Tag: Kenya

• Apply: 2019 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 with 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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  January 11, 2019

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  Africa, African youths, Algeria, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Egypt, Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lagos, leadership, Lebanon, Libya, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Math, Mathematics, mentoring, Middle East, mobile technology, Mombasa Girls in STEM, Morocco, my voice matters, Nigeria, Pakistan, program, progress, Rwanda, science, Sierra Leone, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, Tajikistan, tech women, techbiz, technology, TechWomen, Techwomen Kenya, The AWP Network, the Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, US Embassy Kenya, Uzbekistan, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yemen, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zambia and  Zimbabwe., Zimbabwe

• Funke Opeke Honored with “Business Leader of the Year” Award

  

  The Data Centre Dynamics (DCD) Awards has announced MainOne CEO, Funke Opeke, the 2018 Data Centre Dynamics Business Leader of the Year during the 2018 edition at the Royal Lancaster, London.  The Business Leader of the Year Award recognizes a company or individual who has done the most over the past 12 months to build the…

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  December 17, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Accenture, Africa, African women, African youths, awards, AWP Network, blockchain, Brasil, Brazil, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, corporates, cryptocurrency, development, donors, early stage startup, East Africa, education, employees, employers, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial topics, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship platform, entrepreneurship portal, Executive Recruitment, Facebook, Funding, Funke Opeke, girls, growth, idea, information, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, job candidates, job portals, job prospects, Jobberman, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, MainOne, MainOne Cable, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentors, mentorship, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nalla, Nalla Brazil, network, Nigeria, Powerwoman, program, progress, Ringier One Africa Media, Roxsanne Dyssell, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, Startup Battlefield, strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa, support, sustainability, TechCrunch, technology, The African Talent Company, The AWP Network, UNDP, United Nations Development Program, unqualified, West Africa, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, YAS!, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• The Afro: Pan-African Cryptocurrency dedicated to Growth and Development in Africa

  

  AFRO Foundation has launched the AFRO, a Pan-African cryptocurrency dedicated to growth and development in Africa.  The AFRO is a cryptocurrency designed for Africa and dedicated to Africa’s economic growth and societal development. It will notably lower transfer and transaction costs, facilitate trade exchange between African countries and regions, and contribute to the financial inclusion…

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  December 17, 2018

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  Accenture, Africa, African women, African youths, awards, AWP Network, blockchain, Brasil, Brazil, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, corporates, cryptocurrency, development, donors, early stage startup, East Africa, education, employees, employers, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial topics, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship platform, entrepreneurship portal, Executive Recruitment, Facebook, Funding, girls, growth, idea, information, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, job candidates, job portals, job prospects, Jobberman, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentors, mentorship, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nalla, Nalla Brazil, network, Nigeria, program, progress, Ringier One Africa Media, Roxsanne Dyssell, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, Startup Battlefield, strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa, support, sustainability, TechCrunch, technology, The African Talent Company, The AWP Network, UNDP, United Nations Development Program, unqualified, West Africa, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, YAS!, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• Only 10% of those who apply for jobs in Africa are qualified

  

  This has been uncovered by research conducted by ROAM (Ringier One Africa Media), who is encompassing the market-leading job portals in West Africa (Jobberman) and East Africa (Brighter monday), as well as Executive Recruitment and HR Solutions firm, The African Talent Company. The company has analyzed data sets from more than 12 million users, as…

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  December 13, 2018

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  Accenture, Africa, African women, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Brasil, Brazil, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, corporates, development, donors, early stage startup, East Africa, education, employees, employers, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial topics, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship platform, entrepreneurship portal, Executive Recruitment, Facebook, Funding, girls, growth, idea, information, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, job candidates, job portals, job prospects, Jobberman, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentors, mentorship, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nalla, Nalla Brazil, network, Nigeria, program, progress, Ringier One Africa Media, Roxsanne Dyssell, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, Startup Battlefield, strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa, support, sustainability, TechCrunch, technology, The African Talent Company, The AWP Network, UNDP, United Nations Development Program, unqualified, West Africa, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, YAS!, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• One Giant Leap for FinTech in Nigeria by Dewale Otolorin

  

  Almost two years ago, I got the opportunity to contribute my quota to the adoption of Open Banking in the Nigerian financial industry; I did this from my corner at GTBank by helping to re-position the Bank’s corporate payment solutions as democratized APIs for consumption by FinTechs and MSMEs. It was a challenging experience — from convincing…

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  November 20, 2018

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  Africa, Africa Fintech, African fintech entrepreneurs, African startup, African startup ecosystem, African youths, Awamo, awards, AWP Network, Benin, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, conference, Developers, development, Dewale Otolorin, EcoBank, Ecobank Africa Fintech Prize, Ecobank fintech challenge, Ecobank Fintech Fellow, Ecobank Fintech Fellowship, Ecobank Group, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Eversend, FinTech, fintech solutions, France, Germany, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovators, Inspiration, InvestED, Investors, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Litee, Lome, Lypa, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, MojiPay, my voice matters, Nala, Nigeria, pan-African, policymakers, prizes, program, progress, Secapay, SESO Global, Sierra Leone, small business, software developers, solutions, South Africa, startups, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Togo, ventures, Virtual Identity, Wallet.ng, women, women and girls, women developers, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment

• Apply: The 2019 Kuwait Foundation Africa Prize

  

  The “Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sumait Prize” will be awarded annually to individuals or institutions within one of the proposed three fields (Food Security, Health and Education), and has a value of $1,000,000 (One million US dollars). The prize is to be awarded to individuals or institutions who through their research projects or initiatives have made significant advancement within…

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  November 1, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, Ajiroghene Omanudhowo, Aly Abd ElAzem, Andrew Ddembe, anzisha prize, Asha Abbas, AWP Network, Benedict Kusi Ampofo, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, development, Dina Mohamed Ibrahim, Edgar Edmund, Egypt, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fadwa Moussaif, Faustino Quissico, Geoffrey Mulei, Gerald Matolo, Ghana, growth, Heritiana Fabien Randriamananatahina, Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate, Ifrah Mohamed, Ignatius Ahumuza, Innovation, Issam Darui, Jessan Kumar Persand, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Madagascar, Maemu Lambani, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mentorship, Moonga Chowa, Morocco, Mozambique, N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, Niger, Nigeria, Opportunity, progress, Rebecca Andrianarisandy, Satta Wahab, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, Thowiba Alhaj, Uganda, Vicente Zau, Victoria Olimatunde, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yaye Souadou Fall, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• Founder of Infiuss, Melissa Bime Wins 2018 Anzisha Prize

  

  The Mastercard Foundation and African Leadership Academy are thrilled to announce that 22-year-old healthcare entrepreneur Melissa Bime has won the US$25,000 Grand Prize at the 8th annual Anzisha Prize awards gala.  Bime is the founder of INFIUSS, an online blood bank and digital supply chain platform that ensures patients in 23 hospitals in Cameroon have life-saving blood when and where…

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  October 30, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, Ajiroghene Omanudhowo, Aly Abd ElAzem, Andrew Ddembe, anzisha prize, Asha Abbas, AWP Network, Benedict Kusi Ampofo, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, development, Dina Mohamed Ibrahim, Edgar Edmund, Egypt, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fadwa Moussaif, Faustino Quissico, Geoffrey Mulei, Gerald Matolo, Ghana, growth, Heritiana Fabien Randriamananatahina, Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate, Ifrah Mohamed, Ignatius Ahumuza, Innovation, Issam Darui, Jessan Kumar Persand, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Madagascar, Maemu Lambani, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mentorship, Moonga Chowa, Morocco, Mozambique, N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, Niger, Nigeria, Opportunity, progress, Rebecca Andrianarisandy, Satta Wahab, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, Thowiba Alhaj, Uganda, Vicente Zau, Victoria Olimatunde, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yaye Souadou Fall, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• Apply: WAAW Foundation Scholarship for African Girls in STEM

  

  WAAW foundation’s annual scholarship is aimed at supporting need-based African female STEM-focused college education. WAAW Foundation awards annual scholarships to students who demonstrate the need and can prove their status as full-time students in a STEM related course in an African University. Award recipients will become WAAW Ambassadors in their respective communities. Candidates must also demonstrate financial…

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  October 15, 2018

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  Africa, African girls, African girls in technology, African Women Power Network, African youths, applications, awards, AWELE Academy, AWP Network, AWP Network. change, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Girls education, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nairobi, Nigeria, program, progress, science, She Hacks Africa, SheHacksAfrica, small business, software engineering, solutions, South Africa, STEM, STEM Camp for African girls, strategy, support, sustainability, techbiz, technology, technology leadership, The AWP Network, Unoma Odili, Unoma Okorafor, Waaw Foundation, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Meet the Young Entrepreneurs Up for the $100,000 Anzisha Prize

  

  Entrepreneurship is central to Africa’s economic growth and is one of the keys to unlocking job opportunities for young people across the continent. Today, Mastercard Foundation in partnership with the African Leadership Academy (ALA) is pleased to announce that 20 of Africa’s youngest and brightest entrepreneurs will join the Anzisha Fellowship–a lifelong affiliation that will help…

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  October 3, 2018

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, Ajiroghene Omanudhowo, Aly Abd ElAzem, Andrew Ddembe, anzisha prize, Asha Abbas, AWP Network, Benedict Kusi Ampofo, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, development, Dina Mohamed Ibrahim, Edgar Edmund, Egypt, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fadwa Moussaif, Faustino Quissico, Geoffrey Mulei, Gerald Matolo, Ghana, growth, Heritiana Fabien Randriamananatahina, Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate, Ifrah Mohamed, Ignatius Ahumuza, Innovation, Issam Darui, Jessan Kumar Persand, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Madagascar, Maemu Lambani, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mentorship, Moonga Chowa, Morocco, Mozambique, N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, Niger, Nigeria, Opportunity, progress, Rebecca Andrianarisandy, Satta Wahab, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, Thowiba Alhaj, Uganda, Vicente Zau, Victoria Olimatunde, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yaye Souadou Fall, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Attend: Africa Fintech Summit

  

  The Africa Fintech Summit gathers innovators, investors, policy makers and other key stakeholders in the Fintech sector to discuss technologies transforming finance on the continent, debate regulatory policies, compare best practices, and forge new ventures. The two-day event will feature investor missions from the US, UK, and UAE, an Alpha Expo featuring the most exciting startups…

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  September 17, 2018

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  Africa, Africa Fintech, African fintech entrepreneurs, African startup, African startup ecosystem, African youths, Awamo, awards, AWP Network, Benin, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, conference, Developers, development, EcoBank, Ecobank Africa Fintech Prize, Ecobank fintech challenge, Ecobank Fintech Fellow, Ecobank Fintech Fellowship, Ecobank Group, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Eversend, FinTech, fintech solutions, France, Germany, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovators, Inspiration, InvestED, Investors, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Litee, Lome, Lypa, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, MojiPay, my voice matters, Nala, Nigeria, pan-African, policymakers, prizes, program, progress, Secapay, SESO Global, Sierra Leone, small business, software developers, solutions, South Africa, startups, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Togo, ventures, Virtual Identity, Wallet.ng, women, women and girls, women developers, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths