Tag: Lagos

• Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: Farmer Means Business

  Agropreneur, Cynthia Mosunmola Umoru meets with the AWP Network to discuss what it is like to be a farmer in Nigeria. My business, Farmshoppe was born out of the need to provide fresh food produce to customers. During my university days, I had the privilege of going shopping for women who were busy executives and could…

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  March 9, 2015

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, African women power, African youths, agribusiness, agriculture, Agropreneur, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Cynthia Mosunmola Umoru, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, farm, Farmer means business, Farmers, farming, Farmshoppe, fresh produce, girls, Goldman Sachs, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Olufemi Omotayo, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, supply chain management, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Voices of African Women Entrepreneur, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women farmers, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: 2015 AWiB Women of Excellence (WOE) Award

  

  Every year in October, AWiB presents inspiring stories and incredible accomplishments of deserving women in the business community. AWiB works tirelessly on the Women of Excellence (WOE) recognition to cultivate a culture of appreciation and generate many role models for the coming generation. AWiB, as an association committed to the personal and professional development of female professionals…

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  March 3, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, AWiB, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leaders, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, recognition, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: 2015 MILEAD Fellowship for African Girls

  

  Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa identifies 25 of Africa’s most outstanding emerging women leaders. The MILEAD Fellows Program is a long-term leadership development program designed to identify, develop, and promote emerging young African women leaders to attain and thrive in leadership in their community and Africa as a whole. The program targets dynamic young women interested…

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  March 1, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leaders, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MILEAD, MILEAD Fellows, mobile technology, Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young girls, young voices, young women, youth, Youths

• Workistry.com To Host Online Job Fair

  

  Workistry.com is a candidate search engine aiming to connect job seekers to employers by making it easy for employers to match their open positions to qualified talents. Workistry is poised to revolutionize the job market. At Workistry, we present an alternative to the traditional ways of finding jobs, which are typically local newspapers, word of mouth…

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  March 1, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, Benjamin Onuoha, business, business support, careers, challenge, change, China Muoka, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jobs, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, resume, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, talents, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, workistry, workistry.com, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• AWP Network Partners With the H.O.P.E Foundation to Train Secondary School Students

  

  The AWP Network is glad to announce a strategic partnership with the H.O.P.E Foundation at Covenant University. The purpose of this partnership will be to train students at Lagos State Model College, Meiran. The project involves working with students at Lagos State Model College, Meiran and helping them to hone their business pitches and to develop…

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  February 24, 2015

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP, AWP Network, AWPN, business, business pitch, business plan, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, concept development, Covenant University, development, DREAM project, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, H.O.P.E Foundation, idea, ideation, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, Lagos State Model College, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Meiran, mobile technology, my voice matters, nextgen, 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

• 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 startup company and are looking to change the world? Whoever you are, if you have a great idea then Tech-I is for you! The Tech-I competition is open to everyone between the ages…

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  February 23, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, GIST Tech-I Competition, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, 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

• Do You Have A Game-Changing Idea? $100,000 Available For African Entrepreneurs

  

  Village Capital FinTech for Agriculture: East Africa 2015 Do you have a financial innovation that can change the world? Village Capital is looking for financial services and technologies that will provide value for low-income households and others in Eastern Africa who are underserved by traditional financial services. Village Capital and its partners have teamed up to identify game-changing financial services…

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  February 18, 2015

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, agribusiness, agriculture, AWP Network, business, business accelerator, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, East Africa, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FinTech, FinTech for Agriculture, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Join Mara Mentor in Lagos for Social Media Week

  

  Integrating Africa with Social Media and User Applications will enlighten Africans on how technology has come a long way in integrating Africa, the impact it has had on empowering youths and entrepreneurs using Mara Online brands as a case study. We are inviting youths, entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs and technologists from across the Nigerian social & digital…

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  February 18, 2015

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, dialogue, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Lagos, Mara, Mara Mentor, Mara Mentor Lagos, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, Social Media Week, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Join the AWP Network for Social Media Week

  

  With current issues such as the Ebola outbreak, Boko Haram, and the #Bringbackourgirls campaign, the social and economic unrest in various countries, have left Africans to rely on social media to share information and engage in activism. In fact, social media seems to have, at times, replaced social action. In this ever-evolving context, we must…

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  February 16, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, AWP, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, dialogue, Divine Muragijimana, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mohammed Ademo, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, social media, Social Media Week, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, TMS Ruge, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zainab Sesay-Harrell

• Apply: Google Digital Business Manager Training

  

  Are you based in Lagos? Nairobi? or Accra? Then consider applying. The Digital Business Management program (DBM) is designed to bring more African businesses online. This program will leverage Google’s third party model to grow the digital ecosystem by supporting businesses in their online journey. Upon completion of the training program, participants will receive a certificate of completion…

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  February 13, 2015

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  Africa, African women power, African youths, AWP, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, digital business manager training, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Google, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths