Tag: girls

• Nigeria’s Minister of Communication Technology Wins GEM Tech Award

  

  Honorable Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s 1st Minister of Communication Technology and founding chairperson of Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ), a non-governmental organization seeking to improve the success rate of female entrepreneurs as well as increase the proportion of women in senior positions in corporate organizations just won the GEM Tech Award. The GEM-TECH Awards is organized…

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  October 28, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Gender, gender equality, girls, growth, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, ITU, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Omobola Johnson, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, UN Women, WimBiz, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Young Nigerian Techies Encourage More Girls to go Into STEM Fields

  Creators of the traffic app, Road Marshal – want more girls to go into STEM fields. Oladayo Satope, Oreoluwa Okuboyejo, and Adedayo Oluokun – all students at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria reflect on their success since developing their traffic app, Road Marshal, an online 2D game. Satope, an Electronics and Electrical Engineering graduate and her…

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  October 24, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Adedayo Oluokun, Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Oladayo Satope, Oreoluwa Okuboyejo, program, progress, Road Marshal, small business, solutions, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: Andela Software Developer Bootcamp for Women

  

  Are you a young woman in Nigeria? Would you like to become a software developer? If yes, then you should apply. Andela will offer a free 2-week training program where instructors with years of software development experience teach the basics of front-end web development and guide participants to collaboratively build their first web development project. When…

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  October 13, 2014

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  Africa, Andela, AWP Network, business, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Lagos, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, small business, software developer, solutions, strategy, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs

• She Leads Africa: Empowering the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs

  

  What happens when a University of Chicago – Booth School of Business graduate meets the daughter of one of Africa’s richest men? They start a company.  The AWP Network meet with founders of She Leads Africa to learn more about the organization, the services they provide, and what they are doing to support women entrepreneurs. There…

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  September 22, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, African women power, African youths, Afua Osei, AWP Network, Belo-Osagie, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Dangote, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Olushoga, program, progress, She Leads Africa, small business, solutions, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tony Elumelu, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women leadership, Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Impact Investment Competition for Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs

  The 13th WIMBIZ Annual Conference themed Nigeria Rising: Accelerating Transformation will feature a nationwide pre-conference competition for young Nigerian women. The competition is designed to support outstanding start-up businesses owned by young Nigerian female entrepreneurs to ensure their success and sustainability. The competition which is open to women between the ages of 21-30.      …

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  August 28, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, progress, small business, The AWP Network, WimBiz, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs

• Employee by Day, Startup CEO By Night: Meet the Speakers

  

  Anie Akpe is founder of Innov8tiv magazine and IBOM LLC. She is also Vice President of mortgage operations at Municipal Credit Union where she manages a $575 million portfolio. As founder of IBOM LLC, Akpe aids small businesses around the world, particularly those owned by African entrepreneurs in the Diaspora, guiding business development and leading sound…

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  August 20, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, Anie Akpe, AWP, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, Community2Community, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, IBOM LLC, idea, Ijeoma Genevieve Mbamalu, Innov8tiv magazine, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, Marie-Yolaine Eusebe, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MUI-The PR Company, MUIPR, Orobosa Owie, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Fashion Entrepreneur Creates Luxury Brand for African Women

  

  Owner and Creative Director at Elizabeth Waldorf, Jane Ole founded her company to create timeless designs for African women who appreciate luxury, elegance, and style. The AWP Network met with Jane to learn more about how she got started and her plans for growing the company. How did you come up with the name of…

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  August 14, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Elizabeth Waldorf, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fashion Entrepreneur, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Jane Ole, Luxury Brand, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, strategy, support, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• U.S. – Africa Business Forum: Investments Announced for African Women Entrepreneurs

  

  Caterpillar Foundation announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) to create the first ever AWEP-Women’s Entrepreneurial Centers of Resources, Education, Access, and Training for Economic Empowerment (WECREATE) in sub-Saharan Africa. Caterpillar Foundation and the U.S. State Department are providing $1 million each to create these self-sustaining women’s business…

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  August 7, 2014

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  Africa, African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, empowerment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Global Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Intel, investments, Investors, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Office of the First Lady, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, training, Walmart, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Apply: Women4Africa 2015 Awards

  Nominations are open for the 4th Annual Women4Africa Awards night to be held in Kensington, London in May 2015. All nominations will be treated in confidence and only viewed by the selection panel and category sponsors.   Women4Africa has continuously grown and is widely considered the premier platform for celebrating African women achievers from around the…

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  August 6, 2014

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  Africa, awards, AWP Network, business, collaboration, development, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Europe, girls, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, Mary Olushoga, progress, recognition, solutions, strategy, The AWP Network, UK, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women4Africa, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• The Stakes Are High: Starting Your Business While Working 9 – 5

  

  Most small businesses are started by individuals who work a regular job while launching their startup. It is not always easy to think about starting a new business when working a full-time job, this takes careful planning and excellent time management skills.  The question becomes, how do you properly transition from being an employee to being an…

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  August 1, 2014

  Business, Education, Events

  Africa, African youths, Anie Akpe, AWP Network, Bronx, Brooklyn, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, Community2Community, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Events, girls, growth, idea, Ijeoma Genevieve Mbamalu, Innov8tiv.com, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, Manhattan, Marie-Yolaine Eusebe, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MUI-The PR Company, MUIPR, New York City, Nigeria, NYC Business Solutions, Orobosa Owie, program, program development, progress, Queens, small business, solutions, stories, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, UNA-YP, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths