Tag: investments

• Celebrate International Women’s Day with IgniteHer

  

    Women often care for everyone else first before taking care of themselves. Join us for a stimulating panel discussion moderated by Chiddy Ukonne, Esq., Founder & CEO of IgniteHer, on what self love means in the professional workplace, how to create boundaries of self love, and pursue the things that set your soul on…

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  February 20, 2019

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  Africa, African Diaspora Investment Symposium, African Diaspora Network, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Chiddy Ukonne, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Global Fund for Women, growth, idea, IgniteHer, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Issata Oluwadare, Jennifer Gachiri, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Musimbi Kanyoro, my voice matters, Natalya Johnson, Nigeria, program, progress, Silicon Valley, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth

• Celebrate International Women’s Day with the African Diaspora Network

  

  The African Diaspora Network, in honor of International Women’s Day invites you to celebrate, share aspirations and challenges, as the times we are living in require us to intentionally choose unity over division and hope over despair, for only when we are united can we overcome challenges. Dr. Copeland-Carson will open the session with a…

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  February 19, 2019

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  Africa, African Diaspora Investment Symposium, African Diaspora Network, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Global Fund for Women, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Musimbi Kanyoro, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Silicon Valley, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• African Legal Support Facility Launches Certification Program for African Lawyers and Professionals

  

  The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) is a public international institution hosted by the African Development Bank Group. The Facility is dedicated to providing legal advice and technical assistance to African countries in the negotiation of complex commercial transactions, creditor litigation and other related sovereign transactions. The ALSF also develops and proposes innovative tools for…

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  October 25, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, agribusiness, Agribusiness partnership, agriculture, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FAPA, Farmers, fertilizer, Fund for African Private Sector Assistance, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Mozambique, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, unemployed youths, value chains, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young farmers, young voices, youth, Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition, Youths

• Meet the portfolio for 2018 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A

  

  VC4A is proud to announce the 8 ventures selected for the 2018 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A.  These companies represent a new class of investment opportunity coming up across the African continent. The selected ventures have strong revenues, are well positioned for regional and international expansion, and demonstrate important innovations that are disrupting industries like…

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  October 8, 2018

  Business

  access, Aerobotics, Africa, African Angel Investor Summit, AgroCenta, Asoko Insight, business acceleration, business accelerator, business opportunity, Cape Town, Coin Afrique, digital, Edgepoint Digital, Electronic Settlement Limited, Entrepreneurs, Fibre Lifestlye, Finland, Gebeya, GoMetro, investments, Investors, Invoiceworx, Lynk Jobs Ltd., MAX, Norway, ogaVenue, Ongair, Opportunity, Pesabazaar.com, Piggybank, Prepclass, Printivo, Rasello Company, Rensource, Sendy Ltd., Snapplify, Sokowatch, startups, Sweden, TalentBase, Timbuktu, Tizeti Network Ltd., XL Africa, XL Africa Venture Showcase

• Government of Japan and the Austrian Government to Fund Fashionomics Africa Digital Marketplace and Entrepreneurship & Innovation Lab (eLab) Programs

  

  FAPA, of which the Government of Japan is a major donor, along with the Austrian Government and the African Development Bank, will contribute $923,570 and $988,202 to finance the Bank’s Fashionomics Africa Digital Marketplace and Entrepreneurship & Innovation Lab (eLab) programs, respectively. Both programs form key components of the Bank’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy, which invests in high-growth sectors…

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  September 25, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, agribusiness, Agribusiness partnership, agriculture, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FAPA, Farmers, fertilizer, Fund for African Private Sector Assistance, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Mozambique, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, unemployed youths, value chains, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young farmers, young voices, youth, Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition, Youths

• Apply for Pitched Nigeria and Win a $10,000 Grant

  

  Are you creating a business or running an early-stage company? Pitched addresses two gaps in emerging markets: access to capital and startup quality. While Pitched supplies prize money to its winners, the organization develops startup quality so that founders are more likely to thrive on their own. At the same time, increasing startup quality helps make…

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  September 12, 2018

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  Africa, African girls in technology, African tech, African Women in Technology, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Casablanca, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Demo Africa, development, early-stage, education, Emerging Markets, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, investments, Investors, Job creation, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, my voice matters, Nigeria, partners, Pitch day, Pitched, program, progress, quality, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Google Expands Its Launchpad Program for African Startups

  

  Google Launchpad Africa is an acceleration program that matches top African startups with the best of Google – its people, network, and advanced technologies – to help build great products. The program, which runs for three (3) months and will operate out of Lagos, will over the next three (3) years provide African startups with over…

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  June 11, 2018

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  accountability, Africa, Africa. Nigeria, African startups, African youths, Algeria, Anita Borg, awards, AWP Network, Botswana, business, business support, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, computer engineering, computer science, Creativity, Developers, development, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, Europe, Firebase, Ghana, girls, Google, Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, Google Launchpad Africa, growth, ICT, idea, informatics, Innovation, Inspiration, Invention, investments, JC Common Award, Kenya, Lagos, Launch, Launchpad Build, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Royal Academy of Engineering, Rwanda, scholarship, Senegal, small business, smallbiz, software development, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, techbiz, Techlaunchpad, technology, The AWP Network, Tunisia, Uganda, UK, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zimbabwe

• Attend: 2018 Africa Early Stage Investor Summit

  

  This year, the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit is set to kick off Cape Town’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, encompassing a number of leading industry events and numerous networking opportunities. The Summit organizers Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) and the African Business Angels Network (ABAN) have partnered with AfricaCom and AfricArena to offer a full-week VIP Investor Pass giving access…

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  June 7, 2018

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  access, Aerobotics, Africa, African Angel Investor Summit, African Women Power Network, African youths, Asoko Insight, awards, AWP Network, business, business acceleration, business accelerator, business opportunity, business support, Cape Town, challenge, change, Coin Afrique, collaboration, competition, development, digital, Edgepoint Digital, education, Electronic Settlement Limited, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Finland, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, investor, Investors, Lagos, leadership, Lynk Jobs Ltd., marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, MAX, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Norway, ogaVenue, Ongair, Opportunity, Pesabazaar.com, Prepclass, Printivo, program, progress, Rasello Company, Rensource, Sendy Ltd., small business, Snapplify, Sokowatch, solutions, South Africa, startups, strategy, support, sustainability, Sweden, TalentBase, technology, The African Woman Power Network, The AWP Network, Timbuktu, Tizeti Network Ltd., women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank, XL Africa, XL Africa Venture Showcase, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• FAPA Grant Will Support African Farmers

  

    Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) grant of US $1 million will help to increase affordability, accessibility and incentives for fertilizer use among smallholder farmers in Africa and expand the supply and distribution of fertilizer by leveraging investments. This grant is also intended to create over 1,000 jobs for women and youth. AFAP, the…

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  May 24, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, agribusiness, Agribusiness partnership, agriculture, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FAPA, Farmers, fertilizer, Fund for African Private Sector Assistance, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Mozambique, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, value chains, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• 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