Tag: South Africa

• Changing The Ratio of African Girls in STEM: The WAAW Foundation Recognized as a Finalist for the 2016 GEM-TECH Awards

  

  The AWP Network congratulates the WAAW Foundation on being named a finalist for the 2016 GEM-TECH Awards. The WAAW Foundation is a 501(c) non-profit organization whose mission is to empower girls throughout Africa by increasing the pipeline of girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. Unoma Okorafor has made it her life’s mission to increase…

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  October 20, 2016

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  Africa, African girls, African girls in technology, African Women Power Network, African youths, applications, awards, AWELE Academy, AWP Network, AWP Network. change, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Girls education, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nairobi, Nigeria, program, progress, science, small business, software engineering, solutions, South Africa, STEM, STEM Camp for African girls, strategy, support, sustainability, techbiz, technology, technology leadership, The AWP Network, Unoma Odili, Unoma Okorafor, Waaw Foundation, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: $250,000 Mozilla Equal Rating Innovation Challenge

  

  Mozilla just announced the launch of its global Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, a competition which invites contributions on ways to provide unfettered access to the open Internet for anyone across the globe. As part of its initiative, Mozilla is asking entrepreneurs, designers, researchers and innovators to propose creative and scalable ideas for connecting more people…

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  October 18, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, equal access, Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, gender equality, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Mozilla, 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

• The AWP Network Congratulates Winners of the 2016 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition

  

  The AWP Network congratulates winners of the 2016 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition. Winners of the Competition were announced on October 8, 2016 at the Entrepreneurship Summit in Berlin, Germany. Mary Olushoga, Founder of the AWP Network served as a judge for the event. Selected in the Best Ideas Category are: First Prize winner: The Solar Lampurifier…

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  October 11, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Berlin, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Summit, Germany, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, 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, Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition, youth unemployment, Youths

• Join the 2016 African Union Business Expo at MIST Harlem

  

  The African Union Expo LLC, Go Africa Capital LLC, Go Caribbean Inc, and The Go Africa Network Inc. are proud to present the 2nd Annual African Union Expo event to be held in Harlem. The goal of the event is to highlight and reinforce the economic development between the African Union Member countries inclusive of…

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  October 11, 2016

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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, mobile technology, 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

• Want Fresh Groceries in Lagos? Meet the Woman Working Hard to Deliver Them to Your Door

  

  I connect with Saudat Salami at the Bridge Leadership Foundation event in Calabar where she was an invited speaker. Saudat Salami is recognized as one of the pioneers of the online grocery business in Nigeria. Her company, Easyshop Easycook delivers fresh groceries to your door. Saudat is a passionate and innovative entrepreneur who has worked…

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  October 3, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, agriculture, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Easyshop Easycook, ecommerce, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, Lagos Shopping, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Saudat Salami, 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 for the 2017 $150,000 Innovation Prize for Africa

  

  The African Innovation Foundation driver of the Innovation Prize for Africa is pleased to announce the launch of the sixth edition of the IPA awards by calling for applications to the prestigious competition. The competition offers Africa’s top crop of innovators a share in a grand prize of US$150 000 and additional scalable entrepreneurial opportunities. Enterprises…

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  September 29, 2016

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  Africa, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African Innovation, African Innovation Foundation, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, development, education, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovation Prize for Africa, Innovators, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, making a difference, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, my voice matters, Nigeria, oil and gas, Prize, 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: Stanford Seed Transformation Program for African Entrepreneurs

  

    The Seed Transformation Program is a 12-month program in which high-potential leaders are challenged to assess their companies’ vision, redefine their strategies, and make ambitious changes toward exponential growth that will generate new jobs. The Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies is led by Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, and works to help…

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  September 27, 2016

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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, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, Stanford Seed Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Meet 17 African Social Entrepreneurs Addressing Maternal & Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

  

  The healthymagination Mother and Child Program—launched in March 2016 by GE and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship to address maternal and child mortality by supporting African social entrepreneurs operating in the health sector—has taken the first big step toward achieving its objective: selecting the first group of social enterprises that will receive training and…

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  September 23, 2016

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  Access Afya, Adeloye Olanrewaju; Telemed Medical Services, Africa, African youths, Anne Gildea, Ash Lauren Rogers; Nurture Africa, awards, AWP Network, Brian Iredale; Outreach Medical Services, Burundi, business, business support, challenge, change, Charles Kalonga; Lwala Community Alliance, collaboration, competition, development, Dr Segun Ebitanmi; Peach Health, Dr. Daphne Ngunjiri; ayzh, DRC, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, Ghana; Cobby Amoah; PurpleSource Healthcare, girls, growth, Habib Anwar, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Julius Mbeya, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Matthew Rehrig; Village Hopecore International, mobile technology, my voice matters, Natalie Angell-Besseling; Tulip Imaging, Nigeria, Olufemi Sunmonu; SaferMom, Pratap Kumar; Hewa Tele, program, progress, Rwanda, small business, solutions, South Africa, Stefanie Weiland; Live Well Social Enterprise Business, Steve Alred Adudans; LifeNet International, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tyler Nelson; Health-E-Net, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yohans Emiru; The Shanti Uganda Society, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zambia, Zubaida Bai; Health Builders

• Attend: Powering Africa Nigeria Investment Summit

  The Annual Powering Africa: Nigeria Investment Summit will be hosted under the Official Patronage of Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing and with the endorsement of the Bayelsa State Government, the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, the Electricity Commission of Nigeria, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria and the Nigeria…

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  September 22, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, Agric, agriculture, Agrique Africa Investor Mission to Nigeria, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Power Africa, Powering Africa, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, technology, The AWP Network, Welcome2Africa, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Attend: Payments East Africa 2016 Conference

  Banks and telcoms worldwide are rethinking their current business models and sources of revenue in light of Fintech competitors and revolutionary technology. East Africa is a hub for such innovations and Payments East Africa is at the epicentre of this opportunity. Learn how banks can save billions by integrating blockchain security. How telcoms attract millions of customers through…

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  September 22, 2016

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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, 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