Tag: South Africa

• Apply: Business Development Program for African Entrepreneurs

  

  Oxfam believes that SMEs have the potential to contribute to sustainable growth through increased employment, higher income and relevant products and services for people living in poverty, particularly small holder farmers, youth and women. To help SMEs live up to their potential, we know they need more than capital alone. Hence, Oxfam provides business development services…

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  August 18, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Oxfam, program, progress, small business, SMEs, solutions, Somalia, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, sustainable growth, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, Vietnam, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: African Women’s Public Service Fellowship at NYU

  

  The African Women’s Public Service Fellowship is made possible by a donation from the Oprah Winfrey Foundation. The initiative aims to expand the opportunity for African women to make an impact in public service in their home countries. Fellowship recipients will commit to return to their home countries at the conclusion of the program with the goal…

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  August 16, 2016

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  Africa, African women, African Women’s Public Service Fellowship, African youths, 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, New York University, Nigeria, NYU, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Foundation, program, progress, Public Service, 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: WAAW Foundation Scholarship for African Girls in STEM

  

  WAAW foundation’s annual scholarship is aimed at supporting need-based African female STEM-focused college education. WAAW Foundation awards annual scholarships to students who demonstrate the need and can prove their status as full-time students in a STEM related course in an African University. Award recipients will become WAAW Ambassadors in their respective communities. Candidates must also demonstrate…

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  August 16, 2016

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  Africa, African girls, African girls in technology, African Women Power Network, African youths, applications, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, 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, solutions, South Africa, STEM, STEM Camp for African girls, strategy, support, sustainability, techbiz, technology, The AWP Network, Unoma Odili, Unoma Okorafor, Waaw Foundation, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Founder of AWP Network to Speak in Calabar, Nigeria

  

  The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF) is a non-governmental organization established in 2011 with the vision “to build generations of young people educated to become compassionate, entrepreneurial and engaged citizens who are empowered to take responsibility for their own lives and for making a difference in the world.” The Bridge Leadership Foundation is pleased to announce its 6th career day…

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  August 9, 2016

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  Africa, Africa Data Challenge Winner, Africa Women Power Network, Africa. Nigeria, African Women Power Network, African youths, AfrikInterns, agribusiness, agriculture, Akachi Nwoke, ARISE News, ARISE News TV, awards, AWP Network, AWP Network photo contest, Bukola Dawodu, business, business support, BusinessDay Nigeria, challenge, change, Chima Michael Oleru, CNN, CNN Startup Africa, collaboration, competition, cosmetics, development, education, emerging, employment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Enugu, Femi Taiwo, Ghana, girls, growth, H.O.P.E Foundation, HOPE Foundation, House of Lords, House of Tara, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, Lord Paul Boateng, makeup supplies, making a difference, Mara Mentor, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Media, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nigerian youth, Palace of Westminster, Photo competition, photo contest, photo essay, pictures, Planet Earth Institute, program, progress, small business, small business grants, Smile and Mobile Tech Blog, solutions, South Africa, Startup, startup stories, stories, strategy, Success Stories, support, sustainability, technology, testimonials, The AWP Network, The Nation, The Nation Nigeria, Unemployment, Visages Parfait, winners, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women farmers, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Apply to Pitch at Diaspora Demo Day

  Diaspora Demo Pitch applications are open to all persons who are 18 years or older with a technology-enabled company based in, focused on or with one or more founders from the continent of Africa, the African Diaspora or of African descent. Applicants may only submit one application per year. The startup must have been launched…

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  August 2, 2016

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

• Finding Opportunity in Northern Nigeria: Female Entrepreneur Sets Up Vocational Training School for Kids

  

  Founded by Hafsatu Hamza-Babaji and located in Kaduna, Nigeria, Teen Tycoons is a vocational training school for children ages 6 to 18.  A 2016 Tony Elumelu entrepreneurship program participant, Hafsatu Hamza-Babaji describes herself as a “skills development specialist.” She says that her company uses practical experiences to facilitate learning. She continues, “students at the school…

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  August 1, 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, Hafsatu Hamza-Babaji, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kaduna, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small biz, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Teen Tycoons, TEEP program, The AWP Network, Tony Elumelu, Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Apply: Graça Machel Scholarship for Mozambican Women

  

  The Graça Machel Scholarship For Mozambican Women for Master’s study in South Africa in 2017. The Graça Machel SASOL scholarship includes: tuition fees paid in full, a stipend to cover living expenses, medical insurance for scholars studying in South Africa, and travel allowance to cover the cost of flights.  In 2017, we will make awards under the following priority areas: 1.…

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  July 31, 2016

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business support, challenge, change, Civil, collaboration, competition, development, Drilling Engineering, education, Engineering and Mathematics, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Graça Machel SASOL scholarships, Graca Machel, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mechanical Engineering, mobile technology, Mozambican, Mozambique, my voice matters, Nigeria, Petroleum, program, progress, Reservoir Engineering, scholarships, science, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Meet the Female Carpenter Who Designed Lagos State Deputy Governor’s Conference Room

  

  In many parts of the world, carpentry is a male-dominated profession. At the AWP Network we were excited to connect with Mesturah Shittu, founder of Turahafrique Interiors. Mesturah is not only a mentee to AWP Network founder, Mary Olushoga, she is also a carpenter. Mesturah and her team were responsible for  re-designing the Lagos State…

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  July 12, 2016

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Carpenters, carpentry, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, female carpenters, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mesturah Olafenwa, Mesturah Shittu, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Turahafrique, Turahafrique Interiors, University of Lagos, women, women and girls, women carpenters, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: STEM Immersion Program for Secondary School Girls

  

  The application period for the 2016 WAAW foundation summer camp, a week-long, fun, hands-on STEM immersion program for secondary school girls, is now open. Working to Advance STEM Education for African Women (WAAW) foundation is hosting forty (40) secondary school girls for a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) camp designed to inspire African girls to…

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  July 11, 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

• Founder of AWP Network Featured in The Nation Nigeria

  

  A mix between public relations consultancy and small business development service, Olushoga’s platform shares startup stories of entrepreneurs, organizes events, webinars and clinics, and creates opportunities to connect with business experts in marketing, technology and human resources fields, for example. She mentors and inspires youths to maximize their potential. The AWP Network is an internationally…

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  July 11, 2016

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  Africa, Africa Data Challenge Winner, Africa Women Power Network, Africa. Nigeria, African youths, AfrikInterns, agribusiness, agriculture, ARISE News, ARISE News TV, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, BusinessDay Nigeria, challenge, change, Chima Michael Oleru, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Femi Taiwo, girls, growth, H.O.P.E Foundation, HOPE Foundation, House of Lords, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, Lord Paul Boateng, Mara Mentor, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Media, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Palace of Westminster, Planet Earth Institute, program, progress, small business, Smile and Mobile Tech Blog, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, The Nation, The Nation Nigeria, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women farmers, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths