Tag: access

• Research Project at Stanford Becomes Thriving Startup – Adia Sowho, Managing Director of Mines Nigeria Speaks to The AWP Network

  

  Ekechi Nwokah and Kunle Olukotun founded Mines in 2014. At the time, they were living in Palo Alto where they met for the first time at a mutual friend’s house. Nwokah and Olukotun share similar backgrounds. They grew up in Nigeria and studied computer science while at university. Naturally they clicked and began to discuss…

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  September 17, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  access, Adia Sowho, Afghanistan, Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, artificial intelligence, awards, AWP Network, Bank of Industry, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, computer science, credit, credit risk, culture, customers, Data, datasets, development, education, Ekechi Nwokah, Emerging Markets, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, financial access, financials, fintech startup, First Ally Capital, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kunle Olukotun, Lagos, leadership, Machine Learning, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mines, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, NYCA partners, Persistent Capital, program, progress, research project, Sahara Investments, Singularity Investments, small business, solutions, South Africa, South America, SouthEast Asia, Stanford, strategy, support, sustainability, talent acquisition, technology, technology leadership, The AWP Network, The Rise Fund, TPG Growth, United States, Velocity Capital, Western technology Investments, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women executives, X/Seed Capital, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Attend: 2018 Africa Early Stage Investor Summit

  

  This year, the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit is set to kick off Cape Town’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, encompassing a number of leading industry events and numerous networking opportunities. The Summit organizers Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) and the African Business Angels Network (ABAN) have partnered with AfricaCom and AfricArena to offer a full-week VIP Investor Pass giving access…

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  June 7, 2018

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  access, Aerobotics, Africa, African Angel Investor Summit, African Women Power Network, African youths, Asoko Insight, awards, AWP Network, business, business acceleration, business accelerator, business opportunity, business support, Cape Town, challenge, change, Coin Afrique, collaboration, competition, development, digital, Edgepoint Digital, education, Electronic Settlement Limited, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Finland, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, investor, Investors, Lagos, leadership, Lynk Jobs Ltd., marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, MAX, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Norway, ogaVenue, Ongair, Opportunity, Pesabazaar.com, Prepclass, Printivo, program, progress, Rasello Company, Rensource, Sendy Ltd., small business, Snapplify, Sokowatch, solutions, South Africa, startups, strategy, support, sustainability, Sweden, TalentBase, technology, The African Woman Power Network, The AWP Network, Timbuktu, Tizeti Network Ltd., women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank, XL Africa, XL Africa Venture Showcase, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Meet the 20 Startups Accepted into the World Bank Group Digital Acceleration Program

  Twenty (20) of the most promising African digital startups will take part in the XL Africa residency, the flagship initiative of the business accelerator launched last April by the World Bank Group’s infoDev program. From Nov. 6-17 in Cape Town, the entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to learn from their mentors and peers, increase their regional visibility,…

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  November 8, 2017

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  access, Aerobotics, Africa, African Angel Investor Summit, Asoko Insight, business acceleration, business accelerator, business opportunity, Cape Town, Coin Afrique, digital, Edgepoint Digital, Electronic Settlement Limited, Entrepreneurs, Finland, investments, Investors, Lynk Jobs Ltd., MAX, Norway, ogaVenue, Ongair, Opportunity, Pesabazaar.com, Prepclass, Printivo, Rasello Company, Rensource, Sendy Ltd., Snapplify, Sokowatch, startups, Sweden, TalentBase, Timbuktu, Tizeti Network Ltd., XL Africa, XL Africa Venture Showcase

• Innovation and Health: Nigerian Entrepreneur Creates Website to Educate Africans on Ebola

  

  As a direct response to the crisis ravaging through communities in West Africa, and as Nigeria braces for more Ebola cases, medical doctor and techpreneur, Seyi Taylor has created an interactive website to inform and educate the public on the deadly virus. His company, Big Cabal Media recently launched EbolaFacts.com. The site aims to capitalize on the growing…

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  August 8, 2014

  Business, Education, Events

  access, Africa, African youths, AWP Network, Bankole Oluwafemi, Big Cabal Media, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Ebolafacts.com, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, information, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, program, progress, Public Health, Seyi Taylor, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Apply: 2014 FIRE Awards

  The African Network Information Center – AFRINIC announces the call for entries for the 2014 FIRE Awards. The Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE) aims at encouraging ICT development innovations that contribute to sustainable development in Africa.  The FIRE programme Awards is granted to initiatives already completed or in their final implementation phase and…

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  March 12, 2014

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  access, Africa, African Network Information Center, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, ICT, Innovation, Innovators, Inspiration, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Participation, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, women and girls, Youths

• Apply: MassChallenge 2014

  The MassChallenge is the world’s largest startup accelerator and the first to support entrepreneurs with no strings attached. There are over $1.5 million in grants and $10 million of in-kind benefits awarded annually, with no equity taken. African Startups please apply. Additional benefits of the four-month program in Boston include world-class mentorship and training, free…

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  March 5, 2014

  Events

  access, Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Funding, girls, grants, growth, idea, impact, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, MassChallenge, progress, small business, solutions, Startup, startups, strategy, support, sustainability, techbiz, technology, women and girls, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Africans in Technology Event

  

  Over the past couple of years, the technology sector in Africa has experienced immense growth from both the international tech market, and a host of local tech startups have grown to be extremely successful.  As large tech corporations like Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard continue to invest and show interest in the African tech space,…

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  May 13, 2013

  Education, Events

  access, Africa, Ali Abdullah, Anie Akpe-Lewis, AWP Network, Black Enterprise, change, collaboration, development, effective partnership, Eric Hamilton, IBOM LLC, Janell Hazelwood, Mary Olushoga, Mayven PR, Muoyo Okome, progress, Tapua Tunduwani, technology, women and girls