Category: Education

• The 2018 AWP Network Power List

  

  Be the Change. Be Inspired. Be You. Recognizing (40) African women with powerful, inspiring, and influential voices. Introducing Africa’s leading women!  At the AWP Network, we aim to encourage more African women with powerful voices  who will continue to create programs and policies that support the development and growth of African women and girls. Sahle-Work Zewde  (Ethiopia): is Ethiopia’s…

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  December 30, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Adia Sowho, Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, Arikana Chihombori-Quao, Ausar Energy, awards, AWP Network, Ayisha Osori, Best Ayiorworth, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Bridgette Radebe, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Emma Nyra, Engie, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethoipia, Farida Nabourema, Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Francesca Uriri, Gabon, Gabonese, Genevieve Nnaji, girls, growth, Habiba Ali, Honey Ogundeyi, Horore Bell Bebga, hybrid solar power plants, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Juliet Kego, Lagos, Latifat Balogun, Lauren Atkins, leadership, Lola Shoneyin, Lotanna Igwe Odunze, Lotanna Odunze, Louise Mushikiwabo, Margaret Mary-Wilson, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Melissa Bime, Mercy Makinde, MiMi Mefo Takambou, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nyari Mashayamombe, Odunayo Eweniyi, Okwui Okpokwasili, Olutoyin Alake, Pamela Adie, Panashe Chigumadzi, Phuti Mahanyele, power plants, program, progress, Ramla Ali, Rwanda, Sahle-Work Zewde, small business, solutions, Somali, Somaliland, South Africa, Stella Nyanzi, Stella Williams, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Togo, Tomi Otudeko, Uganda, Uzoamaka Aduba, Vera Songwa, Weird MC, Winifred Byanyima, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Zimbabwe

• Funke Opeke Honored with “Business Leader of the Year” Award

  

  The Data Centre Dynamics (DCD) Awards has announced MainOne CEO, Funke Opeke, the 2018 Data Centre Dynamics Business Leader of the Year during the 2018 edition at the Royal Lancaster, London.  The Business Leader of the Year Award recognizes a company or individual who has done the most over the past 12 months to build the…

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  December 17, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Accenture, Africa, African women, African youths, awards, AWP Network, blockchain, Brasil, Brazil, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, corporates, cryptocurrency, development, donors, early stage startup, East Africa, education, employees, employers, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial topics, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship platform, entrepreneurship portal, Executive Recruitment, Facebook, Funding, Funke Opeke, girls, growth, idea, information, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, job candidates, job portals, job prospects, Jobberman, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, MainOne, MainOne Cable, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentors, mentorship, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nalla, Nalla Brazil, network, Nigeria, Powerwoman, program, progress, Ringier One Africa Media, Roxsanne Dyssell, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, Startup Battlefield, strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa, support, sustainability, TechCrunch, technology, The African Talent Company, The AWP Network, UNDP, United Nations Development Program, unqualified, West Africa, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, YAS!, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Only 10% of those who apply for jobs in Africa are qualified

  

  This has been uncovered by research conducted by ROAM (Ringier One Africa Media), who is encompassing the market-leading job portals in West Africa (Jobberman) and East Africa (Brighter monday), as well as Executive Recruitment and HR Solutions firm, The African Talent Company. The company has analyzed data sets from more than 12 million users, as…

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  December 13, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Accenture, Africa, African women, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Brasil, Brazil, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, corporates, development, donors, early stage startup, East Africa, education, employees, employers, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial topics, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship platform, entrepreneurship portal, Executive Recruitment, Facebook, Funding, girls, growth, idea, information, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, job candidates, job portals, job prospects, Jobberman, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentors, mentorship, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nalla, Nalla Brazil, network, Nigeria, program, progress, Ringier One Africa Media, Roxsanne Dyssell, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, Startup Battlefield, strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa, support, sustainability, TechCrunch, technology, The African Talent Company, The AWP Network, UNDP, United Nations Development Program, unqualified, West Africa, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, YAS!, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• Co-Founder of Faro, Roxsanne Dyssell to Host Tech Bae Event In NYC

  Roxsanne Dyssell, Managing Partner at Afamba LLC, a telecom market access consultancy and a network supplier based in New York City will host Tech Bae Event in NYC.  TECH BAE is a new series (created by Fikile M Kani) that follows Ayanda (Aya); a passionate entrepreneur who stumbles her way into tech, when she attempts to…

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  December 5, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Accenture, Africa, African women, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Brasil, Brazil, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, corporates, development, donors, early stage startup, education, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial topics, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship platform, entrepreneurship portal, Facebook, Funding, girls, growth, idea, information, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentors, mentorship, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nalla, Nalla Brazil, network, Nigeria, program, progress, Roxsanne Dyssell, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, Startup Battlefield, strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa, support, sustainability, TechCrunch, technology, The AWP Network, UNDP, United Nations Development Program, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, YAS!, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• Honeywell Group-Backed Accelerator Showcases Leading Lagos Tech Startups

  

  Lagos-based accelerator and investment vehicle Itanna, backed by leading Nigerian corporate the Honeywell Group, today held its inaugural Demo Day, marking the end of its four-month innovation program for tech-enabled, for-profit African startups. Held at Itanna’s Enterprise Factory, Demo Day saw the pilot Cohort pitch to Honeywell Group’s extensive network of high net-worth investors, as…

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  November 30, 2018

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  accelerator, Accelerator program, Accounteer, Africa, African Women Entrepreneurs, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, cashless, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Demo Day, development, education, Enterprise Factory, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Honeywell, Honeywell Group, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, Itanna, Kolopay, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olushoga;, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Oba Otudeko, PowerCube, program, progress, Renewable Energy, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, tech, tech startups, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, Tomi Otudeko, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment

• One Giant Leap for FinTech in Nigeria by Dewale Otolorin

  

  Almost two years ago, I got the opportunity to contribute my quota to the adoption of Open Banking in the Nigerian financial industry; I did this from my corner at GTBank by helping to re-position the Bank’s corporate payment solutions as democratized APIs for consumption by FinTechs and MSMEs. It was a challenging experience — from convincing…

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  November 20, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Africa, Africa Fintech, African fintech entrepreneurs, African startup, African startup ecosystem, African youths, Awamo, awards, AWP Network, Benin, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, conference, Developers, development, Dewale Otolorin, EcoBank, Ecobank Africa Fintech Prize, Ecobank fintech challenge, Ecobank Fintech Fellow, Ecobank Fintech Fellowship, Ecobank Group, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Eversend, FinTech, fintech solutions, France, Germany, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovators, Inspiration, InvestED, Investors, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Litee, Lome, Lypa, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, MojiPay, my voice matters, Nala, Nigeria, pan-African, policymakers, prizes, program, progress, Secapay, SESO Global, Sierra Leone, small business, software developers, solutions, South Africa, startups, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Togo, ventures, Virtual Identity, Wallet.ng, women, women and girls, women developers, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment

• L’Afrique Excelle to Support Francophone Africa’s Top Tech Entrepreneurs

  

   L’Afrique Excelle is a six-month business acceleration program designed to support 20 most promising growth stage technology start-ups operating in Francophone Africa. Entrepreneurs will receive mentoring from global and local experts, learn through a tailor-made curriculum, increase their brand visibility, and get access to potential corporate partners and investors. Through collaboration with prominent Francophone Africa-focused investment…

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  November 19, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business acceleration, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, digital entrepreneurs, digital startups, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, L’Afrique Excelle, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, startups, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Venture Capital, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank Group, XL Africa, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• Millennial Youtuber, Florentina Agu Wants to Change How Restaurants Serve Nigerians

  

  Florentina Agu is on a mission to improve restaurant service quality in Nigeria using her YouTube channel as a tool for change. Agu states, “I was inspired to start “Dining Out with Flo” after attending a YouTube masterclass organized by Google Nigeria on July 27, 2018. It was after this event that I decided to…

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  November 5, 2018

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  accelerator, Accelerator program, access, Accounteer, Adia Sowho, Afghanistan, Africa, African Women Entrepreneurs, African Women Power Network, African youths, Africans, artificial intelligence, awards, AWP, AWP Network, Bank of Industry, Blackbox, business, business support, cashless, CChub, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, computer engineering, computer science, Covenant University, credit, credit risk, culture, customers, Data, datasets, Demo Day, development, Dining out with Flo, Dining with Flo, Eat with Flo, education, Ekechi Nwokah, Emerging Markets, Enterprise Factory, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, financial access, financials, fintech startup, First Ally Capital, girls, Google for Entrepreneurs, Google Launchpad Africa, growth, Honeywell, Honeywell Group, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, Itanna, Joshua Chibueze, Kolopay, Kunle Olukotun, Lagos, leadership, LeadPath Nigeria, Machine Learning, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mines, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, NYCA partners, Oba Otudeko, Odunayo Eweniyi, Olumide Soyombo, Persistent Capital, Piggybank, PiggyBank.Ng, PiggyStories, PowerCube, program, progress, pushCV, Renewable Energy, research project, Restaurant review, Restaurant Reviews, Sahara Investments, Savings, Savings Bank, Singularity Investments, small business, solutions, Somto Ifezue, South Africa, South America, SouthEast Asia, Stanford, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, talent acquisition, tech, tech startups, technology, technology leadership, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, The Rise Fund, Tomi Otudeko, TPG Growth, twitter, United States, Velocity Capital, Venture Platform, Ventures Platform, Village Capital, Western technology Investments, Where to eat with Flo, woman entrepreneur, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women executives, X/Seed Capital, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, Youtuber Nigeria, YouTubers

• Founder of AWP Network, Mary Olushoga to Speak at Georgetown University

  

  Mary Olushoga, Founder of AWP Network will speak at Georgetown University on November 12, 2018.  She will lead the workshop on “Leveraging Women’s Power for Economic Growth in Africa.” The Africa Forum (TAF) in collaboration with the African Studies Department and Young African Professionals (YAP DC) convenes thought leaders from different academic and professional backgrounds…

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  October 31, 2018

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  Africa, Africa Data Challenge, African innovators, African youths, apps, awards, AWP Network, big data, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, collaborators, competition, Data, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Farmers, 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, Planet Earth Institute, program, progress, ScienceAfrica, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, thinking big, unemployed youths, Vision, visions, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Youths Africa

• Founder of AWP Network, Mary Olushoga Joins the Host Committee for the African Diaspora Awards

  

  Mary Olushoga, Founder of AWP Network will once again serve as a host committee member for the 8th Annual African Diaspora Awards scheduled to take place in New York on Saturday, December 1st, 2018. The African Diaspora Awards is SAiD’s groundbreaking effort to celebrate exemplary individuals who have made a significant difference in the African community in the United States.…

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  October 31, 2018

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  ADA Awards, Africa, African Diaspora Awards, African youths, Africwomenpower, Applause Africa, awards, AWP Network, Babatunde Osotimehin, Bolaji Akinboro, business, business support, Cece Olisa, challenge, change, Christian Epps, Christine Sass, collaboration, competition, Constance Ipoh, Darlene Okpo, Debo Folorunsho, development, Divine Muragijimana, education, Elizabeth Ngoz, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia Habtemariam, Famond Konneh, girls, growth, idea, ImeIme Umana, Innovation, Inspiration, Jaha Dukureh, Ken Njoroge, Lagos, leadership, Lizzy Okpo, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Michael Ikotun, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Richelieu Dennis, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, Ugo Nwaokoro, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths