Tag: mobile technology

• Apply: €50,000 Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Award

  

  The Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards recognizes and supports brilliant young innovators tackling the planet’s biggest environmental and social challenges, and helping them to achieve scale for impact. From simple solutions with far-reaching impacts for child nutrition, to ground breaking technologies to cut greenhouse emissions, these changemakers are challenging business as usual and leading the way to…

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  May 30, 2018

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  accessibility, Africa, African youths, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ashoka, award, awards, AWP Network, Bilikiss Adebiyi, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, Bilikiss Kola-Abiola, business, Business Solutions, business support, Case Foundation, CChub, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, creators, designers, developing countries, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Environment, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovators, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Pitch For Lagos competition, product design, program, progress, Renewable Energy, small business, solutions, South Africa, Steve Case, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainia Award, technology, The AWP Network, Unilever, Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, waste, WeCyclers, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• SDGs & Her Competition for Women Entrepreneurs

  SDGs&Her is an online competition for women entrepreneurs to showcase how they are supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through their business operations. The objectives of the initiative are to: recognize women implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including women business owners of microenterprises; increase knowledge about the SDGs and their potential impacts on women among…

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  May 30, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business operations, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, impact, Innovation, Innovative Ideas, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, SDG&Her, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Facebook To Provide $20,000 In Equity-Free Funding for African Startups

  

  The FbStart Accelerator at NG_HUB is a deep-tech focused accelerator program for visionary and innovative teams using advanced technologies to solve problems in our society and build solutions for the future. It is designed for startups and student teams building solutions that utilize any of these technologies; Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Internet of Things, Augmented…

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  May 30, 2018

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  Accelerator program, advanced technologies, Africa, African youths, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, CChub, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, data science, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, FbStart Accelerator, future, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, internet of things, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, NG_Hub, Nigeria, problems, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Virtual Reality, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• FAPA Grant Will Support African Farmers

  

    Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) grant of US $1 million will help to increase affordability, accessibility and incentives for fertilizer use among smallholder farmers in Africa and expand the supply and distribution of fertilizer by leveraging investments. This grant is also intended to create over 1,000 jobs for women and youth. AFAP, the…

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  May 24, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, agribusiness, Agribusiness partnership, agriculture, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FAPA, Farmers, fertilizer, Fund for African Private Sector Assistance, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Mozambique, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, value chains, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Facebook Launches NG_Hub in Lagos

  

  As part of its commitment and ongoing investment in Africa, Facebook unveiled NG_Hub in Lagos, Nigeria – its first flagship community hub space in Africa, in partnership with CcHub. In a week-long celebration which will bring together developers, start-ups, and the wider tech community across Lagos and Nigeria, the launch will showcase the new multi-faceted space…

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  May 23, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, CChub, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, NG_Hub, 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, Youths

• Nigerian Startup, Coating+ Selected for the 2018 Thought For Food Challenge

  

  Coating+ Nigeria – was selected for the 2018 Thought For Food Challenge and will present in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July 2018. The company provides safe coating for plants and vegetables that elongates their shelf life, preserves nutrient quality, and enables post-harvest food storage. The annual Thought For Food (TFF) Challenge is a global…

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  May 23, 2018

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  Aeropowder, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Brazil, business, business support, challenge, change, Coating+, Coating+ Nigeria, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Group Nutricandies, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, IoT Water Control Management, Lagos, Laticin, leadership, Likabs Food, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, RiseHarvest, Safi Sarvi, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, SunRice, support, sustainability, Sweetpot Yoghurt, technology, The AWP Network, Thought For Food, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Africa Innovation Summit Announces Top 50 Innovations

  

  The Africa Innovation Summit (AIS) today announced the innovators selected from across the continent to exhibit their solutions at the forum, which will take place from 6 to 8 June 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda under the esteemed patronage of His Excellences President Paul Kagame and Pedro Pires (ex-President of Cabo Verde and 2011 Mo Ibrahim Laureate).…

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  May 23, 2018

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  Africa, Africa Innovation Summit, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Chad, challenge, change, collaboration, Comoros, competition, Congo, development, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Gambia, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, innovation ecosystems, Innovators, Inspiration, Kenya, Kigali, Lagos, leadership, Lesotho, Mali, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, Mozambique, my voice matters, Namibia, Nigeria, Paul Kagame, program, progress, Rwanda, small business, solutions, Somalia, South Africa, strategy, Sudan, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Tunisia, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• African Startup Winning! Easyshop Easycook Secures EchoVC Funding

  

  Easyshop Easycook will put the funds towards optimizing its online platform and existing farm-to-last-mile supply chain. Saudat Salami, Founder & CEO of Easyshop Easycook is recognized as one of the pioneers of the online grocery business in Nigeria. Her company, Easyshop Easycook delivers fresh groceries to your door.  Saudat is a passionate and innovative entrepreneur…

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  May 15, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, agriculture, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Easyshop Easycook, EasyshopEasycook, EchoVC, EchoVC Partners, ecommerce, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Ini Onuk, Innovation, Inspiration, Inspiro Consulting, Jimi Tewe, Kereksuk Rice Farm, Lagos, Lagos Shopping, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Olaide Olusoji-Oke, program, progress, Protection Plus Services, Rotimi Williams, Saudat Salami, Senator Liyel Imoke, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, The Bridge Leadership Foundation, Ubong King, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: €15,000 Pitch AgriHack Competition

  

  Pitch AgriHack 2018 is organized with the support of the African Development Bank and financial assistance from the Korea Trust Fund under the Korea-Africa Cooperation Programme (KOAFEC). Pitch AgriHack 2018 will shepherd selected startups through a bootcamp process preparing them to pitch their innovations to potential investors. Selected finalists, 50 percent of whom will be women, will…

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  May 15, 2018

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  Africa, African Development Bank, African Green Revolution, African youths, agriculture, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, eagric, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Korea Trust Fund, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Pitch AgriHack, 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, Youths

• Apply: Builders of Africa’s Future Awards

  

  The Builders of Africa’s Future Awards is developed to celebrate innovation and impact in early-stage African enterprise. The BAF Awards serves to showcase and award entrepreneurs who are running early-stage for-profit and not-for-profits that are addressing Africa’s unique needs through technology or differentiated business models. These needs are in: health, education, energy, financial inclusion, gender inclusion, nutrition,…

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  May 14, 2018

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  Africa, African Diaspora Investment Symposium, African Diaspora Network, African enterprise, African women leadership, African Women Power Network, African youths, Arrey Obenson, awards, AWP, AWP Network, Builders of Africa Future Award, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, commerce, competition, development, early stage, education, Energy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, gender inclusion, girls, Global Fund for Women, growth, Health, idea, impact, Impact Series, industrial development, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, investments, JCI, JCI Nigiera, Kola Osinowo, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, Musimbi Kanyoro, my voice matters, Nigeria, nutrition, program, progress, Silicon Valley, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, voices, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths