Tag: my voice matters

• 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

• Need Money to Jumpstart Your Business Idea? Apply for the Cheetah Fund

  

  The €400,000 Cheetah Fund will support African pioneers with the seed money needed to kick-start or boost their world-changing projects. If pioneers manage to crowdfund at least 30% of their target amount via 1%Club within 30 days, the Cheetah Fund will grant them the remaining amount. The Cheetah Fund is powered by the Dutch National Postcode Lottery.…

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  October 19, 2014

  Business, Events

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Cheetah Fund, collaboration, competition, Crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, 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

• African Entrepreneur Launches Empowerment Fund

  

  Tony O. Elumelu just launched the Elumelu Nigeria Empowerment Fund to revitalise distressed communities across Nigeria. Seeded and managed by the Tony Elumelu foundation, the Elumelu Nigeria empowerment fund, a non-profit organization, will transform communities that have been ravaged by natural disasters, hazards and conflicts, into thriving and economically sustainable communities. The Fund will create…

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  October 19, 2014

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

• Innovations for Youth Employment in Africa

  

  Are you from sub-Saharan Africa and between the ages of 18 and 30? then you should apply. Ashoka and the MasterCard Foundation invites you to share how you are increasing employment opportunities for young people in Africa. By entering this challenge, you will join a community of fellow innovators that are transforming the landscape of…

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  October 14, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African youths, Ashoka, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MasterCard Foundation, my voice matters, Nigeria, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth unemployment, Youths

• Apply: Vodafone Mobile App Competition

  This competition is only open to citizens of, or those permanently residing in Ghana, India, Kenya, or South Africa and have developed (or can you develop) an app in one of iOS, Android, J2ME, or WP8. appStar is an annual developer contest organized by Vodafone, for developers across several countries on the African and Asian continent, to promote…

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  October 13, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, appStar, Asia, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, growth, idea, India, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile, mobile technology, my voice matters, program, progress, small business, smallbiz, solutions, South Africa, strategy, sustainability, techbiz, technology, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: Malawi Young Women’s Feminist Leadership Program

  

  Girls Empowerment Network (GENET), MoVe! A Young Women’s Movement for Justice and Development  in partnership with the Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa (OSISA) invites applications to the National Feminist Leadership course scheduled to take place November 3  – 12, 2014. The aim of the course is to enhance the leadership capacities of young women…

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  September 9, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business support, collaboration, development, education, Girls Empowerment Network, idea, leadership, Malawi, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, National Feminist Leadership, Nigeria, Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa, small business, support, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• U.S. – Africa Business Forum: Investments Announced for African Women Entrepreneurs

  

  Caterpillar Foundation announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) to create the first ever AWEP-Women’s Entrepreneurial Centers of Resources, Education, Access, and Training for Economic Empowerment (WECREATE) in sub-Saharan Africa. Caterpillar Foundation and the U.S. State Department are providing $1 million each to create these self-sustaining women’s business…

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  August 7, 2014

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  Africa, African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, empowerment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Global Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Intel, investments, Investors, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Office of the First Lady, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, training, Walmart, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• 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

• W.TEC Girls Technology Camp

  

  W.TEC Girls Technology Camp is a two-week technology education and mentoring program organized by W.TEC, with the objective to help girls develop an early interest in computers and other information technology. For the camp duration, girls will participate in technology workshops. The long-term goal is to increase the numbers of Nigerian women using technology productively…

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  July 18, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, Africans in technology, applications, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, digital solutions, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Girls education, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Oreoluwa Somolu, program, progress, science, small business, solutions, STEM, STEM Camp for African girls, strategy, support, sustainability, tech camp, tech camp for girls in Nigeria, technology, technology camp, The AWP Network, W-TEC, women, women and girls, women and girls technology camp, women entrepreneurs, WTEC, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths