Category: Events

• Women In The Black Conference

  

  Women In The Black (WITB)  hosted the 14th Annual “Who’s the Boss” Women’s Business Conference on Saturday, June 9th.   The African Women Power (AWP) Network along with over 100 women business owners, attended the event.     Speakers discussed topics on marketing, financials, strategy, technology, and social media.  Sandi Webster – Author and Principal…

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  June 11, 2012

  Events

  change, conference, development, Entrepreneurship, Fashion Institute of Technology, financials, future entrepreneurs, marketing, pitch, Princess Jenkins, progress, small business, social media, Stacie NC Grant, stategy, technology, The AWP Network, women, Women in the Black

• Will Your Idea Outlive the Next Generation?

  Enter the Sustainable Solutions Challenge! As part of the 2012 Africa CEO Round-table & Conference on Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility (AR-CSR™) activities and in partnership with Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI); ThistlePraxis Consulting is pleased to announce the Sustainable Solutions Showcase, an initiative that seeks to promote, expose and connect innovations and inventions of social entrepreneurs…

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  May 29, 2012

  Events

  Africa, AWP Network, business, challenge, change, development, Nigeria Leadership Initiative, solutions, sustainable change

• The AWP Network at ECOSOC

  

  The African Women Power (AWP) network attended the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) youth forum to discuss ideas on how to solve the youth employment crisis. “Young people are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and over 75 million youths worldwide are looking for work.”  In Nigeria alone, there are  68…

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  May 16, 2012

  Events

  accessibility, change, development, ECOSOC, Entrepreneurship, Jobs, Mary Olushoga, solutions, The AWP Network, UN, Unemployment, Youths

• The AWP Network at Columbia University’s 9th Annual African Economic Forum

  

  Mary Olushoga represented the African Women Power (AWP) Network by providing stories and examples on how women can continue to play an important role in Africa’s economic transformation.         View pictures here:      

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  April 22, 2012

  Events

  Africa, AWP Network, change, Columbia University, development, Engagement, Job creation, Mary Olushoga, Speakers, Transformation, UN Women, women entrepreneurs

• The AWP Network nominated for the International Women’s Day Challenge

  Mary Olushoga was recently nominated for the  GOOD Maker/Oxfam America International Women’s Day challenge. The project entails creating a curriculum that will enable  African women to enhance their business and technological skills, so that they can continue to solve various entrepreneurial challenges. Mary also plans to launch an online curriculum using webinar platforms to help African…

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  March 22, 2012

  Events

• Buy Art & Fashion, Inspired by Africa

  African High Street is the home of African designers and African inspired designs. A typical high street in Africa is very vibrant and diverse and we have done our utmost to capture this on our website. We focus on real inspiration from Africa, in order to bring you a diverse product range sourced mainly from…

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  March 6, 2012

  Events

• The AWP Network on BBC World News

  

  Mary speaks on Nigeria – which way forward ?    

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  February 26, 2012

  Business, Events, Interviews

  action, change, development, fuel subsidy, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, progress, The AWP Network