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• Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum set to take place in Abuja

  

  Every year, the Tony Elumelu Foundation—Africa’s foremost champion of entrepreneurship—hosts the largest convening of entrepreneurs, policymakers and business leaders in one location. This year, the 5th edition themed “Empowering African Entrepreneurs” will take place at the iconic Transcorp Hilton, in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. The forum will feature masterclasses, a dynamic pitching competition, electrifying panel debates, and the Presidential…

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  May 24, 2019

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  access, Africa, African Development Bank, African women power, AWP, AWP Network, borrowers, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Chad, change, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, development, ecosystem, Ethiopia, Finance, financial ecosystem, financial inclusion, Global powers, Kenya, lenders, lending platform, lending sector, loans, Mali, marketplace, Mary Olushoga, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, payment system, Pocket Money, progress, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Stefano Virgili, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Zambia, Zimbabwe

• Global partners announce $61.8 million allocation to boost African Development Bank initiative for women entrepreneurs

  

  The Governing Committee of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) has approved a funding allocation of $61.8 million for the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program. We-Fi is a partnership among 14 donor governments, eight multilateral development banks, and other public and private sector stakeholders, established in October 2017…

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  May 15, 2019

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  African Development Bank, African women power, AWP Network, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Chad, change, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, development, Ethiopia, Finance, Global powers, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, progress, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Zambia, Zimbabwe

• Apply for the $100,000 Anzisha Prize for Young African Entrepreneurs

  

  The search is on to find Africa’s youngest, most innovative social and business entrepreneurs under the age of 22. Organizers of the Anzisha Prize are calling for more nominations from the public this year to ensure they discover the very best talent on the continent. You must be between 15 and 22 years old with…

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  March 23, 2019

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  Africa, African youths, Ajiroghene Omanudhowo, Aly Abd ElAzem, Andrew Ddembe, anzisha prize, Asha Abbas, AWP Network, Benedict Kusi Ampofo, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, development, Dina Mohamed Ibrahim, Edgar Edmund, Egypt, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fadwa Moussaif, Faustino Quissico, Geoffrey Mulei, Gerald Matolo, Ghana, growth, Heritiana Fabien Randriamananatahina, Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate, Ifrah Mohamed, Ignatius Ahumuza, Innovation, Issam Darui, Jessan Kumar Persand, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Madagascar, Maemu Lambani, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mentorship, Moonga Chowa, Morocco, Mozambique, N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, Niger, Nigeria, Opportunity, progress, Rebecca Andrianarisandy, Satta Wahab, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, Thowiba Alhaj, Uganda, Vicente Zau, Victoria Olimatunde, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yaye Souadou Fall, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• Apply: The 2019 Kuwait Foundation Africa Prize

  

  The “Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sumait Prize” will be awarded annually to individuals or institutions within one of the proposed three fields (Food Security, Health and Education), and has a value of $1,000,000 (One million US dollars). The prize is to be awarded to individuals or institutions who through their research projects or initiatives have made significant advancement within…

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  November 1, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, Ajiroghene Omanudhowo, Aly Abd ElAzem, Andrew Ddembe, anzisha prize, Asha Abbas, AWP Network, Benedict Kusi Ampofo, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, development, Dina Mohamed Ibrahim, Edgar Edmund, Egypt, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fadwa Moussaif, Faustino Quissico, Geoffrey Mulei, Gerald Matolo, Ghana, growth, Heritiana Fabien Randriamananatahina, Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate, Ifrah Mohamed, Ignatius Ahumuza, Innovation, Issam Darui, Jessan Kumar Persand, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Madagascar, Maemu Lambani, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mentorship, Moonga Chowa, Morocco, Mozambique, N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, Niger, Nigeria, Opportunity, progress, Rebecca Andrianarisandy, Satta Wahab, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, Thowiba Alhaj, Uganda, Vicente Zau, Victoria Olimatunde, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yaye Souadou Fall, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• Founder of Infiuss, Melissa Bime Wins 2018 Anzisha Prize

  

  The Mastercard Foundation and African Leadership Academy are thrilled to announce that 22-year-old healthcare entrepreneur Melissa Bime has won the US$25,000 Grand Prize at the 8th annual Anzisha Prize awards gala.  Bime is the founder of INFIUSS, an online blood bank and digital supply chain platform that ensures patients in 23 hospitals in Cameroon have life-saving blood when and where…

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  October 30, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, Ajiroghene Omanudhowo, Aly Abd ElAzem, Andrew Ddembe, anzisha prize, Asha Abbas, AWP Network, Benedict Kusi Ampofo, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, development, Dina Mohamed Ibrahim, Edgar Edmund, Egypt, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fadwa Moussaif, Faustino Quissico, Geoffrey Mulei, Gerald Matolo, Ghana, growth, Heritiana Fabien Randriamananatahina, Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate, Ifrah Mohamed, Ignatius Ahumuza, Innovation, Issam Darui, Jessan Kumar Persand, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Madagascar, Maemu Lambani, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mentorship, Moonga Chowa, Morocco, Mozambique, N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, Niger, Nigeria, Opportunity, progress, Rebecca Andrianarisandy, Satta Wahab, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, Thowiba Alhaj, Uganda, Vicente Zau, Victoria Olimatunde, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yaye Souadou Fall, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, YouthsAfrica

• Meet the Young Entrepreneurs Up for the $100,000 Anzisha Prize

  

  Entrepreneurship is central to Africa’s economic growth and is one of the keys to unlocking job opportunities for young people across the continent. Today, Mastercard Foundation in partnership with the African Leadership Academy (ALA) is pleased to announce that 20 of Africa’s youngest and brightest entrepreneurs will join the Anzisha Fellowship–a lifelong affiliation that will help…

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  October 3, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, Ajiroghene Omanudhowo, Aly Abd ElAzem, Andrew Ddembe, anzisha prize, Asha Abbas, AWP Network, Benedict Kusi Ampofo, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, development, Dina Mohamed Ibrahim, Edgar Edmund, Egypt, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fadwa Moussaif, Faustino Quissico, Geoffrey Mulei, Gerald Matolo, Ghana, growth, Heritiana Fabien Randriamananatahina, Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate, Ifrah Mohamed, Ignatius Ahumuza, Innovation, Issam Darui, Jessan Kumar Persand, Kenya, Lamine Chamsiya, Madagascar, Maemu Lambani, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mentorship, Moonga Chowa, Morocco, Mozambique, N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, Niger, Nigeria, Opportunity, progress, Rebecca Andrianarisandy, Satta Wahab, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, Thowiba Alhaj, Uganda, Vicente Zau, Victoria Olimatunde, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yaye Souadou Fall, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• MasterCard Foundation Invests $500 million to Educate Next Generation of African Leaders

  

  The University of Pretoria (UP) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation (MCF) is delighted to announce MasterCard Foundation Scholarship commencing in January 2019. This scholarship is available for high achieving African students interested in studying at the undergraduate or postgraduate levels. The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program is a 10-year, $500 million global initiative to educate and…

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  June 5, 2018

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  Africa, African Students, African youths, Algeria, Angola, awards, AWP Network, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, business, business support, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, challenge, change, collaboration, Comoros, competition, development, Djibouti, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, girls, growth, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MasterCard Foundation, MasterCard Foundation Scholarship, Mauritania, Mauritius, mobile technology, Morocco, Mozambique, my voice matters, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, program, progress, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, small business, solutions, Somalia, South Africa, strategy, Sudan, support, sustainability, Swaziland, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, University of Pretoria, Western Sahara, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, Zambia and  Zimbabwe.

• Two Days Left to Apply for Startup Nigeria Incubation Program

  

  Startup Nigeria is an intervention of the National Social Investment Program (NSIP) under the Office of the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as part of the program to support private sector innovation hubs for the strategic increase of entrepreneurial and technological capacity across Nigeria. It is a three (3) month incubation program…

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  April 19, 2018

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  Abia, Abuja, Africa, African youths, Anambra, awards, AWP Network, Benue, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Ebonyi, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Enugu, FCT Abuja, girls, growth, idea, Imo, Innovation, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nasarawa, Niger, Nigeria, Plateau, 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, youth unemployment, Youths

• Win €25,000: Apply for the Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East

  

  Applications for the 8th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East are now being accepted. This prize, awarded by Orange, rewards innovative projects based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) which improve the living conditions of people in Africa and the Middle East in fields such as education, healthcare, farming, mobile payments or sustainable…

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  March 1, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Botswana, Bulles Magazine, Burkina Faso, business, business support, Cameroon, Cameroun, Cape Town, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire, Central African Republic, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Democratic Republic of the Congo, development, DRC, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FoodoGraphy, girls, growth, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Conakry, Guinée Equatoriale, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jordan, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, Ma Tontine, Madagascar, Mali, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MedTrucks, mobile technology, Morocco, Morrocco, my voice matters, Nanoé, Niger, Nigeria, Orange Social Venture Prize, program, progress, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tunisia, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Meet Winners of the Orange Social Venture Prize for Africa and the Middle East

  

  For the seventh year in a row, the Orange Group recognizes innovative projects that further development within the region. The objective of the prize is to stimulate entrepreneurial initiatives that use new technologies to meet the needs of people in Africa and the Middle East. Open from February to June 2017, the call for applications received…

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  November 10, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Botswana, Bulles Magazine, business, business support, Cameroon, Cameroun, CAR, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, City Taps, collaboration, competition, development, DRC, education, eFret.tn, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, FoodoGraphy, Génie Edu, girls, growth, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Conakry, Guinée Equatoriale, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jordan, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, Ma Tontine, Madagascar, Majika, Mali, Manzer Partazer, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, MedTrucks, mobile technology, Morocco, Morrocco, my voice matters, Nanoé, Niger, Nigeria, program, progress, Senegal, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tunisia, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths