Tag: entrepreneur
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Apply: MassChallenge 2014
The MassChallenge is the world’s largest startup accelerator and the first to support entrepreneurs with no strings attached. There are over $1.5 million in grants and $10 million of in-kind benefits awarded annually, with no equity taken. African Startups please apply. Additional benefits of the four-month program in Boston include world-class mentorship and training, free…
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Apply: The Thomson Reuters Foundation-Nokia Photo Award
DEADLINE: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 The Thomson Reuters Foundation and Nokia are inviting aspiring photographers and photojournalists to submit images capturing the many aspects of women’s empowerment around the world. This is an incredible opportunity to use pictures to spark positive debate on women’s rights, and to help foster social change. Photos will be judged by…
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Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs – I Am My Own Biggest Challenge
The AWP Network met with Ronke Lawal, Founder of RSL Management Services and business mentor at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. Lawal has served as a business mentor since June 2013. Her company, RSL Management Services specializes in marketing, brand development, and PR services. The company offers a unique service to businesses committed to increasing the sales…
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Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa
The MILEAD Fellows Program is a long-term leadership development program designed to identify, develop, and promote emerging young African Women leaders to attain and thrive in leadership in their community and Africa as a whole. The program targets dynamic young women interested in developing transformational leadership skills that help them address issues facing women and…
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Win $5000: GrowthHub Agribusiness for Innovation Program
Are you an entrepreneur and/or an innovator with a mature agribusiness idea? The GrowthHub Agribusiness for Innovation Incubator programme, based in Nairobi, invites 12 agribusiness startups with mature ideas to work together with facilitators, mentors and like-minded entrepreneurs in the same environment for 16 weeks. The 2014 GrowthHub Agribusiness for Impact incubator and accelerator program is…
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Apply: The CareerHack App Challenge
The #CareerHack (@appchallenge) aims to increase the use of the UK Commission for Employment & Skills’ (UKCES) LMI for All data portal. LMI for All is free to access and makes complex Labour Market Information (LMI) easy to access via an API. The data comes from a range of sources such as the Office for National…
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Webinar: Learn how Marketing and PR Tools can help YOU
In this webinar, Ijeoma Genevieve Mbamalu, President and Founder of MUI –The PR Company, gives key tips on how to properly utilize available PR and marketing resources. Ijeoma also informs entrepreneurs on how marketing and public relations (PR) tools can help move business ideas forward. Click here to listen to the webinar: https://staging.awpnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-14-06-07-learn-how-marketing-and-pr-tools-can-help-you-grow-your-business-ideas1.wmv http://videos.videopress.com/m8dw3gxW/2012-09-14-06-07-learn-how-marketing-and-pr-tools-can-help-you-grow-your-business-ideas1_fmt1.ogv …
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Gidi Traffic Uses Social Media for Social Good
Social entrepreneur, Gidi Traffic, solves a social problem using social media. Gidi Traffic is among the first in Nigeria to monetize a twitter handle. Gidi Traffic has built a successful social media brand and is now partnering with Nokia, West Africa to create a mobile application that will help commuters in Lagos with traffic updates,…
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Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs
The Power in Femininity! The African Women Power (AWP) Network sat down with Princess Jenkins, Owner and Chief Fashion Director of the Brownstone Woman Clothing Boutique in Harlem, New York. It was an absolute pleasure to speak with Princess. She is a warm and extremely knowledgeable person. Princess shared many powerful stories and wonderful…
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