Tag: Cameroon

• The 2018 AWP Network Power List

  

  Be the Change. Be Inspired. Be You. Recognizing (40) African women with powerful, inspiring, and influential voices. Introducing Africa’s leading women!  At the AWP Network, we aim to encourage more African women with powerful voices  who will continue to create programs and policies that support the development and growth of African women and girls. Sahle-Work Zewde  (Ethiopia): is Ethiopia’s…

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  December 30, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Adia Sowho, Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, Arikana Chihombori-Quao, Ausar Energy, awards, AWP Network, Ayisha Osori, Best Ayiorworth, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Bridgette Radebe, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Emma Nyra, Engie, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethoipia, Farida Nabourema, Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Francesca Uriri, Gabon, Gabonese, Genevieve Nnaji, girls, growth, Habiba Ali, Honey Ogundeyi, Horore Bell Bebga, hybrid solar power plants, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Juliet Kego, Lagos, Latifat Balogun, Lauren Atkins, leadership, Lola Shoneyin, Lotanna Igwe Odunze, Lotanna Odunze, Louise Mushikiwabo, Margaret Mary-Wilson, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Melissa Bime, Mercy Makinde, MiMi Mefo Takambou, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nyari Mashayamombe, Odunayo Eweniyi, Okwui Okpokwasili, Olutoyin Alake, Pamela Adie, Panashe Chigumadzi, Phuti Mahanyele, power plants, program, progress, Ramla Ali, Rwanda, Sahle-Work Zewde, small business, solutions, Somali, Somaliland, South Africa, Stella Nyanzi, Stella Williams, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Togo, Tomi Otudeko, Uganda, Uzoamaka Aduba, Vera Songwa, Weird MC, Winifred Byanyima, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Zimbabwe

• African Daily Voice Launches News Agency

  Based in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, African Daily Voice – a multinational company specializing in content, and the media, has a newsroom in Casablanca (Morocco) and offers multilingual services (French, English, Arabic) has launched a pan-African news agency. Driven by a long-term vision for Africa, the founders and investors of the new media group rely exclusively on…

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  August 13, 2018

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  Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Africa, African youths, Algeria, Algiers, Antananarivo, Arabic, awards, AWP Network, Bangui, business, business support, Cameroon, Casablanca, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, content, Dakar, development, Douala, DRC, education, English, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, french, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, Ivory Coast, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos, leadership, Madagascar, Malabo, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, my voice matters, New Media, Nigeria, program, progress, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Google Expands Its Launchpad Program for African Startups

  

  Google Launchpad Africa is an acceleration program that matches top African startups with the best of Google – its people, network, and advanced technologies – to help build great products. The program, which runs for three (3) months and will operate out of Lagos, will over the next three (3) years provide African startups with over…

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  June 11, 2018

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  accountability, Africa, Africa. Nigeria, African startups, African youths, Algeria, Anita Borg, awards, AWP Network, Botswana, business, business support, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, computer engineering, computer science, Creativity, Developers, development, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, Europe, Firebase, Ghana, girls, Google, Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, Google Launchpad Africa, growth, ICT, idea, informatics, Innovation, Inspiration, Invention, investments, JC Common Award, Kenya, Lagos, Launch, Launchpad Build, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Royal Academy of Engineering, Rwanda, scholarship, Senegal, small business, smallbiz, software development, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, techbiz, Techlaunchpad, technology, The AWP Network, Tunisia, Uganda, UK, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zimbabwe

• MasterCard Foundation Invests $500 million to Educate Next Generation of African Leaders

  

  The University of Pretoria (UP) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation (MCF) is delighted to announce MasterCard Foundation Scholarship commencing in January 2019. This scholarship is available for high achieving African students interested in studying at the undergraduate or postgraduate levels. The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program is a 10-year, $500 million global initiative to educate and…

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  June 5, 2018

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  Africa, African Students, African youths, Algeria, Angola, awards, AWP Network, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, business, business support, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, challenge, change, collaboration, Comoros, competition, development, Djibouti, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, girls, growth, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MasterCard Foundation, MasterCard Foundation Scholarship, Mauritania, Mauritius, mobile technology, Morocco, Mozambique, my voice matters, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, program, progress, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, small business, solutions, Somalia, South Africa, strategy, Sudan, support, sustainability, Swaziland, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, University of Pretoria, Western Sahara, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, Zambia and  Zimbabwe.

• Apply: £25,000 – Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

  

  The Africa Prize encourages ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers from all disciplines to apply their skills to develop scalable solutions to local challenges, highlighting the importance of engineering as an enabler of improved quality of life and economic development. Crucial commercialisation support is awarded to a shortlist of innovative applicants through a (6) six-month…

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  March 27, 2018

  Events

  Achiri Arnold Nji, Africa, Africa Prize, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African youths, Alex Makalliwa, Aline Okello, Andre Nel, AWP Network, Brian Turyabagye, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, development, education, Edwin Inganji, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fredrick Ouko, Ghana, Godwin Benson, growth, Hindu Nabulumba, idea, Innovation, James van der Walt, Joel King’ori Kariuki, Kenya, Kevin Gacheru, Lawrence Ojok, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, Mozambique, Nigeria, oil and gas, Peter Mbiria, Prize, progress, Sesinam Dagadu, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, Uganda, Wilfred Leslie Owen, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Apply: $1 Million African Entrepreneurship Award

  

  The 4th edition of the African Entrepreneurship Award is now open. This initiative aims to support talented entrepreneurs from Africa or Africans in the diaspora whose ideas create jobs and improve lives on the continent. The African Entrepreneurship Award, initiated by its President Othman Benjelloun, shows BMCE Bank of Africa’s ambition to foster entrepreneurship in Africa by…

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  March 12, 2018

  Events

  Abideen Adelu, Achiri Nji, Africa, Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship, African Entrepreneurship Award, African youths, automated processes, awards, AWP Network, Benti Gelalcha, BMCE Bank of Africa, BMCE Group Bank of Africa, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, computers, development, digital, education, Enterpreneurs, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Ernie Aylward, Ethiopia, Frederico Peres da Silva, girls, growth, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jennifer Shigoli, Joyce Kyalema, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, machinery, Mahmud Johnson, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, Mozambique, Murtula Sanni, my voice matters, Nigeria, Omar Kadiri, President Othman Benjelloun, program, progress, recognition, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, uncharted, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Win €25,000: Apply for the Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East

  

  Applications for the 8th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East are now being accepted. This prize, awarded by Orange, rewards innovative projects based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) which improve the living conditions of people in Africa and the Middle East in fields such as education, healthcare, farming, mobile payments or sustainable…

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  March 1, 2018

  Events

  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Botswana, Bulles Magazine, Burkina Faso, business, business support, Cameroon, Cameroun, Cape Town, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire, Central African Republic, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Democratic Republic of the Congo, development, DRC, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FoodoGraphy, girls, growth, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Conakry, Guinée Equatoriale, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jordan, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, Ma Tontine, Madagascar, Mali, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MedTrucks, mobile technology, Morocco, Morrocco, my voice matters, Nanoé, Niger, Nigeria, Orange Social Venture Prize, program, progress, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tunisia, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: 2018 TechWomen Program

  

  TechWomen empowers, connects and supports the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) from Africa and the Middle East by providing them with the access and opportunity needed to advance their careers, pursue their dreams, and inspire women and girls in their communities. Through mentorship and exchange, TechWomen strengthens participants’ professional…

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  January 15, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, Algeria, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Egypt, Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lagos, leadership, Lebanon, Libya, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Math, Mathematics, mentoring, Middle East, mobile technology, Mombasa Girls in STEM, Morocco, my voice matters, Nigeria, Pakistan, program, progress, Rwanda, science, Sierra Leone, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, Tajikistan, tech women, techbiz, technology, TechWomen, Techwomen Kenya, The AWP Network, the Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, US Embassy Kenya, Uzbekistan, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yemen, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zimbabwe

• The 2017 AWP Network Power List

  

  Be the change. Be Inspired. Be you. Recognizing (40) African women with powerful, inspiring, and influential voices. Introducing Africa’s leading women!  At the AWP Network, we aim to encourage more African women with powerful voices who will continue to create programs and policies that support the development and growth of African women and girls. Africa’s First…

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  December 4, 2017

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Adaku Ufere, Adenike Ogunlesi, Aishah Ahmad, Almaz Negash, Amarachi Jessyforth, AsoebiBella, AWP Network, AWP Network Power List, Ayodeji Owosobi, Banking, Benin, Bidemi Zakariyau, Blessing Effiom Egbe, Botswana, Britain, Cameroon, Chicago, Chika Uwazie, Dambisa Moyo, Dorothy Njamze, Edu Ene-Okoro, Elizabeth Elango Bintliff, England, Eniola Aluko, Eritrea, Esther Ijewere-Kalejaiye, Eunice Baguma Ball, Funke Opeke, Gail Makenete, Ghana, Glory Edozien, Harvard Law Review, Ilwad Elman, Imelme Umana, Ink Eze, Irene Ovonji-Odida, Itoro Eze-Anaba, Judith Owigar, Justina Etim, Kenya, Lesotho, Linah Mohohlo, Lola Omolola, Marlise Montcho, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Moiyattu Banya, Molara Wood, Nigeria, Nike Ogunlesi, Nshuti Lucy Mbabazi, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Owosobi, Osayi Alile, Pauline Mujawamariya, Pauline Mujawamariya-Koelbl, Peace Hyde, Phanice Nkwamboka, Polo Leteka, Ruth Oniang’o, Rwanda, Sabetha Mwambenja, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Susan Mashibe, Switzerland, Tanzania, tech, technology, Techwomen Kenya, The African Women Power Network, Toyin Odulate, Uganda, Uneku Atawodi-Ekun, United States, Wendy Luhabe, WimBiz, Zambia

• Meet Winners of the Orange Social Venture Prize for Africa and the Middle East

  

  For the seventh year in a row, the Orange Group recognizes innovative projects that further development within the region. The objective of the prize is to stimulate entrepreneurial initiatives that use new technologies to meet the needs of people in Africa and the Middle East. Open from February to June 2017, the call for applications received…

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  November 10, 2017

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Botswana, Bulles Magazine, business, business support, Cameroon, Cameroun, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, City Taps, collaboration, competition, development, DRC, education, eFret.tn, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FoodoGraphy, Génie Edu, girls, growth, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Conakry, Guinée Equatoriale, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jordan, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, Ma Tontine, Madagascar, Majika, Mali, Manzer Partazer, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, MedTrucks, mobile technology, Morocco, Morrocco, my voice matters, Nanoé, Niger, Nigeria, program, progress, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tunisia, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths