Tag: Lagos

• Arunma Oteh Named West African Business Woman of the Year

  

  The CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards [AABLA] just honored Arunma Oteh, Director General at Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission as the 2014 West African Business Woman of the Year. The CNBC Africa award honours remarkable leadership and salutes game changers of business on the African continent for their commitment to excellence, developing best practices,…

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  October 23, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, All Africa Business Leaders Awards, Arunma Oteh, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, CNBC Africa, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, progress, Securities and Exchange Commission, small business, solutions, strategy, support, technology, The AWP Network, West African Business Woman of the Year, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• AWP Exclusive: Pictures from the Women & Girls Summit

  

  The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Her Excellency, Dame (Dr.) Patience Faka Jonathan convened the inaugural 2014 Women & Girls Summit in collaboration with the National Centre for Women Development and Friends Africa. The summit is expected to release a communiqué highlighting key conclusions from the meeting, as well as, key announcements…

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  October 22, 2014

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  2014 Women & Girls Summit, Abuja, Africa, Akudo Anyanwu-Ikemba, AWP Network, Bola Shagaya, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Determination, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Friends Africa, girl education, growth, Hafsat Abiola, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Onyeka Onwenu, Patience Faka Jonathan, Patience Jonathan, possibilities, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: What Nigerian Women Need

  

  Women entrepreneurs in Nigeria face a host of cultural and institutional hurdles they must negotiate on their way to success. Despite these obstacles, women are thriving because they are learning from each other’s lessons and listening to voices of those who have gone before them. Entrepreneurs need to be encouraged. It is not easy to…

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  October 21, 2014

  Business, Education

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Clara Ohakim, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Oreoluwa Somolu, program, progress, small business, small business development, solutions, Startup, stories, strategy, success, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Join the Lagos Build-a-thon with ALN Ventures

  

  If you have a business or an idea and would like to attend. Apply here: ALN Ventures        

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  October 14, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, ALN Ventures, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Lagos, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Apply: Andela Software Developer Bootcamp for Women

  

  Are you a young woman in Nigeria? Would you like to become a software developer? If yes, then you should apply. Andela will offer a free 2-week training program where instructors with years of software development experience teach the basics of front-end web development and guide participants to collaboratively build their first web development project. When…

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  October 13, 2014

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  Africa, Andela, AWP Network, business, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Lagos, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, small business, software developer, solutions, strategy, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs

• She Leads Africa: Empowering the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs

  

  What happens when a University of Chicago – Booth School of Business graduate meets the daughter of one of Africa’s richest men? They start a company.  The AWP Network meet with founders of She Leads Africa to learn more about the organization, the services they provide, and what they are doing to support women entrepreneurs. There…

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  September 22, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, African women power, African youths, Afua Osei, AWP Network, Belo-Osagie, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Dangote, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Olushoga, program, progress, She Leads Africa, small business, solutions, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tony Elumelu, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women leadership, Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• AWP Network Event: From Idea to Execution

  

  Many people have ideas but may not know how to move from idea to execution. The AWP Network hosted this event to teach start-up entrepreneurs in Lagos, Nigeria how to properly execute their vision, move their business ideas forward despite Nigeria’s challenging business climate and more importantly, learn about advantageous strategies on how to proceed with ease.…

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  September 12, 2014

  Business, Education, Events

  Africa, African youths, Africholidays, awards, AWP Network, Ayomide Condotti, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, business, business support, Clara Ohakim, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, execution, Future Software Resources, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Nigeria Leadership Initiative, Nkem Uwaje, Oreoluwa Somolu, possibilities, small business, strategy, technology, The AWP Network, The Dover Hotel, unemployed youths, Voices of Women Entrepreneurs, W-TEC, WeCyclers, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women Power, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth unemployment, Youths

• Supplier Event for Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria

  

  ExxonMobil Foundation, in partnership with WEConnect International – the leading global supplier of diversity initiatives and the leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to global and national corporations and government bodies- is organizing a one day workshop for about 200 majority (51%) female owned businesses across Nigeria. This event will present an opportunity for…

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  September 3, 2014

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  Africa, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, ExxonMobil Foundation, growth, Lagos, marketing, Mary Olushoga, strategy, supplier event, support, The AWP Network, WEConnect International, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs

• Akachi Nwoke on Why the AWP Network is Important

  

  My name is Akachi Nwoke and I am a makeup artist. Last year, I applied to the AWP Network photography contest and I am glad I did. Although I came in third place, the competition helped me realize that I was not yet ready to start my business.  You may read more about my story here. I…

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  July 25, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, Akachi Nwoke, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, cosmetics, development, education, employment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Enugu, girls, growth, House of Tara, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, makeup supplies, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nigerian youth, Photo competition, photo contest, photo essay, program, progress, small business, solutions, Startup, startup stories, stories, strategy, Success Stories, support, sustainability, technology, testimonials, The AWP Network, Unemployment, Visages Parfait, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Co-Founder of Jumia Nigeria Launches New Startup

  

  Raphael Afaedor, former managing director at Jumia, recently launched a company with Gbolahan Fagbure, Jumia’s former director of operations. Their new project, Supermartng.com is an online grocery delivery service serving the Ikoyi, Victoria Island, and Lekki areas of Lagos. The service allows customers to shop from a wide selection of grocery items that can be…

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  July 21, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business development, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, e-commerce, ecommerce, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Gbolahan Fagbure, grocery, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jumia, Jumia Nigeria, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, online delivery service, progress, Raphael Afaedor, shopping, small business, solutions, strategy, Supermart Nigeria, Supermart.ng, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths