Tag: Egypt

• Apply: Startup Reactor Accelerator Program in Egypt

  

  Startup Reactor is accepting applications for its 5th cycle. Startup Reactor is a 6-month accelerator program designed to support innovative startups with high growth potential in Egypt. The program is a gateway to connecting entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors. Investors and mentors that participate in the program receive an equity stake in the ventures which they choose…

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  January 9, 2018

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  Accelerator program, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business accelerator, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, equity, girls, growth, idea, Impact Investors, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentors, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, Startup Reactor, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• 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

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  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

• Meet the 15 Young Entrepreneurs Up for the $100,000 Anzisha Prize

  

  Supported by African Leadership Academy (ALA) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, the Anzisha Prize celebrates and cultivates the next generation of young African entrepreneurial leaders who are creating job opportunities, solving local development problems and driving economies. Selected from 14 countries, nearly half of all candidates are young women representing sectors as diverse as…

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  August 21, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, Ajiroghene Omanudhowo, Aly Abd ElAzem, Andrew Ddembe, anzisha prize, Asha Abbas, AWP Network, Benedict Kusi Ampofo, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, development, Dina Mohamed Ibrahim, Edgar Edmund, Egypt, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fadwa Moussaif, Faustino Quissico, Geoffrey Mulei, Gerald Matolo, Ghana, growth, Heritiana Fabien Randriamananatahina, Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate, Ifrah Mohamed, Ignatius Ahumuza, Innovation, Issam Darui, Jessan Kumar Persand, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Madagascar, Maemu Lambani, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mentorship, Moonga Chowa, Morocco, Mozambique, N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, Niger, Nigeria, Opportunity, progress, Rebecca Andrianarisandy, Satta Wahab, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, Thowiba Alhaj, Uganda, Vicente Zau, Victoria Olimatunde, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yaye Souadou Fall, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

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

  

  Applications for the 7th edition of the Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East (OSVPAM) are now being accepted. As in previous years, the OSVPAM will be awarded to innovative projects which make use of information and communication technologies to improve living conditions for the people of Africa and the Middle East in fields…

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  February 28, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Botswana, Bulles Magazine, business, business support, Cameroun, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, DRC, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FoodoGraphy, girls, growth, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Conakry, Guinée Equatoriale, 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, 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: 2017 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 8, 2017

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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 2016 AWP Network Power List

  

  Be the Change. Be Inspired. Be You.  Recognizing (40) African women with powerful, inspiring and influential voices. 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. Introducing Africa’s leading women (1)…

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  December 27, 2016

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  Abena Amoah, Achenyo Idachaba, Adenike Adeyemi, Adesuwa Onyenokwe, Affiong Williams, Africa, African Women Power Network, Afua Osei, Akudo Anyanwu-Ikemba, Alice Aluoch, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Amini Kajunju, Angélique Kidjo, Anie Akpe, Arunma Oteh, Asha Abbas, Asisat Lamina Oshoala, AWP Network, Benin, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Bilikiss Adebiyi, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, Biola Alabi, Bisila Bokoko, Blessing Okagbare, Bukky Karibi-Whyte, Bukky Shonibare, Catherine Samba-Panza, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chinwe Ohajuruka, Clarisse Iribagiza, Comfort Sakoma, Deborah Ahenkorah, Dee Poku-Spalding, Dinah Musindarwezo, Divine Muragijimana, Divine Ndhulukula, Doreen Mashika, DRC, Ebi Atawodi, Egypt, Elizabeth Magaya, Elizabeth Patterson, Esther Agbarakwe, Fadumo Dayib, Farai Gundan, Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, Frances Udukwu, Funke Bucknor-Obruthe, Funmi Iyanda, Gail Mawocha, Garca Machel, Ghana, Gina Din Kariuki, Hadia Gondji, Hadiza Bala-Usman, Halima Gidado-Mijindadi, Hanna Tetteh, Henrietta Onwuegbuzie, Hilda Tadria, Hussainatu Blake, Ibukun Awosika, Ifeoma Malo, Iheoma Obibi, Ijeoma Mbamalu, Iman Bibars, Ini Onuk, Inonge Wina, Iza Irame, Jane Ole, Jennifer Riria, Jo-Issa Rae Diop, Joana Silochina Foster, Joanne Mwangi, Joy Ndungutse, Joy Ogwu, Juliana Rotich, Katherine Lucey, Kemi Ajumobi, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Leticia Osafo-Addo, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Lindiwe Zulu, Lorna Rutto, Malawi, Mame Diene, Mame Madior Boye, Mametja Moshe, Marieme Jamme, Mary Olushoga, Melanie Hawken, Memuna Janneh, Mildred Okwo, Mimi Alemayehou, Minna Salami, Misan Rewane, Mobolaji Akiode, Mokgadi Caster Semanya, Monica Musunda, Mosunmola Abudu, Mpule Kwelagobe, Musimbi Kanyoro, Natasha Sideris, Ndeye Sow, Neha Misra, Netumbo Nandi – Ndaitwah, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Niger, Nigeria, Nigest Haile, Njeri Rionge, Nkechi Ogbodo, Nkem Uwaje, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Nnedi Okorafor, Nneka Isaac-Moses, Nomsa Daniels, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Nwakaego Boyo, Oby Ezekwesili, Ola Orekunrin, Oley Dibba-Wadda, Omobola Johnson, Oreoluwa Somolu, Ory Okolloh, Patricia Veringa-Gieskes, Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka, President Joyce Banda, President Sirleaf Johnson, Rai Sow, Rainatou Sow, Rapelang Rabana, Rebecca Alitwala-Kadaga, Rebecca Enonchong, Rebecca Franks, Regina Agyare, Rhoda Wilson, Rita Dominic, Saara Kuugongelwa – Amadhila, Sandra Aguebor-Ekperuoh, Sarah Peace, Saran Kaba Jones, Saudat Salami, Semhar Araia, Senegal, Shade Ladipo, Shola Olatoye, Sibongile Sambo, Sierra Leone, Solar Sister, Solome Lemma, Somalia, Sonja Sebotsa, South Africa, Spectra Speaks, Suzana Moreira, Tabitha Karanja, Tanzania, Tara Fela-Durotoye, Thato Kgatlhanye, The African Woman Power Network, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, Theo Sowa, Thuli Madonsela, Tola Onigbanjo, Tope Oshin-Ogun, Tori Abiola, Tosin Jegede, Toyin Saraki, Uche Pedro, Uduak Isong, Uduak Oduok, Uganda, Unoma Okorafor, Vivian Onano, Wendy Ackerman, Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Yetunde Odugbesan-Omede, Yvonne Unubun, Zimbabwe

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

  

  For the sixth 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. More than 750 candidates responded to the call for projects, which…

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  November 21, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Botswana, Bulles Magazine, business, business support, Cameroun, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, DRC, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FoodoGraphy, girls, growth, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Conakry, Guinée Equatoriale, 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, 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

• Meet the 12 Entrepreneurs Up for the $100,000 Anzisha Prize

    The Anzisha Prize applauds outstanding youth entrepreneurs between the ages of 15 and 22 for effecting change through innovative, people-centred solutions across Africa. The African Leadership Academy in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation is proud to announce Africa’s top youth entrepreneur finalists for the sixth annual Anzisha Prize. This year, the Prize celebrates increased presence…

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  September 1, 2016

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Aly Abd ElAzem, Andrew Ddembe, Asha Abbas, Benedict Kusi Ampofo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Faustino Quissico, Geoffrey Mulei, Ghana, Heritiana Fabien Randriamananatahina, Ifrah Mohamed, Issam Darui, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Madagascar, Mary Olushoga, Morocco, Mozambique, N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Yaye Souadou Fall

• Apply: Business Development Program for African Entrepreneurs

  

  Oxfam believes that SMEs have the potential to contribute to sustainable growth through increased employment, higher income and relevant products and services for people living in poverty, particularly small holder farmers, youth and women. To help SMEs live up to their potential, we know they need more than capital alone. Hence, Oxfam provides business development services…

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  August 18, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Oxfam, program, progress, small business, SMEs, solutions, Somalia, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, sustainable growth, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, Vietnam, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Win 25,000 Euros: Apply – Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa

  

  The Orange Social Venture Prize, which aims to encourage startups that use innovation to fuel development on the African continent, is being extended to the Middle East and, this year, includes a Special Cultural Content Prize. In its 6 years of existence, the Orange Social Venture Prize has been exceedingly successful, with some 2,600 projects received.…

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  May 18, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Botswana, business, business support, Cameroun, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, DRC, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Conakry, Guinée Equatoriale, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jordan, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morrocco, my voice matters, 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