Category: Education

• 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

• Business Tips from Latifat Balogun – Founder of Hatlab Ice Cream Delite

  

  Look for what makes your brand stand out, then build on it and be the best at it. People do not come to work for you but for themselves. They only work for you if you have earned their respect or give them a meaningful incentive, not because you give them orders. While gut feelings…

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  October 26, 2017

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  Africa, Africa Industrial internet Program, African Development Bank, African youths, agripreneurs, Akinwunmi Adesina, ALU, awards, AWP Network, BBM Messenger, business, business impact, business support, challenge, change, coding, collaboration, competition, Creative Media Works, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, finch, GE, General Electric, girls, growth, idea, Industrial Internet, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, Las Vegas, Latifat Balogun, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile business platform, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, scholarships, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Food Prize, Young Entrepreneurs, young farmers, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Founder of AWP Network to serve as a Judge at the 2017 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition

  

  Mary Olushoga, Founder of the AWP Network will once again serve as a judge at the Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition set to take place in Berlin, Germany on October 22, 2017. The entrepreneurship program is part of the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition is a…

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  September 18, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Berlin, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Campus, Entrepreneurship Summit, Germany, girls, growth, 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 AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition, youth unemployment, Youths

• Founder of AWP Network to speak at the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum

  

  Led by Irene Ochem, AWIEF is a Pan-African initiative and platform created to bring attention and focus to the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit the African woman possesses while exploring obstacles that may stop her from breaking down barriers and prevent her from reaching her maximum potential in society. The theme for the conference titled, “Equity,…

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  September 18, 2017

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  Africa, Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, African woman, African women, African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, African youths, awards, AWIEF, AWIEF Accelarator, AWIEF Accelerator, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, conference, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Events, Fatoumata Ba, girls, Grace Ongile, growth, ICO Conferences & Events Limited, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Irene Ochem, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Ndidi Nwuneli, Nigeria, Njideka Harry, Obiageli Ezekwesili, 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, youth unemployment, Youths, Zainab Saleh

• ‘I started my business to inspire others’ says handbag designer – Sharon Agwunobi

  

  I first connected with the founder of “Aura by Alaye” Sharon Agwunobi at the AWP Network business pitch event at Afe Babalola University in Ekiti State, Nigeria. She was one of the student entrepreneurs who received financial support from the AWP Network. I became interested in Sharon’s company when she showed me samples of her…

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  August 16, 2017

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  Afe Babalola University, Africa, African youths, Aura by Alaye, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Ekiti State, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, handbag designer, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Sharon Agwunobi, 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 14 Social Entrepreneurs Addressing Maternal & Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

  

    The healthymagination Mother and Child Program — launched in March 2016 by GE and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship to address maternal and child mortality by supporting African social entrepreneurs operating in the health sector — has taken another step toward achieving its objective: selecting the second group of social enterprises to…

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  July 26, 2017

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  Access Afya, Adeloye Olanrewaju; Telemed Medical Services, Africa, African youths, Anne Gildea, Ash Lauren Rogers; Nurture Africa, awards, AWP Network, Benin, Botswana, Brian Iredale; Outreach Medical Services, Burundi, business, business support, challenge, change, Charles Kalonga; Lwala Community Alliance, collaboration, competition, development, Dr Segun Ebitanmi; Peach Health, Dr. Daphne Ngunjiri; ayzh, DRC, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ghana; Cobby Amoah; PurpleSource Healthcare, girls, growth, Habib Anwar, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Julius Mbeya, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Matthew Rehrig; Village Hopecore International, mobile technology, my voice matters, Natalie Angell-Besseling; Tulip Imaging, Nigeria, Olufemi Sunmonu; SaferMom, Pratap Kumar; Hewa Tele, program, progress, Rwanda, small business, solutions, South Africa, Stefanie Weiland; Live Well Social Enterprise Business, Steve Alred Adudans; LifeNet International, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Tyler Nelson; Health-E-Net, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yohans Emiru; The Shanti Uganda Society, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zubaida Bai; Health Builders

• Entrepreneur Set To Launch Innovation Hub for African Girls In STEM

  

  Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Founder of Pearls Africa Foundation will launch the ‘Lady Labs Innovation Hub,‘ created to function as a collaborative centre for young women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The hub will serve as a co-working space for women in technology and offer an avenue to drive their businesses. In turn, it is expected that these…

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  July 17, 2017

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  Abisoye Ajayi, Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, co-working space, collaboration, competition, development, education, Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lady Labs Innovation Hub, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mathematics, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Pearls Africa, Pearls Africa Foundation, program, progress, science, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Techpreneurs, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women in Tech, Women in Technology, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Meet Rahmon Ojukotola – Founder of Fintech Startup Working To Boost Financial Inclusion in Nigeria

  

  I founded this business to address the low market penetration rates of financial inclusion products in Nigeria and to help promote financial inclusion throughout Africa. I truly believe that greater access to credit will foster sustainable economic growth and it is my intention that my company becomes a major catalyst for change in Nigeria’s growth, recovery…

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  June 16, 2017

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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, Rahmon Ojukotola, small business, solutions, South Africa, StartCredits, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth

• Interested in Contracting? 5 Things You Should Know About Doing Business With Nigeria’s Private Sector

  

  (1) Access to information: Find the opportunity, know where they are. Many business owners are pessimistic when it comes to finding prime and sub-contracting opportunities with private and public entities in Nigeria. The lack of transparency has fueled this notion. We can acknowledge that technology to an extent has helped to improve transparency on transactions…

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  June 7, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, contracting, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, information, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, procurement, procurement opportunities, program, progress, research, Shade Ladipo, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Tender.ng, The AWP Network, WeConnect, WEConnect International, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Founder of AWP Network, Mary Olushoga Featured on TV Show ‘On The Rise Africa’

  

  On The Rise Africa by Femi Agbayewa is a sit-down television interview with a twist where African innovators, collaborators, and entrepreneurs engage in an off the cuff round table discussion about their visions and journeys. Listen in:                      

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  June 1, 2017

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  Africa, African innovators, African youths, apps, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, collaborators, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, Femi Agbayewa, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, journey, journeys, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, On The Rise Africa, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, thinking big, Vision, visions, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths