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• Do You Dream of Building Software that Can Change the World?

  Andela is a 4-year, paid opportunity that allows you to master the craft of professional software development while working for leading technology companies around the globe. After the four (4) years, Andela Fellows go on to become technology entrepreneurs, technical leaders, senior software engineers and more. All applicants need to go through the home study curriculum…

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  February 18, 2016

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• Apply: $1 Million African Entrepreneurship Award

  

    The BMCE Group Bank of Africa has announced the second edition of the African Entrepreneurship Award. The African Entrepreneurship Award, initiated by its President Othman Benjelloun, shows BMCE Bank of Africa’s ambition to foster entrepreneurship in Africa by rewarding talents and technology beyond borders. The initiative aims to support entrepreneurs from Africa or of African…

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  February 18, 2016

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• Five African Girls Selected for the WAAW Foundation STEM Education Scholarship

  

  WAAW Foundation – an organization working to advance STEM education for African Girls has selected five (5) African girls for its annual scholarship program. After reviewing over 1000 applications from 27 countries in Africa, the following girls qualified and emerged as our 2016 scholarship recipients: Mbebi Liticia (22) Ghana,  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College…

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  February 17, 2016

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• AWP Network Event: Branding, Blogging & Social Media – Conversation with J.J. Omojuwa

  

  The AWP Network in collaboration with Innov8tiv.com hosted a “Branding, Blogging & Social Media” workshop with media expert J.J Omojuwa from Nigeria. Entrepreneurs who attended the event learned about various ways to use social media for business and how to leverage brand presence. Omojuwa answered questions on how to generate leads, increase sales, find customers and…

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  February 8, 2016

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, AfriStack, Anie Akpe, awards, AWP Network, Blogging, branding, business, business support, challenge, change, Charles Busari, Charly Buxx Media, China Mouka, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innov8tive.com, Innovation, Inspiration, J.J Omojuwa, Japheth Omojuwa, Lagos, Lead Nigeria, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Okenfe Lebarty, Omojuwa, program, progress, Robert Bernstein, small business, social media, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, The AWP Network Event, Ton Poenou, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• African Women In Technology Discuss Digital Opportunities in Cameroon

  

               

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  February 8, 2016

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• She Leads Africa Hosts #SheHiveAccra, Ghana

  

  She Leads Africa recently concluded its professional bootcamp She Hive Accra. She Hive Accra provides young and ambitious women with new skills related to climbing the corporate ladder, developing a pitch deck, identifying job opportunities, speaking with investors, and achieving your goals. During the six (6) days participants heard from international and local experts such as Airtel…

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  February 6, 2016

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• Win $15,000: Apply for the Tech Women-Go-Entrepreneurial Program

  The tech women-go-entrepreneurial program is a U.S Consulate funded project aimed at training and developing women who are technologically inclined to solve societal issues through developing technological solutions. Who Are We Looking for? women and girls living in Nigeria between the ages of 16 and 45 years of age, Must have a business idea delivered…

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  February 3, 2016

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• Founder of Nigeria’s Leading Self-Serve Frozen Yogurt Store Talks to the AWP Network

  

    Managing Director of Sweet Kiwi Lagos, Ehime Eigbe talks to the AWP Network about what inspired her to start a self-serve frozen yogurt store in Nigeria and discusses what’s next for the company. When it occurred to me that I could start my own frozen yogurt brand, I took advantage of the opportunity and…

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  January 25, 2016

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• €100,000 Prize: Know A Child Changing The World?

  

  Do you know a child with the drive, passion, and history in standing up against violations to children’s rights? Nominate him or her to be the next International Children’s Peace Prize winner. The International Children’s Peace Prize is presented annually to an exceptional child, whose courageous or otherwise remarkable actions have made a difference in…

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  January 24, 2016

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• Apply: $500,000 for Investigative Projects

  Africa’s first data-driven investigative journalism initiative launches today with $500,000 in grants and technical support for reportage that changes lives. The initiative grows out of a partnership between CfAfrica and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). A consortium of donors led by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank and CFI Media Cooperation. The new impactAFRICA initiative…

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  January 18, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Data, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, girls, grants, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investigative journalism, journalists, Kenya, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technical support, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zambia