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• African Women Entrepreneurs Offer Business Advice

  

  Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs  

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  August 10, 2015

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  Aderonke Lawal, Africa, African youths, Africholidays Travel, Afua Osei, AriatuPR, AWP Network, Ayomide Condotti, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, Bilikiss Kola-Abiola, Brides & Babies, business, business support, capitalsquare, challenge, change, Civic Eagle, collaboration, competition, Dee Poku, Dee Poku-Spalding, development, education, Elizabeth Waldorf, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Future Software Resources, Futuresoft, girls, growth, Halima Gidado-Mijindadi, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jane Ole, Lagos, leadership, Lesley Adeyemi Adewunmi, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Modupe Macaulay, my voice matters, Nalla Brazil, Nigeria, Nkem Begho, program, progress, Rapelang Rabana, ReKindle Learning, Ronke Lawal, Roxsanne Dyssell, Royal Arts Academy, She Leads Africa, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Uduak Isong, WeCyclers, WIE Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Procurement Opportunity – Do Business With UN Women

  

  UN Women has a mandate to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. At this time, the organization requires a range of customizable promotional products with the official logo that will be used as visibility items in supporting the advocacy and campaigning efforts of UN Women. Eligible vendors may submit documentation as requested in response to this Expression…

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  August 5, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business opportunity, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, contracting opportunity, development, education, empowerment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, gender equality, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, procurement opportunity, program, progress, promotional products, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, UN Women, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Founder of AWP Network Features on ARISE News

  

  “Many believe that small businesses are vital for Africa’s future success. They already play a vital role across the continent – with the number growing on an annual basis. We were joined by Mary Olushoga, who is the founder of AWP Network.com – which provides advice and guidance for many small to medium-sized African businesses…

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  August 5, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, ARISE News, ARISE News TV, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Media, mobile technology, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Founder of AWP Network Features on Smile & Mobile Tech Blog

  

    Read the interview here: Smile and Mobile                 

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  August 5, 2015

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  Africa, Africa Data Challenge Winner, Africa Women Power Network, African youths, agribusiness, agriculture, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, House of Lords, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, Lord Paul Boateng, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Palace of Westminster, Planet Earth Institute, program, progress, small business, Smile and Mobile Tech Blog, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women farmers, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• 50,000 Euros Up for Grabs

  The Siemens Stiftung is looking for low technological solutions or products with business potential for basic supply problems in developing and emerging countries. The “empowering people award” is addressed to any individual, team, organization or enterprise from any region in the world. The products or solutions have to already be in use. The aim of…

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  August 3, 2015

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

• Apply: $150,000 Innovation Prize for Africa

  

  Are you an African groundbreaker? Can you innovate for positive change? Do you want to be part of the growing innovation movement in Africa? Does your innovation boast the “Made in Africa” brand? If your answer is YES to the above, then you are invited to participate in the Innovation Prize for Africa. The IPA is…

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  August 3, 2015

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• WeCyclers Wins Case Foundation Pitch For Lagos Competition

  

  The AWP Network salutes and congratulates Wecyclers on winning the 2015 Pitch For Lagos competition, an event chaired by Steve Case, co-founder of America Online (AOL) and founder of the Case Foundation. Wecyclers is a response to local waste issues in Lagos, where only 40 percent of the city’s garbage is collected. The World Bank also estimates that only…

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  July 30, 2015

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  accessibility, Africa, African youths, Arnold Schwarzenegger, AWP Network, Bilikiss Adebiyi, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, Bilikiss Kola-Abiola, business, business support, Case Foundation, CChub, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, developing countries, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Pitch For Lagos competition, progress, small business, solutions, Steve Case, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainia Award, technology, The AWP Network, waste, WeCyclers, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Attend: African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum

  

  The African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) was created to sustain discussions on the role African women play in shaping the continent’s economic future, exploring the challenges they face starting, growing or scaling a business, and helping to find solutions. WHEN: September 7 – 9, 2015 WHERE: Lagos Oriental Hotel, Nigeria Register here: AWIEF        …

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  July 30, 2015

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  Africa, African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, 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: Single Board Challenge

  

  The ITU Telecom World Young Innovators Competition and Intel are looking for entrepreneurs with innovative ideas to apply the latest generation of single board computers and controllers to social causes. These solutions can be based on tools such as Intel Edison and Intel Galileo, applied in the form of wearables, embedded devices, Internet of Things…

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  July 30, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, coaching, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Funding, girls, idea, ideas, Innovation, Inspiration, Intel, Intel Edison, Intel Galileo, ITU Telecom World Young Innovators Competition, leadership, 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, Youths

• Arunma Oteh Named Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank

  

  The AWP Network salutes and congratulates Arunma Oteh, who was recently appointed vice president and treasurer of the World Bank. Oteh previously served as Director General of  Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission. In 2014, Oteh was named West African Business Woman of the Year by CNBC at the Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards.  Oteh is also listed as one…

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  July 30, 2015

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