Tag: ICT

• Apply: $1 Million African Entrepreneurship Award

  

    The BMCE Group Bank of Africa has announced the second edition of the African Entrepreneurship Award. The African Entrepreneurship Award, initiated by its President Othman Benjelloun, shows BMCE Bank of Africa’s ambition to foster entrepreneurship in Africa by rewarding talents and technology beyond borders. The initiative aims to support entrepreneurs from Africa or of African…

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  February 18, 2016

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  Africa, African Entrepreneurship Award, African youths, automated processes, awards, AWP Network, BMCE Group Bank of Africa, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, computers, development, digital, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, ICT, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, machinery, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, President Othman Benjelloun, 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

• Do You Have An Idea? Apply: GIST Tech-I Competition

  

  Are you a scientist? An entrepreneur? A researcher? An innovator? A student? Are you just someone who has a great idea or a startup company and looking to change the world? Whoever you are, if you have a great idea then Tech-I is for you! Your idea or startup can be an invention, a product,…

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  December 18, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, agriculture, app, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Energy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, GIST Tech-I Competition, growth, healthcare, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Invention, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, product, program, progress, science, service, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Apply: GEM-TECH Awards 2015

  

  UN Women and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) announce the launch of the 2015 Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in Technology (GEM-TECH) Awards nominations. This year, the global community commits to a new UN framework for sustainable development for the next 15 years and in the current draft, the use of ICTs is included as an…

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  July 28, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Beijing Platform for Action, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, content, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, equality, GEM Tech, GEM-TECH Awards, Gender, Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in Technology, girls, growth, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, International Telecommunications Union, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile applications, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, tech, technology, The AWP Network, UN Women, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• 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

• Global Awards for Outstanding Work in Technology for Gender Equality

  

  The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UN Women are partnering to launch a new global technology award that recognizes outstanding contributions from women and men in leveraging the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to promote gender equality. The annual GEM-TECH Awards will be conferred on seven winners from government, the private sector, academia…

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  July 16, 2014

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

• Apply: Technology Innovation Program

    The techlaunchpad program is a public-private partnership focused on promoting software technology development among local entrepreneurs in Nigeria. The objectives of techlaunchpad are as follows: To assist the tech startups admitted through the techlaunchpad programme in building their skills in areas such as: • Technical skills, • Business skills, • Management skills, • Provide…

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  May 28, 2014

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  Africa, Africa. Nigeria, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Creativity, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Launch, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, software development, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, Techlaunchpad, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, 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

• African Techpreneur Wins the Etisalat Prize for Innovation

  

  Nkem Uwaje is Managing Director of Future Software Resources Nigeria Limited and winner of the 2012 Etisalat Nigeria Prize for Innovation. Her company created the iConnect project, focused on making ICT and education more accessible to youths in Nigeria. In this interview, Uwaje talks about how she got started and gives advice to young people interested in starting a business.…

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  April 24, 2013

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  Africa, AWP Network, change, development, Etisalat prize for Innovation, Futuresoft, ICT, Innovation, Inspiration, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Nkem Uwaje, sustainability, techpreneur, women, Youths