Tag: progress

• Join She Leads Africa in Washington D.C.

  

  Diaspora Demo Day is a start-up showcase spotlighting emerging companies and social enterprises focused on Africa and the African diaspora in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The event is a collaboration between tiphub, the African Technology Foundation, and She Leads Africa. She Leads Africa will take (7) start-ups to the showcase and facilitate introductions to…

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  October 5, 2014

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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, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, progress, She Leads Africa, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, tiphub, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: WEPs CEO Leadership Award 2015

  

  The Leadership Award of the Women’s Empowerment Principles – Equality Means Business (WEPs) is a partnership initiative of UN Women and the UN Global Compact, which seeks to recognize business leaders for their exceptional championship of gender equality and support for the 7 Principles. Nominations are now open for the prestigious 2015 WEPs CEO Leadership…

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  October 1, 2014

  Events

  Africa, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, gender equality, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, Leadership awards, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, The AWP Network, UN Women, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women’s Empowerment Principles, Young Entrepreneurs

• Apply: Women in Business Mentoring Program

  

  The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women selects and matches women entrepreneurs and mentors from around the world to join their prestigious year-long mentoring program. Mentors are men and women from diverse sectors who give 2 hours a month to support a woman entrepreneur. Mentees are women from developing or emerging economies who have a passion for…

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  September 26, 2014

  Events

  AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Cherie Blair, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, collaboration, competition, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs

• Apply: NITDA Software Development Challenge

  

  The NITDA e-SOLVE is organizing its 1st software development challenge. The core objective of this challenge is to empower Nigerian software developers. Entries are invited from all the (6) geopolitical zones. Individual entries will be reviewed by an experienced and unbiased panel of judges. The best entry from each zone will be invited for the finals. Finalists are then…

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  September 24, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, NITDA, progress, small business, Software competition, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• She Leads Africa: Empowering the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs

  

  What happens when a University of Chicago – Booth School of Business graduate meets the daughter of one of Africa’s richest men? They start a company.  The AWP Network meet with founders of She Leads Africa to learn more about the organization, the services they provide, and what they are doing to support women entrepreneurs. There…

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  September 22, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, African women power, African youths, Afua Osei, AWP Network, Belo-Osagie, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Dangote, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Olushoga, program, progress, She Leads Africa, small business, solutions, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tony Elumelu, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women leadership, Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Apply: $100,000 ONE Africa Award

  

  Does your organization work to advance the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) in Africa? Can its results be an example of what the Post 2015 MDGs should achieve at scale? If answers to both questions are yes, then the ONE Award is looking for you. The ONE Africa Award aims to recognize, reward, and advance the…

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  September 21, 2014

  Events

  Africa, AWP Network, business, business support, collaboration, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, marketing, Mary Olushoga, ONE Africa Award, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs

• Apply: Andela Fellowship

  

  The Andela Fellowship is a highly selective, 4-year, paid professional opportunity to work with some of Nigeria’s leading technology companies. The fellowship is a new kind of academic experience. It is like a university, except instead of paying tuition, you earn an income. The initial months of the Andela Fellowship involves immersion training in full-stack…

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  September 16, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African youths, Andela, Andela Fellowship, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, marketing, Mary Olushoga, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, training, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• AWP Network Event: Agribusiness Forum for Women Farmers

  

  The AWP Network worked with women farmers in Taraba State, Nigeria. For this training session, AWP partnered with locally-based entrepreneur Zanau Hassan Maikusuwa, a seasoned farmer and CEO of Farmfields Agro-Allied Services. Zanau Hassan will continue to coordinate and manage the day-to-day activities of the program. The program aims to teach innovative farming techniques through collaborative…

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  September 14, 2014

  Business, Education, Events

  Africa, African women, African youths, agribusiness, agriculture, AWP Network, business, business support, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial skills, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Farmers, Farmfields Agro-Allied Services, farming, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, strategy, support, sustainability, Taraba State, technology, The AWP Network, Voices of Women Entrepreneurs, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women farmers, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths, Zanau Hassan Maikasuwa, Zanau Hassan Maikusuwa

• Scholarship for African Students

  

  As of fall 2014, the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) at Georgetown University began offering a full-tuition scholarship for a talented graduate student from sub-Saharan Africa. MSFS is a two-year, full-time graduate degree program in international affairs. Students will take courses in international relations, international trade, international finance, statistics and analytical tools, and…

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  September 8, 2014

  Education, Events

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Georgetown, Georgetown University, Ghana, growth, idea, Innovation, Kenya, leadership, Liberia, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, progress, Senegal, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Impact Investment Competition for Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs

  The 13th WIMBIZ Annual Conference themed Nigeria Rising: Accelerating Transformation will feature a nationwide pre-conference competition for young Nigerian women. The competition is designed to support outstanding start-up businesses owned by young Nigerian female entrepreneurs to ensure their success and sustainability. The competition which is open to women between the ages of 21-30.      …

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  August 28, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, progress, small business, The AWP Network, WimBiz, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs