Tag: girls

• Language and Culture – How Genii Games is Using Technology to Spark Innovation

  

  Innovator and entrepreneur, Adebayo Adegbembo founded Genii Games shortly after participating in the tech-in-education hackathon organized by the Co-creation hub. Genii Games is the parent company of Asa – a growing collection of interactive mobile applications that teach Nigerian culture and languages.  Asa uses animation, voice, text, colorful graphics, and interactive games to capture the interest…

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  April 17, 2014

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  Africa, African stories, African youths, Africans in technology, Android, app, Asa, AWP Network, Blackberry, BlackBerry10 mobile competition, branding, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Etisalat Pan-African Prize for Innovation, french, Genii Games, girls, growth, hackathon, idea, igbo, Innovation, Inspiration, iOS, Lagos, languages, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile, mobile technology, Mobile Web West African, Nigeria, Nigerian education sector, possibilities, progress, small business, solutions, stories, strategy, support, sustainability, tech in education, technology, The AWP Network, women, women entrepreneurs, yoruba, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• The AWP Network at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Forum

  

  The NGO CSW Forum is an open process, a democratic space where boys and girls, men and women can advocate for gender equality, development and peace. CSW58 took place March 9 – 21, 2014 at the United Nations Plaza. AWP Network founder, Mary Olushoga spoke on “Critical Impediments in Attaining Sustainable Health and Education Programs…

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  March 25, 2014

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  advocacy, Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, Carolina Velasco, challenge, change, collaboration, Commission on the Status of Women, CSW58, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Honorable Jackie Weatherspoon, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Karen Block, leadership, LinkedIn, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, United Nations, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Apply: 2014 FIRE Awards

  The African Network Information Center – AFRINIC announces the call for entries for the 2014 FIRE Awards. The Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE) aims at encouraging ICT development innovations that contribute to sustainable development in Africa.  The FIRE programme Awards is granted to initiatives already completed or in their final implementation phase and…

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  March 12, 2014

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  access, Africa, African Network Information Center, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, ICT, Innovation, Innovators, Inspiration, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Participation, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, women and girls, Youths

• Apply: MassChallenge 2014

  The MassChallenge is the world’s largest startup accelerator and the first to support entrepreneurs with no strings attached. There are over $1.5 million in grants and $10 million of in-kind benefits awarded annually, with no equity taken. African Startups please apply. Additional benefits of the four-month program in Boston include world-class mentorship and training, free…

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  March 5, 2014

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  access, Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Funding, girls, grants, growth, idea, impact, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, MassChallenge, progress, small business, solutions, Startup, startups, strategy, support, sustainability, techbiz, technology, women and girls, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Apply: The Thomson Reuters Foundation-Nokia Photo Award

  DEADLINE: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 The Thomson Reuters Foundation and Nokia are inviting aspiring photographers and photojournalists to submit images capturing the many aspects of women’s empowerment around the world. This is an incredible opportunity to use pictures to spark positive debate on women’s rights, and to help foster social change. Photos will be judged by…

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  February 10, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, award, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nokia, Photo, photo contest, Photography, solutions, strategy, support, technology, The AWP Network, Thomson Reuters Foundation, women, women and girls, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Apply: 2014 TechWomen program

  TechWomen empowers, connects, and supports the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from Africa and the Middle East by providing them the access and opportunity needed to advance their careers, pursue their dreams, and inspire women and girls in their communities. Through mentorship and exchange, TechWomen strengthens participants’ professional…

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  December 20, 2013

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  Algeria, AWP Network, Cameroon, education, Egypt, girls, Innovation, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mary Olushoga, mentoring, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, techbiz, technology, TechWomen, the Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, women, Yemen, Youths, Zimbabwe

• 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

• 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

• Small Businesses Tackle Poverty in Mauritius

  

  By Nasseem Ackbarally Port Louis — Raja Venkat, a food vendor on the sidewalk of Immigration Square in the centre of Port Louis, the Mauritian capital, sits on his tricycle with a bag full of dhal puris – small, round, flat Indian bread stuffed with pulses – which he sells together with tomato sauce and…

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  July 15, 2013

  Education, Events

  Africa, AWP Network, development, education, girls, growth, Mauritius, Nigeria, poverty, progress, small business, solutions, women, 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