Category: Education

• 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

• TravelBeta.Com – Making Travel Better For Nigerians

  

  Set to become the leading destination management company in West Africa, Travelbeta was established October 1, 2015. To date, the company has raised over $2 million from investors. The business idea was conceived by a group of enthusiastic travelers who wanted more than what was offered to Nigerian travelers by existing travel agencies online and offline.…

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  March 9, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, Altheus Limited, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, destination management, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, failure, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jason Njoku, Lagos, leadership, lesssons, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Onyeka Akumah, profit, program, progress, QwikGist, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, sutainability, technology, The AWP Network, Travelbeta, West Africa, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• “Entrepreneurship is Hard” – Says Founder of Daily Spark Media

  

  You see… I wake up every Monday and say “Thank God it’s Monday!” Another chance to go out there and be GREAT… and in fact that goes for everyday. I am happy to be alive, healthy, and loved with limitless opportunity to make an impact on the people around me and pursue great things. I…

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  March 7, 2016

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  Africa, African stories, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Bike Race of Ninja Temple, Black entrepreneurs, business, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Creativity, Daily Spark, Daily Spark Entrepreneur Community, development, education, Enterprise, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, gaming, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mega Rock, mobile apps, mobile games, mobile technology, Muoyo Okome, my voice matters, Nigeria, Princeton University, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, UPenn, Wharton, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• 8 Tips for Women Entrepreneurs

  

    Remember that you are not super woman. Delegate! Do not try to do everything at home and in your business. The fact is that you cannot. If you want your business to grow – you may need to find strategic ways to hire, find volunteers, interns, part-time staff so that you can delegate responsibilities.…

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  February 29, 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, tips for women entrepreneurs, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• What Entrepreneurs Can Learn About Failure from the Executive Director of W.TEC

  

  What does failure mean to you?  Failure would definitely be the opposite of success. Success to me means living with joy and contentment. It also means doing great things with the talent and skills that God has given me, and stretching myself beyond the limits of what I think I can do. It certainly does not…

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  February 29, 2016

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  Africa, African women power, African youths, Altheus Limited, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, destination management, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, failure, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jason Njoku, Lagos, leadership, lesssons, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Onyeka Akumah, profit, program, progress, QwikGist, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, sutainability, technology, The AWP Network, Travelbeta, West Africa, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• What Entrepreneurs Can Learn About Failure from the Founder of TravelBeta

  

  Set to become the leading destination management company in West Africa – Travelbeta recently raised seed funding of $2 million from a group of Nigerian Investors lead by Altheus Limited. Travelbeta is the go-to online travel consultant for planning exciting, rewarding and memorable luxury adventures outside Nigeria. Travelbeta was conceived by a group of enthusiastic travelers who…

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  February 26, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, Altheus Limited, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, destination management, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, failure, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jason Njoku, Lagos, leadership, lesssons, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Onyeka Akumah, profit, program, progress, QwikGist, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, sutainability, technology, The AWP Network, Travelbeta, West Africa, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• What Entrepreneurs Can Learn About Failure from Millionaire Jason Njoku – Founder of ‎Iroko

  

    What does failure mean to you?  Jason Njoku: I have failed numerous times in my business career and, as with success, it manifests itself in a number of ways – no money, no prospects, being shunned or laughed at by your peers, seeing your mother cry yet again because you have not ‘made it’…

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  February 24, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, failure, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jason Njoku, Lagos, leadership, lesssons, 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, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Free Legal Services for SMEs

  

  Centurion Law Group will provide complimentary legal services to SMEs. The pilot program will first be made available to businesses in Cameroon, with plans to expand to other markets across Africa. The program is designed for entrepreneurs who want to know how to launch a successful company and navigate the legal and business environment of…

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  February 24, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cameroon, Centurion, Centurion Law Group, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, law, leadership, legal services, 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, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Nigeria’s Leading PR Expert Launches Invicta Africa

  

    Bukky Karibi-Whyte founded Invicta Africa to provide public relations (PR) services to Nigeria’s corporate world. Karibi-Whyte states, “my other agency is more along the lines of Luxury & Lifestyle and is branded as such. The need to service the corporate sector is what brought about Invicta Africa Communications Limited.” Who inspired you to start this business?  My passion and love…

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  February 22, 2016

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  Africa, AWP Network, branding, Bukky Karibi-Whyte, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, corporate world, development, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Invite Africa, Karibi-Whyte, 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, The Bobby Taylor Company, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Want to Survive as an Entrepreneur? Solve Problems

  

    It is true that the owners of Tolaram Group are not Nigerian, but their ability to build an almost one billion dollar company in Nigeria is not inherently tied to where they are from but to how they solve the problems that arise in their lives.   In the first Culture post, I spent…

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  February 12, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Efosa Ojomo, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Forum for Growth and Innovation, growth, Harvard, idea, Indomie Instant Noodles, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Noodles, program, progress, Senior Researcher, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tolaram, Tolaram Group, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths