Tag: Africa

• The AWP Network at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Forum

  

  The NGO CSW Forum is an open process, a democratic space where boys and girls, men and women can advocate for gender equality, development and peace. CSW58 took place March 9 – 21, 2014 at the United Nations Plaza. AWP Network founder, Mary Olushoga spoke on “Critical Impediments in Attaining Sustainable Health and Education Programs…

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  March 25, 2014

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  advocacy, Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, Carolina Velasco, challenge, change, collaboration, Commission on the Status of Women, CSW58, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Honorable Jackie Weatherspoon, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Karen Block, leadership, LinkedIn, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, United Nations, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• This Year, Plan to Create Your Own Reality

  The day that I resigned from my job, November 4, 2011, coincidentally was the same day my niece, Eliza Olushoga, was born. After years of working a routine 9 to 5 job, I suddenly felt empowered and determined to create my own reality. I set out to do something different, exciting, and out of the…

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  March 24, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, BBC World Have Your Say, BET, Black Enterprise, business, Business Resources, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, Huffington Post, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Mary Olushoga, progress, Reality, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, Vision, women, women and girls, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth unemployment, 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

• Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  The Royal Academy of Engineering just announced the launch of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation and has called for entries from engineers connected with universities and research institutions in sub-Saharan African countries. The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is Africa’s biggest prize devoted to engineering innovation, covering all disciplines from mechanical, civil and computing…

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  March 10, 2014

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  Africa, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, development, education, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, Nigeria, oil and gas, Prize, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, 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

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  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

• Apply: PIVOT East 2014

  PIVOT East aims to catalyze the growth of mobile startups, so as to amplify and consolidate the gains of East Africa’s Mobile developer and entrepreneurship ecosystem.  The key objective for this year’s event is “to facilitate discovery of the next wave of high potential mobile startups in the region.” The competition has five categories which…

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  March 3, 2014

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  Africa, AWP Network, business, change, competition, development, DR Congo, Ethiopia, growth, Kenya, Mary Olushoga, mentorship, mobile technology, PIVOT East, progress, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Startup, strategy, Tanzania, technology, training, Uganda

• Join the Crans Montana African Women’s Forum

  The founding meeting of the Crans Montana African Women’s Forum will take place in Brussels (Belgium) on March 21 to 22, 2014 jointly with the Crans Montana Forum on Africa and South-South Cooperation. The Crans Montana African Women’s Forum has multiple objectives, which will be defined and clarified over time, thanks to those who join…

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  February 28, 2014

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  Africa, AWP Network, business, Crans Montana, Engaged Conversations, Forum for African Women, leadership, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, platform, policy, solutions, strategy, women and girls

• Capital Square Lagos Launches Business Courses for Entrepreneurs

  CapitalSquare Lagos is a co-working space for young creative entrepreneurs.  The creative hub has partnered with BAU Online and Strategy Q  to run a 12-week business course titled “Entrepreneurship & Innovation.” The courses will take place on Saturdays from 11:30am until 2:30pm and will be a hybrid of online classes, practical workshops, business clinics, and participants…

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  February 27, 2014

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  Africa, AWP Network, business, business clinics, business plan, business support, capitalsquare, collaboration, competition, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, Mary Olushoga, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Youths

• Apply: 2014 World Summit Youth Award

  DEADLINE: June 15, 2014 The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is a unique global contest which brings together young developers and digital entrepreneurs – under 30 years of age – who use internet and mobile technology to put the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) into action and make a difference. The World Summit Youth Award…

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  February 25, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, change, collaboration, competition, Digital Content, education, Entrepreneurship, Global, growth, idea, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Unemployment, women and girls, World Summit Youth Award, Youths

• Apply: Microsoft 4Afrika Scholarship Program

  DEADLINE: Friday – February 28, 2014 The Regenesys Foundation is pleased to introduce the Microsoft 4Afrika Scholarship Program.This initiative is designed to groom future leaders by providing access to quality, online tertiary business education, from higher certificate to diploma. The program will make available 1000 scholarships to deserving candidates through Regenesys Business School, a global leader…

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  February 21, 2014

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  Africa, AWP Network, business, business school, business support, collaboration, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Mary Olushoga, Microsoft, Nigeria, online, progress, Regenesys Foundation, scholarship, solutions, sustainability, technology, Unemployment, Youths