Tag: competition

• Voices of Young African Entrepreneurs: The Rave about Printivo

  

          Satisfied customers have raved about Printivo.com on social media. We followed the comments and reached out to the company to learn more about the services they provide. Printivo.com is recognized as Nigeria`s leading online print provider. The company works with a community of designers who upload their portfolios to a database…

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  April 3, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, African, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Nigeria, Oluyomi Ojo, Printivo, printivo.com, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, young, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth unemployment, Youths

• Apply: LeadPath Accelerator Program

  LeadPath Nigeria’s $1.5 million seed fund is focused on startups doing business in software applications, mobile applications, electronic payments and big data. LeadPath Nigeria will also offer office space, mentorship and other services such as (legal, accounting, tax, etc) to their investees, helping them achieve scale and success in a promising but challenging market. You…

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  March 31, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African youths, applications, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, LeadPath, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile, mobile technology, Nigeria, small business, software, solutions, startups, strategy, support, sustainability, techbiz, technology, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• You are Invited!

  

  Junior Chamber International Nigeria will host its first impact series program with the AWP Network. When: March 30, 2014 Time: 2pm Where: Radisson Blu, Victoria Island, Lagos Register here: JCI-AWP Network Event is FREE to attend but seating is limited. Follow the event hashtags: #JCINigeria #AWPNetwork #IMPACTSeries  

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  March 27, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African youths, Arrey Obenson, AWP Network, business, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Impact Series, Innovation, Inspiration, JCI, JCI Nigiera, Kola Osinowo, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, progress, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, voices, women, women and girls, Youths

• This Year, Plan to Create Your Own Reality

  The day that I resigned from my job, November 4, 2011, coincidentally was the same day my niece, Eliza Olushoga, was born. After years of working a routine 9 to 5 job, I suddenly felt empowered and determined to create my own reality. I set out to do something different, exciting, and out of the…

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  March 24, 2014

  Business, Education

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, BBC World Have Your Say, BET, Black Enterprise, business, Business Resources, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, Huffington Post, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Mary Olushoga, progress, Reality, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, Vision, women, women and girls, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth unemployment, Youths

• Apply: 2014 FIRE Awards

  The African Network Information Center – AFRINIC announces the call for entries for the 2014 FIRE Awards. The Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE) aims at encouraging ICT development innovations that contribute to sustainable development in Africa.  The FIRE programme Awards is granted to initiatives already completed or in their final implementation phase and…

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  March 12, 2014

  Events

  access, Africa, African Network Information Center, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, ICT, Innovation, Innovators, Inspiration, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Participation, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, women and girls, Youths

• Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  The Royal Academy of Engineering just announced the launch of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation and has called for entries from engineers connected with universities and research institutions in sub-Saharan African countries. The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is Africa’s biggest prize devoted to engineering innovation, covering all disciplines from mechanical, civil and computing…

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  March 10, 2014

  Events

  Africa, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, development, education, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, Nigeria, oil and gas, Prize, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Apply: PIVOT East 2014

  PIVOT East aims to catalyze the growth of mobile startups, so as to amplify and consolidate the gains of East Africa’s Mobile developer and entrepreneurship ecosystem.  The key objective for this year’s event is “to facilitate discovery of the next wave of high potential mobile startups in the region.” The competition has five categories which…

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  March 3, 2014

  Events

  Africa, AWP Network, business, change, competition, development, DR Congo, Ethiopia, growth, Kenya, Mary Olushoga, mentorship, mobile technology, PIVOT East, progress, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Startup, strategy, Tanzania, technology, training, Uganda

• Capital Square Lagos Launches Business Courses for Entrepreneurs

  CapitalSquare Lagos is a co-working space for young creative entrepreneurs.  The creative hub has partnered with BAU Online and Strategy Q  to run a 12-week business course titled “Entrepreneurship & Innovation.” The courses will take place on Saturdays from 11:30am until 2:30pm and will be a hybrid of online classes, practical workshops, business clinics, and participants…

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  February 27, 2014

  Events

  Africa, AWP Network, business, business clinics, business plan, business support, capitalsquare, collaboration, competition, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, Mary Olushoga, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Youths

• Apply: 2014 World Summit Youth Award

  DEADLINE: June 15, 2014 The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is a unique global contest which brings together young developers and digital entrepreneurs – under 30 years of age – who use internet and mobile technology to put the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) into action and make a difference. The World Summit Youth Award…

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  February 25, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, change, collaboration, competition, Digital Content, education, Entrepreneurship, Global, growth, idea, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Unemployment, women and girls, World Summit Youth Award, Youths

• Apply: 2014 SEED Awards

  Do you have an entrepreneurial and innovative idea that is locally-driven and has the potential to contribute significantly to sustainable development in countries with developing or transition economies? The SEED Awards for Entrepreneurs in Sustainable Development is an annual awards scheme designed to find the most promising, innovative, and locally led start-up social and environmental…

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  February 12, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, growth, idea, Innovation, Malawi, Mary Olushoga, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, progress, SEED Award, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, Uganda, UN Women, women and girls, Youths