Tag: Engineering

• Apply for the $100,000 Africa Food Prize

  

  The search for the 2020 Africa Food Prize is on! The USD 100,000 prize celebrates Africans who are taking control of the continent’s agriculture agenda and changing the reality of farming in Africa from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. It puts a bright spotlight on bold initiative and technical innovations that…

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  February 5, 2020

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  access markets, Africa, Africa Food Prize, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African Innovation, African Innovation Foundation, African youths, agriculture, apps, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, development, economic empowerment, education, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovation Prize for Africa, Innovators, Inspiration, Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, Lagos, leadership, making a difference, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, oil and gas, online services, Prize, program, progress, reduce poverty, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technical knowledge, technology, The AWP Network, website, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths Africa

• Apply: WAAW Foundation She Hacks Africa Coding Bootcamp

  

  Learn how to create your own web and mobile apps using: HTML, CSS, BOOTSTRAP, JAVASCRIPT & JQUERY, PHP & MySQL, WordPress, GitHub, Node.JS, Ionic Framework for Mobile App Development. The workshop will give you the know-how to get started, boost your Employability, Entrepreneurship & Leadership skills and productivity by learning to Code and hosting your…

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  April 29, 2019

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• Call for Participation in the Africa Protected Areas Congress

  

  This landmark forum aims to position Africa’s protected areas within the broader goals of sustainable development and community well-being. The event will provide a platform for holding honest discussions on the future we want for our protected areas and seek solutions to the persistent and emerging problems that stand on the way. The continent has…

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  February 16, 2019

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  advocacy, Africa, Africa Protected Areas Congress, African Innovation, African innovators, African youths, awards, AWP Network, biodiversity, business, business support, challenge, change, climate change, collaboration, Communities, competition, development, education, Energy, Engineering, Engineering and Mathematics, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, food, girls, growth, Health, idea, impact, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Mathematics, mobile technology, Mwalimu Nyerere African Union Scholarship Scheme, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, rural, science, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, training, United Nations, water, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, young African women, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths Africa

• Apply: $600,000 Zayed Sustainability Prize for African Innovators

  

  The UAE’s pioneering global award for rewarding innovation, impact and inspiration in sustainable development solutions has announced that it will be inviting organisations and schools to submit their entries in one of its five (5) categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Global High Schools. The Prize’s five categories are designed to closely align with the United…

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  February 10, 2019

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  advocacy, Africa, African Innovation, African innovators, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, Communities, competition, development, education, Energy, Engineering, Engineering and Mathematics, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, food, girls, growth, Health, idea, impact, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mathematics, mobile technology, Mwalimu Nyerere African Union Scholarship Scheme, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, rural, science, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, technology, The AWP Network, training, United Nations, water, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, young African women, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths Africa, Zayed Sustainability Prize

• African Union Scholarship for Refugees and Displaced Persons

  

  The 2019 Scholarship offer is aimed to provide an important opportunity for enhancing the knowledge, professional skills and capacity of refugees and displaced persons; and thereby contribute for sustainable development in Africa. The Mwalimu Nyerere African Union Scholarship Scheme was launched in 2007 with the aim to contribute in the production and retention of high level…

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  February 10, 2019

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Engineering, Engineering and Mathematics, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mathematics, mobile technology, Mwalimu Nyerere African Union Scholarship Scheme, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, science, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, young African women, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth

• Apply: 100,000 USD Africa Food Prize

  

  The USD 100,000 Africa Food Prize celebrates Africans who are taking control of the continent’s agriculture agenda and changing the reality of farming in Africa from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. It puts a bright spotlight on bold initiatives and technical innovations that can be replicated across the continent. Farmers continue…

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  January 21, 2019

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  access markets, Africa, Africa Food Prize, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African Innovation, African Innovation Foundation, African youths, agriculture, apps, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, development, economic empowerment, education, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovation Prize for Africa, Innovators, Inspiration, Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, Lagos, leadership, making a difference, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, oil and gas, online services, Prize, program, progress, reduce poverty, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technical knowledge, technology, The AWP Network, website, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths Africa

• Apply: 2019 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 11, 2019

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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, Zambia and  Zimbabwe., Zimbabwe

• Apply: WAAW Foundation Scholarship for African Girls in STEM

  

  WAAW foundation’s annual scholarship is aimed at supporting need-based African female STEM-focused college education. WAAW Foundation awards annual scholarships to students who demonstrate the need and can prove their status as full-time students in a STEM related course in an African University. Award recipients will become WAAW Ambassadors in their respective communities. Candidates must also demonstrate financial…

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  October 15, 2018

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  Africa, African girls, African girls in technology, African Women Power Network, African youths, applications, awards, AWELE Academy, AWP Network, AWP Network. change, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Girls education, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nairobi, Nigeria, program, progress, science, She Hacks Africa, SheHacksAfrica, small business, software engineering, solutions, South Africa, STEM, STEM Camp for African girls, strategy, support, sustainability, techbiz, technology, technology leadership, The AWP Network, Unoma Odili, Unoma Okorafor, Waaw Foundation, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• 11 Africans Selected for the Facebook Community Leadership Program

  Facebook has announced the names of 116 people worldwide who have been selected to join the Facebook Community Leadership Program. Around a dozen African community leaders have been selected to become program residents and fellows.  The five (5) participants selected  as community leaders in residence, each will be awarded up to $1,000,000 to fund their community…

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  September 25, 2018

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  Africa, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African Innovation, African Innovation Foundation, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, African Women Power Network, African youths, AI Commons, AIMS, apps, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Chiniki Guard, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, Cycles, development, economic empowerment, education, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, girls, Google, governance, Gricd Agroservices, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovation Prize for Africa, Innovators, Inspiration, Insyt, Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, Kigali, Lagos, leadership, Machine Intelligence, machinery, making a difference, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, oil and gas, online services, pan-African network, Plant Doctor, Prize, program, progress, Project Move, Quadron Studios, research, RoadPreppers, Rwanda, SayPeace, scientists, small business, Smart Electricity, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Team Kanji, technology, The AWP Network, Treplabs, unemployed youths, Up NEPA;, Vetsark, website, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Introducing the 15 Companies Accepted into Facebook’s Accelerator Program in Lagos

  The teams went through an intensive 1-week bootcamp between the 27th and 31st of August 2018 and have now kicked off their six-month journey to build, modify and optimize their value-driven products. The selected teams will receive up to $20K in equity free-funding, partner credits, mentorship, technical and business support from Facebook and CcHUB.  RoadPreppers: Lara.ng is a…

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  September 16, 2018

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  Africa, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African Innovation, African Innovation Foundation, African youths, AI Commons, apps, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Chiniki Guard, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, Cycles, development, economic empowerment, education, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Gricd Agroservices, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovation Prize for Africa, Innovators, Inspiration, Insyt, Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, Lagos, leadership, making a difference, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, oil and gas, online services, Plant Doctor, Prize, program, progress, Project Move, Quadron Studios, RoadPreppers, SayPeace, small business, Smart Electricity, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Team Kanji, technology, The AWP Network, Treplabs, Up NEPA;, Vetsark, website, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth