Tag: South Africa

• How One Company Defied the Odds and Is Grossing Almost $1 Billion in Nigeria

  

  Nigeria in 1988 — Not a premier investment destination In 1988 Nigeria was not a premier investment destination. Life expectancy for the country’s 91 million people was 46 years; gross domestic product (GDP) was about $23 billion; GDP per capita was about $256; 78% of people lived on less than $2 per day; about 37% of people…

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  December 22, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Efosa Ojomo, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Forum for Growth and Innovation, growth, Harvard, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Noodles, program, progress, Senior Researcher, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tolaram Group, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Founder of AWP Network at Global Entrepreneurship Week in Lagos, Nigeria

  

  Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world’s largest celebration of  innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. The Joan Agha Foundation (JAF) partnered with the Enterprise Development Centre at PAN-Atlantic University to organize Enterprise Women’s Day which took place on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at the Oriental…

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  December 21, 2015

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  Adenike Adeyemi, Adesuwa Onyenokwe, Africa, African youths, Aisha Ahmad, AWP Network, business, business support, change, Chioma Agha, collaboration, competition, development, Diamond Bank, education, Enterprise Development Centre, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Global Entrepreneurship Week, Goge Africa, growth, Henrietta Onwuegbuzie, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Joan Agha Foundation, Kate Henshaw, Lagos, Laila Jean St Matthew-Daniels, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nneka Isaac-Moses, program, progress, Risikat Akiode, Sandra Aguebo, Sandra Aguebor, small business, Sola Babatunde, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, The Lady Mechanic, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurship day, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Looking for African Women Scientists and Technology Specialists

  

  Are you a brilliant young female scientist or technologist doing globally relevant, locally impactful research and/or development?  This application is open to Africans living both on the continent and around the world  in all fields of science, including the social sciences and technology fields. The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an AIMS initiative in partnership with the Robert…

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  December 18, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, Africans, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Next Einstein Forum (NEF), Nigeria, program, progress, research, Robert Bosch Stiftung, scientist, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technologist, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Do You Have An Idea? Apply: GIST Tech-I Competition

  

  Are you a scientist? An entrepreneur? A researcher? An innovator? A student? Are you just someone who has a great idea or a startup company and looking to change the world? Whoever you are, if you have a great idea then Tech-I is for you! Your idea or startup can be an invention, a product,…

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  December 18, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, agriculture, app, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Energy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, GIST Tech-I Competition, growth, healthcare, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Invention, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, product, program, progress, science, service, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Hack For Agriculture – Uganda

    #Hack4Ag aims to contribute to the transformation of the agricultural sector and youth engagement in agriculture through technology. The Hackathon is a collaboration between the World Bank’s Agriculture Global Practice (GFADR), the Government of Uganda and the Government of South Korea to develop ICT innovations and entrepreneurship in Ugandan agriculture. The Agriculture Cluster Development…

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  December 18, 2015

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  #Hack4Ag, Africa, African youths, agricultural, agriculture, awards, AWP 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, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, South Korea, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth engagement, Youths

• Women’s Empowerment Handbook Cover Design Contest

  

    CSW60 will be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14-24 March 2016. For years, thousands of representatives from NGOs and women’s organizations worldwide, as well as interested individuals, have come together with governments to collaborate on women’s issues. The result of this UN session helps advance global human rights for…

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  December 16, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, CSW60, designers, 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, UN Women, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Empowering Entrepreneurs Across Africa

  The second round of the $100m Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program (TEEP) for emerging African entrepreneurs will open January 1, 2016. In 2015, TEEP empowered 1,000 African entrepreneurs – selected from over 20,000 applicants with startup investment, active mentoring, business training, an entrepreneurship boot camp and regional networking across Africa. Entrepreneurs with an average age range…

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  December 11, 2015

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  active mentoring, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, business training, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, empowerment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentoring, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, TEEP, The AWP Network, Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: 2016 VV Grow Fellowship

  

  The VV GROW Fellowship is a one-year competitive program created to support growth-oriented women business owners and help them take their business and leadership skills to the next level. The program supports women-owned enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), to set and achieve business growth…

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  December 11, 2015

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, AWP, AWP Network, business, business support, Caribbean, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, Latin America, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Middle East, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, North Africa, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, vital voices, Vital Voices Grow Fellowship, VV Grow, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: $150,000 Innovation Challenge in Africa

  

  The Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa supports Internet.org’s vision of a connected world. To this end, the goal of the Challenge is to recognize individuals and organizations that are working on internet-based solutions to promote education and economic empowerment in countries throughout Africa. The Challenge will encourage the development of apps, websites and online services…

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  December 10, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, apps, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, economic empowerment, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, online services, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, website, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Procurement Opportunity – Do Business With Arik Airline

    Arik Airline is searching for a designer to help design and produce new uniforms. Ability to handle production is crucial. The contest for a designer will run through 2016 and the selected vendor will be utilized for a period of three (3) years to produce all uniforms for the airline. Arik Air will help…

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  December 9, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, Arik Air, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, designer, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Ijade Egbin Consult, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, production, 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