Tag: Sierra Leone

• Innovation and Health: Grand Challenge to Help Health Care Workers Fight Ebola

  The Grand Challenge for Development aims to generate pioneering solutions to help healthcare workers provide better care in the midst of the Ebola epidemic. This challenge will unite the global community in the quest for ingenious ideas that deliver practical and cost-effective innovations in a matter of months. USAID needs new ideas to help ensure that…

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  October 7, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African youths, AWP, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Ebola, Ebola Grand Challenge, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, growth, Guinea, healthcare, idea, ideas, Innovation, leadership, Liberia, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, small business, solutions, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, USAID, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Apply: 2014 TechWomen program

  TechWomen empowers, connects, and supports the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from Africa and the Middle East by providing them the access and opportunity needed to advance their careers, pursue their dreams, and inspire women and girls in their communities. Through mentorship and exchange, TechWomen strengthens participants’ professional…

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  December 20, 2013

  Events

  Algeria, AWP Network, Cameroon, education, Egypt, girls, Innovation, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mary Olushoga, mentoring, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, techbiz, technology, TechWomen, the Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, women, Yemen, Youths, Zimbabwe

• I Want to Start A Business But I Have NO Money

  

  The AWP Network receives letters and emails from young Africans in various parts of the world asking if it is possible to start a business with no capital. Haleemah, a young woman based in Nigeria writes, “In a situation where the person has an idea, skill, and passion but no capital, what do you suggest that they…

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  November 19, 2013

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Adamu Waziri, Africa, AWP Network, BayRoyal International Limited, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, Bino and Fino, BudgIT, content, content provider, Daniel Osei-Antwi, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Farmfields Agro-Allied Services, Future Software Resources, Gidi_Traffic, Harvard, iConnect project, Innovation, Innovative content, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Nkem Uwaje, Oluseun Onigbinde, Peter Owoeye, possibilities, Rapelang Rabana, ReKindle Learning, Sierra Leone, small business, small business development, WeCyclers, women, Yeigo Communications, Youths, Zanau Hassan Maikasuwa