Tag: my voice matters

• Facebook CEO in Nairobi to see Kenyan Innovation in Action

  

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Kenya this week on his first trip to Africa, using his time in the country to visit the iHub technology hub in Nairobi, meet with developers and partners, and explore how the country’s pioneering mobile money ecosystem is evolving. Zuckerberg is in Kenya to see how technology innovation is changing…

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  September 1, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, commerce, competition, Developers, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Mark Zukerberg, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile money, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, social media, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, tech, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• The 2017 Facebook Challenge for Young African Creatives

  

  The Facebook Challenge will become an official Loerie Award in the Student Category from 2017. The Loerie Awards is the premier annual advertising awards in the advertising industry in Africa and the Middle East. Facebook will work with the Loeries and advertising schools across the continent to develop and promote young creative talent on an ongoing…

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  August 19, 2016

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  Advertising, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, Loerie Awards, Loeries Creative week, 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

• Apply: Business Development Program for African Entrepreneurs

  

  Oxfam believes that SMEs have the potential to contribute to sustainable growth through increased employment, higher income and relevant products and services for people living in poverty, particularly small holder farmers, youth and women. To help SMEs live up to their potential, we know they need more than capital alone. Hence, Oxfam provides business development services…

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  August 18, 2016

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

• Apply: Village Capital FinTech Africa 2016 Program

  

  Village Capital is looking for entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa for its FinTech Africa 2016 program. The event aims to find startups who are not only in the fintech sector, but will be able to increase the financial health of low-income populations. Village Capital lists criteria such as using data and analytics to leverage credit and payments, increase…

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  August 17, 2016

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  Accra, 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 Africa, FinTech for Agriculture, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nairobi, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, VillageCapital, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: African Women’s Public Service Fellowship at NYU

  

  The African Women’s Public Service Fellowship is made possible by a donation from the Oprah Winfrey Foundation. The initiative aims to expand the opportunity for African women to make an impact in public service in their home countries. Fellowship recipients will commit to return to their home countries at the conclusion of the program with the goal…

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  August 16, 2016

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  Africa, African women, African Women’s Public Service Fellowship, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, New York University, Nigeria, NYU, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Foundation, program, progress, Public Service, 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: 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…

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  August 16, 2016

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  Africa, African girls, African girls in technology, African Women Power Network, African youths, applications, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, 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, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEM, STEM Camp for African girls, strategy, support, sustainability, techbiz, technology, The AWP Network, Unoma Odili, Unoma Okorafor, Waaw Foundation, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• CapitalSquare Expands By Announcing Additional Coworking Space for Entrepreneurs in Lagos

  

  CapitalSquare, the pioneer co-working space in Lagos recently opened the doors of its flagship space, The Studio, in Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi. The co-working space, nestled at one end of Ilupeju Street, offers single desks and private offices as well as a conference room and lounge to freelancers, small business owners and creatives. As with CapitalSquare’s…

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  August 15, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, capitalsquare, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Modupe Macaulay, 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

• Founder of AWP Network to Speak in Calabar, Nigeria

  

  The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF) is a non-governmental organization established in 2011 with the vision “to build generations of young people educated to become compassionate, entrepreneurial and engaged citizens who are empowered to take responsibility for their own lives and for making a difference in the world.” The Bridge Leadership Foundation is pleased to announce its 6th career day…

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  August 9, 2016

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  Africa, Africa Data Challenge Winner, Africa Women Power Network, Africa. Nigeria, African Women Power Network, African youths, AfrikInterns, agribusiness, agriculture, Akachi Nwoke, ARISE News, ARISE News TV, awards, AWP Network, AWP Network photo contest, Bukola Dawodu, business, business support, BusinessDay Nigeria, challenge, change, Chima Michael Oleru, CNN, CNN Startup Africa, collaboration, competition, cosmetics, development, education, emerging, employment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Enugu, Femi Taiwo, Ghana, girls, growth, H.O.P.E Foundation, HOPE Foundation, House of Lords, House of Tara, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, Lord Paul Boateng, makeup supplies, making a difference, Mara Mentor, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Media, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nigerian youth, Palace of Westminster, Photo competition, photo contest, photo essay, pictures, Planet Earth Institute, program, progress, small business, small business grants, Smile and Mobile Tech Blog, solutions, South Africa, Startup, startup stories, stories, strategy, Success Stories, support, sustainability, technology, testimonials, The AWP Network, The Nation, The Nation Nigeria, Unemployment, Visages Parfait, winners, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women farmers, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Apply to Pitch at Diaspora Demo Day

  Diaspora Demo Pitch applications are open to all persons who are 18 years or older with a technology-enabled company based in, focused on or with one or more founders from the continent of Africa, the African Diaspora or of African descent. Applicants may only submit one application per year. The startup must have been launched…

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  August 2, 2016

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  Africa, African Technology Foundation, African youths, Afua Osei, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Diaspora Demo Day, Diaspora Demo Pitch, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, She Leads Africa, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, tiphub, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Finding Opportunity in Northern Nigeria: Female Entrepreneur Sets Up Vocational Training School for Kids

  

  Founded by Hafsatu Hamza-Babaji and located in Kaduna, Nigeria, Teen Tycoons is a vocational training school for children ages 6 to 18.  A 2016 Tony Elumelu entrepreneurship program participant, Hafsatu Hamza-Babaji describes herself as a “skills development specialist.” She says that her company uses practical experiences to facilitate learning. She continues, “students at the school…

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  August 1, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Hafsatu Hamza-Babaji, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kaduna, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small biz, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Teen Tycoons, TEEP program, The AWP Network, Tony Elumelu, Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths