Tag: Kenya

• Apply: The Green Pioneer Accelerator Program

  

  The 2015 Green Pioneer Accelerator program just launched in Kenya and South Africa. This acceleration program targets green entrepreneurs looking to take their innovations to scale in Africa. Are you an entrepreneur working on a highly scalable product or services that mitigates the effects of climate change? Does your business introduce renewable energy sources to market…

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  September 16, 2014

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  AWP Network, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Green Entrepreneurs, Green Pioneer Accelerator Program, growth, idea, Innovation, Kenya, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, South Africa, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Scholarship for African Students

  

  As of fall 2014, the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) at Georgetown University began offering a full-tuition scholarship for a talented graduate student from sub-Saharan Africa. MSFS is a two-year, full-time graduate degree program in international affairs. Students will take courses in international relations, international trade, international finance, statistics and analytical tools, and…

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  September 8, 2014

  Education, Events

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Georgetown, Georgetown University, Ghana, growth, idea, Innovation, Kenya, leadership, Liberia, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, progress, Senegal, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Fashion Entrepreneur Launches Luxury Brand With Kickstarter Campaign

  

  Founded on a mission to create jobs for local artisans in Kenya, fashion entrepreneur Mugo Muna started borawear.com after graduating from Cornell University. Bora Wear is a luxury fashion brand for African men. The company makes one-of-a-kind handmade belts and employs a community of local Kenyan artisans to handcraft each buckle through a sand casting…

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  August 18, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, Bora Wear, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Crowdfunding, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Kickstarter, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mugo Muna, Nigeria, small business, solutions, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Sharefair 2014: Inspiring Change for Rural Women

  

  The Sharefair 2014 on Rural Women’s Technologies to Improve Food Security, Nutrition and Productive Family Farming invites submissions of technologies and innovations that support rural female smallholder farmers. Eligible Countries: Burundi, D.R. of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. The objectives expected to…

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  July 1, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, agribusiness, agriculture, AWP Network, Burundi, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, D.R. of Congo, development, Djibouti, education, employment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Farmers, Gender, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Inspiring Change, Kenya, leadership, Malawi, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Mozambique, Nigeria, program, progress, Rural Women, Rwanda, small business, solutions, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, strategy, Sudan, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, youth unemployment, Youths, Zambia, Zimbabwe

• Apply: USADF – Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge

  Are you an entrepreneur or part of a dynamic organization or company that works on off-grid technologies in one of the six Power Africa countries? Do you have a winning idea to provide energy to underserved communities in your country? USADF is accepting proposals for Off-Grid solutions from the following countries: Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Liberia, Tanzania,…

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  May 15, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, leadership, Liberia, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Power Africa, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, USADF, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs

• 2014 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship

  The Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship (AAE) recognizes and awards exceptional entrepreneurial leaders who serve as role models to Africa’s aspiring entrepreneurs and demonstrate business excellence, innovation, and profitability. AAE was established in 2007 to recognize business leaders who demonstrate innovation, profitability, and business excellence while serving as role models to inspire the next generation of…

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  April 15, 2014

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  Africa, Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Enterpreneurs, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, progress, recognition, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, The AWP Network, women, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs

• Apply: PIVOT East 2014

  PIVOT East aims to catalyze the growth of mobile startups, so as to amplify and consolidate the gains of East Africa’s Mobile developer and entrepreneurship ecosystem.  The key objective for this year’s event is “to facilitate discovery of the next wave of high potential mobile startups in the region.” The competition has five categories which…

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  March 3, 2014

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  Africa, AWP Network, business, change, competition, development, DR Congo, Ethiopia, growth, Kenya, Mary Olushoga, mentorship, mobile technology, PIVOT East, progress, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Startup, strategy, Tanzania, technology, training, Uganda

• Win $5000: GrowthHub Agribusiness for Innovation Program

  Are you an entrepreneur and/or an innovator with a mature agribusiness idea? The GrowthHub Agribusiness for Innovation Incubator programme, based in Nairobi, invites 12 agribusiness startups with mature ideas to work together with facilitators, mentors and like-minded entrepreneurs in the same environment for 16 weeks. The 2014 GrowthHub Agribusiness for Impact incubator and accelerator program is…

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  December 30, 2013

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  Africa, African youths, agribusiness, AWP Network, business, business support, collaboration, development, entrepreneur, GrowthHub, idea, Incubator, Innovation, innovator, Kenya, Mary Olushoga, Nairobi

• 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

• The 2013 AWP Network Power List

  

  Be the change. Be Inspired. Be you. Recognizing (40) African women with powerful, inspiring, and influential voices. Introducing Africa’s leading women!  1. Honorable Omobola Johnson (Nigeria) – Early in the year, AWP Network founder, Mary Olushoga wrote an article asking if African Female Techpreneurs are Lagging Behind? and what should be done to ensure the…

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  December 2, 2013

  Business, Education

  Amini Kajunju, Anie Akpe-Lewis, AWP Network, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dinah Musindarwezo, Esther Agbarakwe, Farai Gundan, FEMNET, Funmi Iyanda, Garca Machel, Hussainatu Blake, IBOM, Ini Onuk, Juliana Rotich, Kenya, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Lorna Rutto, Malawi, Mametja Moshe, Marieme Jamme, Mary Olushoga, Minna Salami, Mpule Kwelagobe, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nkem Uwaje, Nomsa Daniels, Oby Ezekwesili, Ola Orekunrin, Omobola Johnson, Oreoluwa Somolu, Ory Okolloh, President Joyce Banda, President Sirleaf Johnson, Rai Sow, Rainatou Sow, Rapelang Rabana, Rebecca Enonchong, Rhoda Wilson, Rita Dominic, Saran Kaba Jones, Semhar Araia, Spectra Speaks, Toyin Saraki, Uduak Oduok, Vivian Onano, Wendy Ackerman