Tag: Ghana

• Check Out What These Young Entrepreneurs Are Up to! The AWP Network Congratulates Winners of the 2017 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition

  

  The AWP Network congratulates winners of the 2017 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition.  Winners of the Competition were announced on October 21, 2017 at the Entrepreneurship Summit in Berlin, Germany. Mary Olushoga, Founder of the AWP Network served as a judge at the event. The Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition is a global program and an online platform…

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  November 8, 2017

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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 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

• Meet the 15 Young Entrepreneurs Up for the $100,000 Anzisha Prize

  

  Supported by African Leadership Academy (ALA) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, the Anzisha Prize celebrates and cultivates the next generation of young African entrepreneurial leaders who are creating job opportunities, solving local development problems and driving economies. Selected from 14 countries, nearly half of all candidates are young women representing sectors as diverse as…

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  August 21, 2017

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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

• Meet 14 Social Entrepreneurs Addressing Maternal & Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

  

    The healthymagination Mother and Child Program — launched in March 2016 by GE and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship to address maternal and child mortality by supporting African social entrepreneurs operating in the health sector — has taken another step toward achieving its objective: selecting the second group of social enterprises to…

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  July 26, 2017

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  Access Afya, Adeloye Olanrewaju; Telemed Medical Services, Africa, African youths, Anne Gildea, Ash Lauren Rogers; Nurture Africa, awards, AWP Network, Benin, Botswana, Brian Iredale; Outreach Medical Services, Burundi, business, business support, challenge, change, Charles Kalonga; Lwala Community Alliance, collaboration, competition, development, Dr Segun Ebitanmi; Peach Health, Dr. Daphne Ngunjiri; ayzh, DRC, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ghana; Cobby Amoah; PurpleSource Healthcare, girls, growth, Habib Anwar, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Julius Mbeya, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Matthew Rehrig; Village Hopecore International, mobile technology, my voice matters, Natalie Angell-Besseling; Tulip Imaging, Nigeria, Olufemi Sunmonu; SaferMom, Pratap Kumar; Hewa Tele, program, progress, Rwanda, small business, solutions, South Africa, Stefanie Weiland; Live Well Social Enterprise Business, Steve Alred Adudans; LifeNet International, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Tyler Nelson; Health-E-Net, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yohans Emiru; The Shanti Uganda Society, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zubaida Bai; Health Builders

• USAID and 500Startups Organize “Geeks on a Plane – Africa Tour”

  Geeks on a Plane (#GOAP) is an invite-only tour for startups, investors, and executives to learn about high-growth technology markets worldwide. We travel by planes, trains, and automobiles to the most exciting international startup scenes with the sole mission of uniting geeks and exploring cross-border opportunities. The result: a lifelong bond with fellow travelers, a…

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  January 30, 2017

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  Accra, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cape Town, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Geeks on a Plane, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Johannesburg, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yabacon Valley, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• The 2016 AWP Network Power List

  

  Be the Change. Be Inspired. Be You.  Recognizing (40) African women with powerful, inspiring and influential voices. At the AWP Network, we aim to encourage more African women with powerful voices who will continue to create programs and policies that support the development and growth of African women and girls. Introducing Africa’s leading women (1)…

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  December 27, 2016

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  Abena Amoah, Achenyo Idachaba, Adenike Adeyemi, Adesuwa Onyenokwe, Affiong Williams, Africa, African Women Power Network, Afua Osei, Akudo Anyanwu-Ikemba, Alice Aluoch, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Amini Kajunju, Angélique Kidjo, Anie Akpe, Arunma Oteh, Asha Abbas, Asisat Lamina Oshoala, AWP Network, Benin, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Bilikiss Adebiyi, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, Biola Alabi, Bisila Bokoko, Blessing Okagbare, Bukky Karibi-Whyte, Bukky Shonibare, Catherine Samba-Panza, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chinwe Ohajuruka, Clarisse Iribagiza, Comfort Sakoma, Deborah Ahenkorah, Dee Poku-Spalding, Dinah Musindarwezo, Divine Muragijimana, Divine Ndhulukula, Doreen Mashika, DRC, Ebi Atawodi, Egypt, Elizabeth Magaya, Elizabeth Patterson, Esther Agbarakwe, Fadumo Dayib, Farai Gundan, Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, Frances Udukwu, Funke Bucknor-Obruthe, Funmi Iyanda, Gail Mawocha, Garca Machel, Ghana, Gina Din Kariuki, Hadia Gondji, Hadiza Bala-Usman, Halima Gidado-Mijindadi, Hanna Tetteh, Henrietta Onwuegbuzie, Hilda Tadria, Hussainatu Blake, Ibukun Awosika, Ifeoma Malo, Iheoma Obibi, Ijeoma Mbamalu, Iman Bibars, Ini Onuk, Inonge Wina, Iza Irame, Jane Ole, Jennifer Riria, Jo-Issa Rae Diop, Joana Silochina Foster, Joanne Mwangi, Joy Ndungutse, Joy Ogwu, Juliana Rotich, Katherine Lucey, Kemi Ajumobi, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Leticia Osafo-Addo, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Lindiwe Zulu, Lorna Rutto, Malawi, Mame Diene, Mame Madior Boye, Mametja Moshe, Marieme Jamme, Mary Olushoga, Melanie Hawken, Memuna Janneh, Mildred Okwo, Mimi Alemayehou, Minna Salami, Misan Rewane, Mobolaji Akiode, Mokgadi Caster Semanya, Monica Musunda, Mosunmola Abudu, Mpule Kwelagobe, Musimbi Kanyoro, Natasha Sideris, Ndeye Sow, Neha Misra, Netumbo Nandi – Ndaitwah, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Niger, Nigeria, Nigest Haile, Njeri Rionge, Nkechi Ogbodo, Nkem Uwaje, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Nnedi Okorafor, Nneka Isaac-Moses, Nomsa Daniels, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Nwakaego Boyo, Oby Ezekwesili, Ola Orekunrin, Oley Dibba-Wadda, Omobola Johnson, Oreoluwa Somolu, Ory Okolloh, Patricia Veringa-Gieskes, Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka, President Joyce Banda, President Sirleaf Johnson, Rai Sow, Rainatou Sow, Rapelang Rabana, Rebecca Alitwala-Kadaga, Rebecca Enonchong, Rebecca Franks, Regina Agyare, Rhoda Wilson, Rita Dominic, Saara Kuugongelwa – Amadhila, Sandra Aguebor-Ekperuoh, Sarah Peace, Saran Kaba Jones, Saudat Salami, Semhar Araia, Senegal, Shade Ladipo, Shola Olatoye, Sibongile Sambo, Sierra Leone, Solar Sister, Solome Lemma, Somalia, Sonja Sebotsa, South Africa, Spectra Speaks, Suzana Moreira, Tabitha Karanja, Tanzania, Tara Fela-Durotoye, Thato Kgatlhanye, The African Woman Power Network, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, Theo Sowa, Thuli Madonsela, Tola Onigbanjo, Tope Oshin-Ogun, Tori Abiola, Tosin Jegede, Toyin Saraki, Uche Pedro, Uduak Isong, Uduak Oduok, Uganda, Unoma Okorafor, Vivian Onano, Wendy Ackerman, Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Yetunde Odugbesan-Omede, Yvonne Unubun, Zimbabwe

• Apply: 2017 Global Grand Challenges Competition

  

  The Royal Academy of Engineering are inviting university teams to participate in the 2017 Global Grand Challenges Competition; a seven-month programme of challenge-led innovation, design and business development, culminating in the opportunity for five successful teams to attend the Global Grand Challenges Summit in Washington DC. Nominated teams of undergraduate students will take part in…

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  December 21, 2016

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  Achiri Arnold Nji, Africa, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African youths, Alex Makalliwa, Aline Okello, Andre Nel, AWP Network, bootcamp, Brian Turyabagye, business, business development, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, China, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, design, development, education, Edwin Inganji, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fredrick Ouko, Ghana, Global Grand Challenges, Godwin Benson, growth, Hindu Nabulumba, idea, Innovation, James van der Walt, Joel King’ori Kariuki, Kenya, Kevin Gacheru, Lawrence Ojok, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, Mozambique, Nigeria, oil and gas, Peter Mbiria, Prize, progress, public policy, Royal Academy of Engineering, science, Sesinam Dagadu, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, Uganda, United States, Wilfred Leslie Owen, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Meet the 16 Entrepreneurs Vying for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

  

  The Africa Prize is organized by the Royal Academy of Engineering and aims to recognize and reward innovative African engineers, and to raise the profile of engineering in Africa. Now in its third year, the Africa Prize equips talented engineers with tools and expert advice to develop their innovations into a business. The inventors of…

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  November 21, 2016

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  Achiri Arnold Nji, Africa, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African youths, Alex Makalliwa, Aline Okello, Andre Nel, AWP Network, Brian Turyabagye, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, development, education, Edwin Inganji, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fredrick Ouko, Ghana, Godwin Benson, growth, Hindu Nabulumba, idea, Innovation, James van der Walt, Joel King’ori Kariuki, Kenya, Kevin Gacheru, Lawrence Ojok, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, Mozambique, Nigeria, oil and gas, Peter Mbiria, Prize, progress, Sesinam Dagadu, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, Uganda, Wilfred Leslie Owen, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Apply: Business Innovation Lab for Women in Ghana

  

  The African Women Innovators Network Business Innovation Lab is an intensive training and mentorship program created to equip young African women with the tools needed to develop innovative businesses that help to build a better future for African women and girls. The innovation bootcamp brings together a selected group of ambitious and talented young African…

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  October 25, 2016

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  Africa, African, African Women Innovators Network, African youths, awards, AWIN, AWP Network, business, Business Innovation Lab, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentoring, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, training, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Meet the 12 Entrepreneurs Up for the $100,000 Anzisha Prize

    The Anzisha Prize applauds outstanding youth entrepreneurs between the ages of 15 and 22 for effecting change through innovative, people-centred solutions across Africa. The African Leadership Academy in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation is proud to announce Africa’s top youth entrepreneur finalists for the sixth annual Anzisha Prize. This year, the Prize celebrates increased presence…

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  September 1, 2016

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Aly Abd ElAzem, Andrew Ddembe, Asha Abbas, Benedict Kusi Ampofo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Faustino Quissico, Geoffrey Mulei, Ghana, Heritiana Fabien Randriamananatahina, Ifrah Mohamed, Issam Darui, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Madagascar, Mary Olushoga, Morocco, Mozambique, N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Yaye Souadou Fall

• Founder of AWP Network to Speak in Calabar, Nigeria

  

  The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF) is a non-governmental organization established in 2011 with the vision “to build generations of young people educated to become compassionate, entrepreneurial and engaged citizens who are empowered to take responsibility for their own lives and for making a difference in the world.” The Bridge Leadership Foundation is pleased to announce its 6th career day…

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  August 9, 2016

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  Africa, Africa Data Challenge Winner, Africa Women Power Network, Africa. Nigeria, African Women Power Network, African youths, AfrikInterns, agribusiness, agriculture, Akachi Nwoke, ARISE News, ARISE News TV, awards, AWP Network, AWP Network photo contest, Bukola Dawodu, business, business support, BusinessDay Nigeria, challenge, change, Chima Michael Oleru, CNN, CNN Startup Africa, collaboration, competition, cosmetics, development, education, emerging, employment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Enugu, Femi Taiwo, Ghana, girls, growth, H.O.P.E Foundation, HOPE Foundation, House of Lords, House of Tara, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, Lord Paul Boateng, makeup supplies, making a difference, Mara Mentor, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Media, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nigerian youth, Palace of Westminster, Photo competition, photo contest, photo essay, pictures, Planet Earth Institute, program, progress, small business, small business grants, Smile and Mobile Tech Blog, solutions, South Africa, Startup, startup stories, stories, strategy, Success Stories, support, sustainability, technology, testimonials, The AWP Network, The Nation, The Nation Nigeria, Unemployment, Visages Parfait, winners, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women farmers, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths