Tag: Entrepreneurs
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The AWP Network on GOOD
A Businesswoman’s Best Friend: An Online Network Supports African Entrepreneurs The African Women Power (AWP) Network is literally a product of the digital age: It was born from a tweet and now is housed at a WordPress blog. Today, the network is dedicated to providing budding African businesswomen support in the form of an…
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Voices of Young African Entrepreneurs: The Drive to Create Jobs

The Nigerian Government on the Right Track! The AWP Network sat down with YouWin! Award Winner, Abdulqadir Hussain Zaguru, Co-Founder and CEO of New Qamar Media Ltd, located in Northwest Nigeria. The Nigeria Ministry of Youth Development documents 68 million jobless youths and in response to the high unemployment rate, the government launched the…
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Be Innovative! Halima tells African Women Entrepreneurs

Founded on a passionate mission to not just move Nigeria forward but to provide women with an innovative method of providing excellent customer service, Halima Gidado-Mijindadi, Founder and Creative Director of Brides & Babies Inc., sits down with the African Women Power Network to discuss her experience and reasons why she started her business. Halima…
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Six Action Steps For Entrepreneurs
1. Have a good support system 2. Do not listen to naysayers 3. Have a clear vision 4. Be consistent 5. Never give up 6. Find a mentor Follow these steps and you are on the right path to owning a successful and sustainable business. Have you mastered any of these steps ? Tell us.