Tag: awards

• Apply: Mobile for Development Utilities Innovation Fund – GBP 3.3 Million In Grants

  

  The M4D Utilities Innovation Fund, supported by the UK Government and the Scaling Off-Grid Energy Grand Challenge for Development, aims to test and scale the use of mobile to improve or increase access to energy, water, and sanitation services. The Innovation Fund was launched in June 2013. In two phases of funding, grants have been…

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  August 22, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Department of Energy, development, education, Energy, engineers, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Global LEAP Awards, Global LEAP Off-Grid Refrigeration Competition, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, manufacturers, market validation grant, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Refrigeration, sanitation services, Scaling Off-Grid Energy Grand Challenge, Scaling Off-Grid Energy Grand Challenge for Development, seed grant, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, students, Sub-Saharan Africa, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, water, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: Vital Voices Grow Fellowship for Women Entrepreneurs

  

  The VV GROW Fellowship: A Leading Global Accelerator for Women Entrepreneurs is a highly competitive one-year global accelerator program for women owners of small and medium businesses. The program includes customized business skills training, technical assistance, leadership development, and access to networks to grow their businesses and increase their leadership impact. Through online and in-person…

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  August 21, 2017

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, American Samoa, ANNpower, ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative, Australia, awards, AWP, AWP Network, business, business support, Cambodia, Caribbean, challenge, change, change agents, collaboration, competition, Cook Islands, development, East Timor, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Federated States of Micronesia, Fellowship, Fiji, French Polynesia, girls, growth, Guam, idea, Indonesia, Innovation, Inspiration, Kiribati, Lagos, Laos, Latin America, leadership, Malaysia, marketing, Marshall Islands, Mary Olushoga, Middle East, mobile technology, my voice matters, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Niue, North Africa, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Pond’s Fellowship Program, process, program, progress, Samoa, small business, Solomon Islands, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Thailand, The AWP Network, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Unilever, Vanuatu, Vietnam, vital voices, Vital Voices Grow Fellowship, VV Grow, Wallis and Futuna, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women leaders, World Bank, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Stanford Graduate School of Business Launches Empowerment Programs for Youths and Entrepreneurs in Southern Africa

  

  Stanford Graduate School of Business has announced a USD $3 million, three-year partnership with De Beers Group to empower young, budding entrepreneurs and owners of established businesses in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa through two new educational programs launching in 2018. Stanford is expanding two of its successful programs to Southern Africa: Seed Transformation Program,…

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  August 18, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, scholarship, small business, solutions, South Africa, Stanford, Stanford Seed Africa, strategy, students, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yale Young Global Scholars Program, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• ‘I started my business to inspire others’ says handbag designer – Sharon Agwunobi

  

  I first connected with the founder of “Aura by Alaye” Sharon Agwunobi at the AWP Network business pitch event at Afe Babalola University in Ekiti State, Nigeria. She was one of the student entrepreneurs who received financial support from the AWP Network. I became interested in Sharon’s company when she showed me samples of her…

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  August 16, 2017

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  Afe Babalola University, Africa, African youths, Aura by Alaye, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Ekiti State, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, handbag designer, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Sharon Agwunobi, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge

  

  The HealthTech Innovation Challenge is part of Accenture’s broader HealthTech Innovation program—which includes acceleration and venture opportunities, innovation labs and more. Selected applicants will be invited to compete in one of the company’s regional rounds in Singapore, Boston or London where they will be judged by an esteemed panel of leading life sciences and healthcare company…

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  August 7, 2017

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  acceleration, Accenture, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Boston, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Health, healthtech, healthtech innovation challenge, idea, Innovation, innovation labs, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, London, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Singapore, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup Health Festival, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Meet 14 Social Entrepreneurs Addressing Maternal & Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

  

    The healthymagination Mother and Child Program — launched in March 2016 by GE and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship to address maternal and child mortality by supporting African social entrepreneurs operating in the health sector — has taken another step toward achieving its objective: selecting the second group of social enterprises to…

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  July 26, 2017

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Access Afya, Adeloye Olanrewaju; Telemed Medical Services, Africa, African youths, Anne Gildea, Ash Lauren Rogers; Nurture Africa, awards, AWP Network, Benin, Botswana, Brian Iredale; Outreach Medical Services, Burundi, business, business support, challenge, change, Charles Kalonga; Lwala Community Alliance, collaboration, competition, development, Dr Segun Ebitanmi; Peach Health, Dr. Daphne Ngunjiri; ayzh, DRC, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ghana; Cobby Amoah; PurpleSource Healthcare, girls, growth, Habib Anwar, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Julius Mbeya, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Matthew Rehrig; Village Hopecore International, mobile technology, my voice matters, Natalie Angell-Besseling; Tulip Imaging, Nigeria, Olufemi Sunmonu; SaferMom, Pratap Kumar; Hewa Tele, program, progress, Rwanda, small business, solutions, South Africa, Stefanie Weiland; Live Well Social Enterprise Business, Steve Alred Adudans; LifeNet International, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Tyler Nelson; Health-E-Net, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yohans Emiru; The Shanti Uganda Society, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zubaida Bai; Health Builders

• Entrepreneur Set To Launch Innovation Hub for African Girls In STEM

  

  Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Founder of Pearls Africa Foundation will launch the ‘Lady Labs Innovation Hub,‘ created to function as a collaborative centre for young women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The hub will serve as a co-working space for women in technology and offer an avenue to drive their businesses. In turn, it is expected that these…

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  July 17, 2017

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  Abisoye Ajayi, Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, co-working space, collaboration, competition, development, education, Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lady Labs Innovation Hub, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mathematics, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Pearls Africa, Pearls Africa Foundation, program, progress, science, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Techpreneurs, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women in Tech, Women in Technology, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Contract Opportunity: Produce An Audit Report for South Sudan Ministry of Petroleum

  

  South Sudan Ministry of Petroleum Launches Open Tender for Petroleum Audit The Ministry invites companies to bid on a public tender to perform the audit and produce a 2017 audit report on the industry  The Government of National Unity of South Sudan commits to transparency and enhanced efficiency in its petroleum sector. Open tender announced…

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  June 20, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, gas reserves, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, oil, oil and gas, Petroleum, Petroleum Audit, procurement, procurement opportunities, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, South Sudan, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, tender, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Meet Rahmon Ojukotola – Founder of Fintech Startup Working To Boost Financial Inclusion in Nigeria

  

  I founded this business to address the low market penetration rates of financial inclusion products in Nigeria and to help promote financial inclusion throughout Africa. I truly believe that greater access to credit will foster sustainable economic growth and it is my intention that my company becomes a major catalyst for change in Nigeria’s growth, recovery…

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  June 16, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Rahmon Ojukotola, small business, solutions, South Africa, StartCredits, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth

• Apply: Stanford Seed Transformation Program for African Entrepreneurs

  

  The Stanford Seed Transformation Program is a 12-month, intensive leadership program for established business leaders which includes four, week-long immersive sessions spread over a six month period. Designed specifically for business owners, the program is delivered in-country (Accra, Ghana) and led by Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty. The goal: is to create a detailed…

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  June 14, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, Stanford Seed Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths