Tag: Nigeria

• Attend the Women4Africa Awards

  The 4th Annual Women4Africa™ Awards UK will take place on Saturday, May 9th at The Great Hall, Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX. The AWP Network congratulates all nominees and award winners.          

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  April 24, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, Tola Onigbanjo, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women4Africa, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Graça Machel Named 2015 Skoll Global Treasure

  

  The AWP Network salutes and congratulates Graça Machel who was recently honored with the 2015 Skoll Global Treasure Award. Machel is a Mozambican politician, humanitarian, former first lady of South Africa and an international advocate for women’s and children’s rights. Read more here                            

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  April 24, 2015

  Events, Interviews

  advocate, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Graca Machel, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jeff Skoll, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, women, Women and children, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Attend the Women of West Africa Entrepreneurship Festival

  The WOWe 2015 Conference provides a high-level networking platform that connects the most influential women entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and dialogue on issues related to entrepreneurship and leadership. WHEN: June 25 – 26, 2015 WHERE: Landmark Convention Centre, Lagos Register here: WOWE Festival Have questions? Email: simphiwe.tshabalala@montex.co.uk                    

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  April 24, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, conference, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Conference, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, Landmark Convention Centre, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, possibilities, program, progress, small business, solutions, Speakers, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, Tori Abiola, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women of Women Africa, WoWe Conference, Wowe Festival, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• The Society of African Ladies Who Brunch Raising Funds for Girls in Liberia

  

  Led by South African entrepreneur Roxsanne Dyssell, the Society of African Ladies who Brunch are a New York City based organization of diaspora women who meet for brunch to connect, support, and inspire one another. Ten (10) members of the society will participate in Mudderella, a 5-mile muddy obstacle course in New York to raise funds for two nonprofit…

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  April 22, 2015

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  Africa, African Ladies who Brunch, African Women Power Network, African youths, AWP Network, Brunch, business, business support, campaign, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, development, Ebola, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, fundraising, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, More than Me Girls School, Mudderella, my voice matters, New York City, Nigeria, NYC Brunch, Orphans, program, progress, Roxsanne Dyssell, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, The Franciscan Works Liberian Mission School, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• PitchFest: Are You An Educational Innovator?

  

  Do you have a game-changing idea in education? How about a solution that can improve the lives of millions of people? The Africa-America Institute will host its first-ever PitchFest during the 2nd Annual State of Education in Africa conference. This innovative competition will explore cutting-edge ideas, tools, information and technologies that can help bring about a…

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  April 17, 2015

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  Africa, Africa-America Institute, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, 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, Nigeria, PitchFest, 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: $40,000 For Innovative Solutions to Local Challenges

  

  Applications are now open for the #cocreateSA Fund, which is offering ZAR500,000 (US$40,000) in projects combining Dutch and South African knowledge providing innovative solutions to local challenges. The fund is aimed to assist Dutch and South African partnerships to develop and implement collaborative projects in the sectors such as agriculture & food, energy, life sciences & health, logistics and…

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  April 10, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, cocreateSA, collaboration, competition, development, Dutch, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, Lagos, leadership, 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, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: Pivot East 2015

  

  PIVOT EAST is East Africa’s premier mobile startups pitching competition held annually since 2011. It is an m:lab East Africa initiative set to amplify and consolidate the gains of East Africa’s Mobile developer and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Participating startups must be domiciled in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, or DR Congo. Objectives of PIVOT…

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  April 10, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, DR Congo, East Africa, ecosystem, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile, mobile innovation, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Rwanda, small business, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, techbiz, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• What Does the Scientific Independence of Africa Mean?

  

  Mary Olushoga, of the AWP Network and one of the Africa Data Challenge winners, explains what African scientific independence means to her.                    

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  April 8, 2015

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, awards, 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, Nigeria, Planet Earth Institute, program, progress, Scientific Independence of Africa, 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: Huawei-She Leads Africa Fellowship

  The Huawei-She Leads Africa Fellowship will provide female tech entrepreneurs from across Africa the opportunity to visit China and receive a behind the scenes experience at the technology giant. Fellows will be able to network with peer entrepreneurs and develop relationships with investors and companies interested in doing business in Africa. The trip will take place…

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  April 8, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, China, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, Huawei Fellowship, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Investors, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, SheLeadsAfrica, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, tech entrepreneurs, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Founder of the AWP Network on How to Improve the Lives of Women Farmers

  

  “It’s about creating an ecosystem and putting women farmers in the supply chain of how agriculture is done specifically in Nigeria.” Africa Data Challenge Winner Mary Olushoga – Helping Nigerian women farmers become entrepreneurs Co-winner of the Planet Earth Institute’s Africa Data Challenge, Mary Olushoga is the founder of AWP Network. In this interview, she…

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  April 7, 2015

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, agriculture, agropreneurs, awards, AWP Network, AWP Network Agropreneur, AWP Network The African Women Power Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Farmers, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Planet Earth Institute, program, progress, public policy, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Taraba State, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women farmers, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, Zanau Hassan Maikasuwa