Tag: Ghana

• Apply for the ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ Media Recognition Awards to eliminate Infertility Stigma

  

  Call for Applications for ‘Merck More Than a Mother’ Media Recognition Awards 2020. “Merck More Than a Mother” is a strong movement that aims to empower infertile women through access to information, education and change of mind-sets. This powerful campaign supports governments in defining policies to enhance access to regulated, safe and effective fertility care.…

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  March 11, 2020

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  Africa, African youths, Ann Inc., ANNpower, ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Merck, Merck Africa, Merck foundation, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, vital voices, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth engagement

• Apply for the $100,000 Anzisha Prize for Young African Entrepreneurs

  

  Africa’s premier award and fellowship for Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs is excited to announce that the 2020 call for applications is now open. Every year, the prize celebrates 20 African entrepreneurs, aged 22 years and younger, each of whom have a chance to win a shared prize of US$100,000. In addition to the cash prize, selected…

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  February 27, 2020

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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, YouthsAfrica

• WorldRemit Launches New Service for SMEs

  

  WorldRemit has launched WorldRemit for Business, a new service that enables small and medium-sized business owners to quickly pay employees and contractors in 140 countries worldwide, including fast-growing markets such as Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. The platform will first be available to U.K.-registered businesses. WorldRemit’s low fees and exchange rates are shown up-front and customers can send money easily via the…

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  June 14, 2019

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  AdGeek, Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cape Town, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, Claimsync, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Meltwater Foundation, MEST, MEST Africa, MEST Africa Summit, MEST Incubator, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, RetailTower, Saya, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Startups Win $50,000 at the MEST Africa Pan-African Tech Summit in Nairobi

  

  This year’s Summit was held in partnership with Microsoft. Additional sponsors included Liquid Telecom, Africa’s Talking, Oracle, Intel, Lori Systems, Flutterwave, Stratlink, Ethiopian Airlines and a number of ecosystem partners. The Summit was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Nairobi on Conference Day, and the Nairobi Garage, home of MEST Africa’s Nairobi Incubator, on…

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  June 14, 2019

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  AdGeek, Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cape Town, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, Claimsync, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Meltwater Foundation, MEST, MEST Africa, MEST Africa Summit, MEST Incubator, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, RetailTower, Saya, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• Mary Olushoga, Founder of AWP Network hosts the African Women in Technology Event in Lagos

  

  Founded by Anie Akpe, AWIT has become a platform for technological advancement in Africa and beyond. The AWIT conference took place at Zone Tech Park in Lagos and was sponsored by Google Africa and Flutterwave. The African Women In Technology platform serves as a vehicle to push forward innovative ideas and encourage African women to step…

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  April 29, 2019

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  Adekanle Adegoke, Afghanistan, Africa, African Women in Tech, African Women Power Network, African youths, AfriStack, Anie Akpe, Ann Inc., ANNpower, ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative, awards, AWP Network, Ayo Mairo-Ese, Berlin, BHOGIP, Blogging, branding, Bunmi George, business, business support, challenge, change, Charles Busari, Charly Buxx Media, China Mouka, Cities Controlling App, cMapIT, collaboration, competition, Crowd mapping, crowdmapping, Data, data visualization, Dayo Oluwole, development, Edu-Cell, education, EDUPAY, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Campus, Entrepreneurship Summit, Ethiopia, Fellowship, GadaaUniverse, Germany, Ghana, girls, growth, Hansatu Adegbite, idea, Infrastructure, Innov8tive.com, Innovation, Inspiration, J.J Omojuwa, Japheth Omojuwa, Lagos, Lead Nigeria, leadership, mapping, mapping technology, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Merck, Merck Africa, Merck foundation, mobile mapping, mobile technology, MongoDB, my voice matters, Ngozi Adebiyi, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niyi Abiri, NovFeed, Okenfe Lebarty, Olori Boye-Ajayi, Omojuwa, Open Data Institute, open technology, program, progress, Robert Bernstein, SheWorksInTech, small business, social media, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, Tanzania, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, The AWP Network Event, Ton Poenou, Toyin Onigbanjo, UNESCO, United Kingdom, United Nations, vital voices, women, women and girls, women empowerment, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition, youth unemployment, Youths, Youths Africa

• MEST Africa and Microsoft announce 2019 Pan-African Tech Summit in Nairobi

  

  MEST Africa, seed fund and incubator, has officially announced its fourth annual MEST Africa Summit, in collaboration with Microsoft. The 3-day event will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from June 10 – 12, 2019, at the Radisson Blu Hotel as well as the home of MEST Africa’s Nairobi incubator – the Nairobi Garage. The Summit…

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  April 15, 2019

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  AdGeek, Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cape Town, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, Claimsync, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Meltwater Foundation, MEST, MEST Africa, MEST Africa Summit, MEST Incubator, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, RetailTower, Saya, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• Founder of AWP Network, Mary Olushoga to serve as a Judge at the 2019 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition in Berlin

  

  Mary Olushoga, Founder of the AWP Network will serve as a judge at the Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition set to take place in Berlin on October 19, 2019. The entrepreneurship program is part of the UNESCO Global Action Program (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition is a global program…

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  March 26, 2019

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  Afghanistan, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Berlin, BHOGIP, business, business support, challenge, change, Cities Controlling App, collaboration, competition, development, Edu-Cell, education, EDUPAY, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Campus, Entrepreneurship Summit, Ethiopia, GadaaUniverse, Germany, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nicaragua, Nigeria, NovFeed, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, UNESCO, United Kingdom, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition, youth unemployment, Youths, Youths Africa

• Founder of AWP Network, Mary Olushoga to Speak at Women in Development Summit in Lagos

  

  The Summit, is one of Nigeria’s leading high-octane networking conference for women working across the globe on development and social change in NGOs, social enterprise, tech-startups, CSR Divisions, the public sector and corporate organizations. The event provides a rallying point for thinkers, visionaries and change-makers who envision a better future for Africa, and are working…

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  March 26, 2019

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  Adekanle Adegoke, Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, Ann Inc., ANNpower, ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative, awards, AWP Network, Ayo Mairo-Ese, Bunmi George, business, business support, challenge, change, cMapIT, collaboration, competition, Crowd mapping, crowdmapping, Data, data visualization, Dayo Oluwole, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, girls, growth, Hansatu Adegbite, idea, Infrastructure, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, mapping, mapping technology, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Merck, Merck Africa, Merck foundation, mobile mapping, mobile technology, MongoDB, my voice matters, Ngozi Adebiyi, Nigeria, Niyi Abiri, Olori Boye-Ajayi, Open Data Institute, open technology, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, Toyin Onigbanjo, United Nations, vital voices, women, women and girls, women empowerment, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices

• Kobo360 to Launch in Ghana and Kenya

  

  Kobo360, the technology logistics platform, today announced that it will expand operations into Accra, Ghana and Nairobi, Kenya. The announcement follows recent news that the company launched in Lome, Togo – home to West Africa’s largest shipping port, and sees a period of rapid expansion for the African start-up. Backed by international and African investors,…

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  March 25, 2019

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• Apply for the $100,000 Anzisha Prize for Young African Entrepreneurs

  

  The search is on to find Africa’s youngest, most innovative social and business entrepreneurs under the age of 22. Organizers of the Anzisha Prize are calling for more nominations from the public this year to ensure they discover the very best talent on the continent. You must be between 15 and 22 years old with…

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  March 23, 2019

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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, YouthsAfrica