Tag: Health

• Call for Participation in the Africa Protected Areas Congress

  

  This landmark forum aims to position Africa’s protected areas within the broader goals of sustainable development and community well-being. The event will provide a platform for holding honest discussions on the future we want for our protected areas and seek solutions to the persistent and emerging problems that stand on the way. The continent has…

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  February 16, 2019

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  advocacy, Africa, Africa Protected Areas Congress, African Innovation, African innovators, African youths, awards, AWP Network, biodiversity, business, business support, challenge, change, climate change, collaboration, Communities, competition, development, education, Energy, Engineering, Engineering and Mathematics, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, food, girls, growth, Health, idea, impact, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Mathematics, mobile technology, Mwalimu Nyerere African Union Scholarship Scheme, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, rural, science, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, training, United Nations, water, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, young African women, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths Africa

• Apply: $600,000 Zayed Sustainability Prize for African Innovators

  

  The UAE’s pioneering global award for rewarding innovation, impact and inspiration in sustainable development solutions has announced that it will be inviting organisations and schools to submit their entries in one of its five (5) categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Global High Schools. The Prize’s five categories are designed to closely align with the United…

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  February 10, 2019

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• Apply: Builders of Africa’s Future Awards

  

  The Builders of Africa’s Future Awards is developed to celebrate innovation and impact in early-stage African enterprise. The BAF Awards serves to showcase and award entrepreneurs who are running early-stage for-profit and not-for-profits that are addressing Africa’s unique needs through technology or differentiated business models. These needs are in: health, education, energy, financial inclusion, gender inclusion, nutrition,…

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  May 14, 2018

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  Africa, African Diaspora Investment Symposium, African Diaspora Network, African enterprise, African women leadership, African Women Power Network, African youths, Arrey Obenson, awards, AWP, AWP Network, Builders of Africa Future Award, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, commerce, competition, development, early stage, education, Energy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, gender inclusion, girls, Global Fund for Women, growth, Health, idea, impact, Impact Series, industrial development, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, investments, JCI, JCI Nigiera, Kola Osinowo, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, Musimbi Kanyoro, my voice matters, Nigeria, nutrition, program, progress, Silicon Valley, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, voices, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge

  

  The HealthTech Innovation Challenge is part of Accenture’s broader HealthTech Innovation program—which includes acceleration and venture opportunities, innovation labs and more. Selected applicants will be invited to compete in one of the company’s regional rounds in Singapore, Boston or London where they will be judged by an esteemed panel of leading life sciences and healthcare company…

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  August 7, 2017

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  acceleration, Accenture, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Boston, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Health, healthtech, healthtech innovation challenge, idea, Innovation, innovation labs, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, London, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Singapore, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup Health Festival, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Powering the Future We Want: $1 Million Grant on Energy for Sustainable Development

  

  The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a plan of action for people, planet, and prosperity. UN DESA recognizes that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. The thematic focus for the 2017 UN DESA Energy Grant is “Sustainable…

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  May 19, 2017

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  2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, climate change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Health, idea, industrialization, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, poverty, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, water supply, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: Nigeria Service Delivery Innovation Challenge

  The Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria (FMOH) is leading the development of the Global Financing Facility Investment Case and seeks to incorporate private sector driven innovative approaches. FMOH in partnership with Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria, Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (implementing partners) and IFC (coordinating partner) is soliciting submissions from innovators, entrepreneurs, organizations,…

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  December 15, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Federal Ministry of Health, girls, growth, Health, Healthcare Federation of Nigeria, healthcare solutions, idea, IFC, Innovation, Innovators, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Northeast Nigeria, program, progress, 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

• President of Mauritius Launches Scholarship Program for African Researchers

  

  We are delighted to launch the “Her Excellency Mrs Ameenah Gurib-Fakim PhD Scholarship Program” a PEI and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation initiative, delivered in partnership with the African Academy of Sciences. The PhD program will award ten (10) full PhD research grants for Mauritian researchers (or African researchers studying in Mauritius). Following the pilot…

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  May 18, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, Agri-business, agriculture, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, awards, AWP Network, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Blue sky research, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Energy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Health, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mauritius, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Planet Earth Institute, Planet Earth Institute Foundation, program, progress, research, scholarship, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Water and Sanitation, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: 1776 Challenge Cup – Win $175,000

  Are you a startup with big ambitions to solve a meaningful problem for our world? From teachers to transportation or food to finance, we want to help. We’ll share pitch-coaching, industry advice, and connect you with the right people to scale in your industry, and there’s $175,000 in cash and over $1,000,000 in potential investments.…

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  January 6, 2016

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  1776 Challenge Cup, Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Energy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, food, girls, growth, Health, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Money, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, security, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, startup Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, The AWP Network, Transportation, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths