Tag: Entrepreneurs

• Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards

  Young entrepreneurs (aged 30 or under) are invited to submit inspiring initiatives that tackle the challenge of sustainable living. Prize: €200,000 in financial support and tailored mentoring will be awarded to the seven most impressive entries. Deadline: November 1, 2013 Apply here: http://www.changemakers.com/sustliving#competition    

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  September 4, 2013

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  Africa, award, AWP Network, business, challenge, competition, Entrepreneurs, girls, Innovation, solutions, Unilever, women, Youths

• Innovation in Africa: Here’s what Young African Women Entrepreneurs Have to Say

  

  How can we support and improve Innovation in Africa? Supporting innovation in Africa is no easy task. Political instability, civil wars, terrorism, and uncertainty often disturb the ecosystem of progress and sustainable development. The AWP Network met with three (3) of Africa’s most innovative young women entrepreneurs who share their thoughts on how to improve…

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  August 19, 2013

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, AWP Network, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, business, change, change agents, changemakers, development, Echoing Green Fellow, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Innovative Ideas, Inspiration, interviews, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Nkem Uwaje, progress, Rapelang Rabana, South Africa, strategy, Sustainable development, women, women and girls, Youths

• The AWP Photo Competition – Meet the Judges

  

  1. Mametja Moshe, (Johannesburg, South Africa) is Executive Director at Identity Mineral Resources (Pty) Ltd., an African mining investment company. Before joining the Identity group of companies, Mametja worked as an Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley covering the South African, Zambian, and Nigerian Mergers & Acquisitions and Equity capital markets for the mining industry. Mametja…

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  July 22, 2013

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  advocacy, AWP Network, Calabarboy, challenge, Chamese Bennett, change, collaboration, competition, development, Entrepreneurs, girls, Ijeoma Genevieve Mbamalu, Innovation, John Ajah, Kola Osinowo, Mametja Moshe, Mara van den Bold, Mary Olushoga, MUI-The PR Company, MUIPR, partnerships, Photo competition, Photography Competition, Photos, Reginald Bassey, Ruky Okotcha, women, Youths

• The AWP Network Photo Competition

  What is the AWP Network Photo Competition? The AWP Network believes that any African anywhere in the world can make a difference and an impact in their local community. Our goal is to engage young Africans anywhere in the world and under the age of 30. You don’t have to wait until you go back…

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  July 8, 2013

  Business, Education, Events

  Africa, AWP Network, collaboration, emerging, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, making a difference, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Photo competition, pictures, women and girls, Youths

• Stay Tuned: The AWP Network Photo Competition

  

                           

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  June 6, 2013

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  Africa, AWP Network, business, change, competition, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Photography, progress, sustainability, YourVoiceMatters, Youths

• AWP Network working to uplift the next generation of African Innovators

  Struggles and challenges. Leaders and innovators are no strangers to them—and they’re not afraid to face them with persistence, tenacity, and determination. Mary Olushoga is one young woman who did not allow perceived barriers to stop her, but instead chose to turn them into motivation to start a movement. Olushoga, founder of the AWP Network, a…

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  May 9, 2013

  Education, Interviews

  Africa, Africans in technology, AWP Network, business, change, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Janell Hazelwood, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, progress, technology, women and girls, Youths

• AWP Network featured on BET.com

  Power to the She: African Women Power Network Founder Talks Business For Nigerian New Yorker and founder of the African Women Power Network (AWP) Mary Olushoga, life imitates art, and although she is no filmmaker, she hopes her work will make it to the big screen. “Although some people might view Nollywood movies as extreme,…

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  May 6, 2013

  Education, Interviews

  Africa, AWP Network. change, BET.com, business, development, Entrepreneurs, girls, Mary Olushoga, Naeesa Aziz, Nigeria, progress, sustainability, women, Youths

• The AWP Network at the Women in the World Summit

  

                     

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  April 17, 2013

  Events

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, change, development, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Mary Olushoga, progress, sustainability, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women in the world

• Social Media and your Business

  

  This article will help you to understand how social media can support your business, personal, and professional brand. Understanding your brand and using social media as an effective tool can immensely help you to move your business ideas forward. Many entrepreneurs within the shores of Africa do not understand the importance of online branding and social…

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  April 1, 2013

  Business, Education

  AWP Network, branding, business, change, development, Entrepreneurs, growth, marketing, Mary Olushoga, social media, sustainability

• Empowering Women Entrepreneurs to Drive Growth

  Participate in the 4th edition of the business plan competition for women entrepreneurs in emerging markets. The competition is open to women entrepreneurs of emerging countries who have created a business plan, which fulfills the eligibility and evaluation criteria. Since its creation in 2009, Women in Business has provided support, coaching, visibility and finance to…

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  March 20, 2013

  Business, Events

  Africa, AWP Network, business plan, development, emerging entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs, sustainability, women, Youths