Tag: CChub

• WeCyclers Wins Case Foundation Pitch For Lagos Competition

  

  The AWP Network salutes and congratulates Wecyclers on winning the 2015 Pitch For Lagos competition, an event chaired by Steve Case, co-founder of America Online (AOL) and founder of the Case Foundation. Wecyclers is a response to local waste issues in Lagos, where only 40 percent of the city’s garbage is collected. The World Bank also estimates that only…

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  July 30, 2015

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

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

• Young African Techpreneur tells Youths to Deliver Value

  

  Focus on Delivering Value – says Founder of BudgIT Oluseun Onigbinde is co-founder and Lead Director of BudgIT, a civic startup company focused on promoting good governance by simplifying the Nigerian government’s budget. Using info-graphs, maps, mobile applications, and various new technologies, the company makes public data more understandable, accessible, and transparent to the average…

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  May 27, 2013

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, AWP Network, BudgIT, CChub, change, development, education, Inspiration, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Oluseun Onigbinde, open technology, policy, progress, sustainability, women, Youths

• From MIT to Nigeria – Finding Business Opportunity in Recycling Waste for Developing Countries

  

  Entrepreneur and innovator, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola sat down with the AWP Network to discuss key lessons she’s learned since starting WeCyclers. The AWP Network also extends a warm congratulations to Bilikiss for being selected as a 2013 Echoing Green finalist. With an MBA from MIT, a master’s degree from Vanderbilt University, and an undergraduate degree in computer…

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  May 1, 2013

  Business, Education, Interviews

  accessibility, Africa, AWP Network, Bilikiss Adebiyi, business, CChub, change, developing countries, development, education, girls, Inspiration, Nigeria, progress, sustainability, technology, waste, WeCyclers, women, Youths