Tag: African youths

• Starting My Business Was About Solving a Problem

  

  The AWP Network met with the Founder of CapitalSquare Workspace Solutions Limited, Modupe Macaulay. Based in Lagos, Nigeria – CapitalSquare offers an affordable co-working space for professionals, startups, and small businesses. With competitive pricing options, its welcoming community suits many customers. Founder and CEO, Modupe Macaulay earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Covenant…

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  November 3, 2014

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• Want to Start a Business? Enterprise Bank wants to Fund your Idea

  Do you have a business idea? Are you looking to start a business? Then, apply to the Enterprise Bank SME empowerment program. You will be required to make up 30 percent of your required capital. Enterprise Bank, upon the applicant meeting all necessary criteria, will fund 70 percent of applicant’s start-up capital. Find the application…

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  November 2, 2014

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• Lagos-based Company WeCyclers Wins 2014 Sustainia Award

  

  Chaired by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nigerian initiative – Wecyclers recently won the 2014 Sustainia Award. The solution enables low-income communities to make money from waste piling up in their streets. By deploying a fleet of cargo bicycles to collect and recycle un-managed waste, Wecyclers lets families exchange garbage for consumer goods via an SMS-based point system. Wecyclers…

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  November 2, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, Arnold Schwarzenegger, AWP Network, Bilikiss Adebiyi, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainia Award, technology, The AWP Network, WeCyclers, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: 2015 Grindstone Accelerator Program

  

  The South Africa-based Grindstone Accelerator program by Knife Capital is now accepting applications. Knife Capital is a growth equity fund manager and advisory firm that focuses on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction. Its accelerator program, Grindstone, sets out to support 10 companies annually with relevant networks, gap analysis, business support, coaching, and funding. Companies applying to…

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  October 30, 2014

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• 8 Quotes from African Women Entrepreneurs at the CUNY Young African Leadership Symposium

  

  Mary Olushoga, Founder of the AWP Network moderated the women’s panel at the 2014 CUNY Young African Leadership Symposium, which took place at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. On the panel were entrepreneurs: Funke Bucknor-Obruthe – owner and creative director at Zapphaire Events, Karen Nungari-Waweru – special education specialist,  and Mobolaji Akiode – professional basketball player…

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  October 29, 2014

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• 5 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Start a Business

  

    (1) They have a bold idea, (2) They have a fun idea, (3) They have a solution to a problem, (4) They want to test a new idea, (5) They want to make money.    

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  October 28, 2014

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• Apply: Yale Young African Scholars Program

  

  The Yale Young African Scholars Program (YYAS) is an initiative modeled after the Yale Young Global Scholars Program. This program is intended solely for African students attending secondary school on the African continent. The Yale Young African Scholars Program is a high-intensity 6-day program designed for African students who will graduate from secondary school in…

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  October 28, 2014

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• Nigeria’s Minister of Communication Technology Wins GEM Tech Award

  

  Honorable Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s 1st Minister of Communication Technology and founding chairperson of Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ), a non-governmental organization seeking to improve the success rate of female entrepreneurs as well as increase the proportion of women in senior positions in corporate organizations just won the GEM Tech Award. The GEM-TECH Awards is organized…

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  October 28, 2014

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• Funke Michaels Hosts Entrepreneurs Roundtable at CUNY

  

  Funke Michaels, Edward Mason Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government led an entrepreneurs roundtable at the 2014 CUNY Young African Leadership Symposium, which took place at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. At the table were Claude Grunitzky – Founder of TRACE Magazine, Vuyo Dunjwa – Executive Chairman of the Sub-Saharan Africa Chamber…

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  October 24, 2014

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• Young Nigerian Techies Encourage More Girls to go Into STEM Fields

  Creators of the traffic app, Road Marshal – want more girls to go into STEM fields. Oladayo Satope, Oreoluwa Okuboyejo, and Adedayo Oluokun – all students at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria reflect on their success since developing their traffic app, Road Marshal, an online 2D game. Satope, an Electronics and Electrical Engineering graduate and her…

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  October 24, 2014

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  Adedayo Oluokun, Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Oladayo Satope, Oreoluwa Okuboyejo, program, progress, Road Marshal, small business, solutions, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths