Tag: awards

• African Women In Tech Launches SheStartup Camp

  

  The SheStartup Camp is an initiative of African Women In Tech, an organization whose goal is to support African women and girls in technology. Currently, the organization is looking to train 20 women and girls interested in starting an e-commerce business. This first edition is dedicated solely to e-commerce businesses. The 3-day boot camp and training sessions…

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  April 25, 2016

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  Africa, African Women in Technology, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cameroon, camp, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Douala, e-commerce, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, horore BEBGA, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, SheStartup, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, training, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Young Entrepreneur at Northeastern University Introduces Healthy Sports Drink Alternative

  

  Innovations in bottle filling technology allowed me to create a beverage that has no need for preservatives. Hylux has less sugar and calories than Gatorade and Vitamin Water, while containing more nutrition in form of vitamins and electrolytes. Hylux is a low-calorie and low-sugar alternative to traditional sports drink. How did you come up with the name…

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  April 18, 2016

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

• African Woman Entrepreneur, Tiyani Majoko Launches Africa’s First Full-Scale Lawyers on Demand Service

  

  Imani is now recruiting sixty (60) lawyers and is projecting a talent pool of 400 lawyers within 16 months. Its lawyers have global experience at big law firms and education from top African, European and North American universities. Imani is a direct response to the changing legal landscape and the tremendous economic growth opportunities present…

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  April 15, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, Angola, awards, AWP Network, Banking, Black Economic Empowerment Advisory, Botswana, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Congo, Contracts, Corporate Governance and Compliance, development, education, Energy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Equatorial Guinea, Finance, Gabon, General Commercial Services, Ghana, girls, growth, hiring, idea, Imani, Imani lawyers, Innovation, Inspiration, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Labour Law, Lagos, lawyers, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mining, mobile technology, Mozambique, my voice matters, Nigeria, oil and gas, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Tiyani Majoko, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs

• Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: Lessons from Building A Global Tech Business

  

  On Twitter, I am best known as a curator of African tech news and in general as someone promoting tech entrepreneurship in Africa. In fact, many think that I am a blogger or a journalist. What many don’t realize is that I am also a successful tech entrepreneur. In 1999, I set up AppsTech to…

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  April 15, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, AppsTech, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cameroon, 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, Rebecca Enonchong, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, VC4Africa, Washington DC, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Win $10,000: My Africa Photo Contest

  This photo contest aims to celebrate 10 years of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The organization is producing a photo book titled “My Africa,” looking forward to the next 10 years and capturing Africans’ visions of the future of the continent. MyAfrica is an opportunity for photographers of all abilities and ages to capture their vision…

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  April 13, 2016

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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, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, mobile technology, My Africa, my voice matters, Nigeria, photo contest, photographs, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Will Africa be Digitally Relevant in the Next 10 Years?

  

  By 2025, jobs which were common in 2015 will no longer exist. Students graduating in 2016, will have obsolete qualifications for which there will no longer be a profession by 2025. Front-line military personnel will be replaced with robots. Private bankers and wealth managers will be replaced with algorithms. Telemarketers, data entry personnel, tax preparers,…

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  April 12, 2016

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Digital Natives, digital nomad trend, digital strategy, digital transformation strategy, digital workforce, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Frost & Sullivan Africa, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Wayne Houghton, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Interested in Investing in Africa? This is for YOU!

  Rendeavour, Africa’s largest urban land developer, announces a business matchmaking tour to the United States to attract American exporters and service providers to the company’s satellite city projects which will house over 500,000 people and major companies in Africa over the next 20 years. With over 30,000 acres of satellite community developments in Kenya, Ghana,…

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  April 6, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, American exporters, awards, AWP Network, business, business matchmaking, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Construction, DC, Democratic Republic of Congo, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, girls, growth, Healthcare Facilities, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kansas City, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Los Angeles, marketing, Mary Olushoga, matchmaking, Miami, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Preston Mendenhall, program, progress, Rendeavour, Renewable Energy, Security Systems, small business, Smart Community Technology, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Washington, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zambia

• Attend: Leadership Forum for African Girls

                       

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  April 6, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, empowering young women, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Foundation, girls, growth, idea, Ifeoma Malo, Ify Malo, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, Leadership Forum, Lux Terra, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentorship, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, 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: International Youth Photography Contest

  Addressing Climate Change: In Focus is a global photography competition, created to raise awareness on climate change amongst young people, giving them a voice that will be heard by world leaders and negotiators alike. Seen through the lens of the world’s younger generation, their interpretation of climate change will be all the more poignant. “Photography…

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  April 4, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, climate action, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Global, global photography competition, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Photography, Photography Competition, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, youth, Youths

• Apply: She Leads Africa Accelerator Program

  The She Leads Africa Accelerator is a three (3) month-program to identify, support and fund the next generation of Nigeria’s brightest female entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs will receive exclusive access and mentorship from some of Nigeria’s leading business personalities, pitch day in front of local and international investors and media attention from across the globe. Apply here:…

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  April 4, 2016

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  Accelerator program, Africa, African women power, African youths, Afua Osei, awards, AWP Network, Belo-Osagie, business, business accelerator, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Dangote, development, education, entrepreneur, entrepreneur showcase, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, high growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Olushoga, popup coworking space, program, progress, She Leads Africa, SheHive, SheLeadsAfrica, small business, smallbiz, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tony Elumelu, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women leadership, Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths