 15, 2019

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