Tag: South Africa

• Apply: 2015 Grindstone Accelerator Program

  

  The South Africa-based Grindstone Accelerator program by Knife Capital is now accepting applications. Knife Capital is a growth equity fund manager and advisory firm that focuses on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction. Its accelerator program, Grindstone, sets out to support 10 companies annually with relevant networks, gap analysis, business support, coaching, and funding. Companies applying to…

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  October 30, 2014

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• Serial Entrepreneur, Rapelang Rabana Wins Big at the World Entrepreneurship Forum

  

  Rapelang Rabana won the Young Entrepreneur Award at the at the 2014 World Entrepreneurship Forum. Chosen by Forbes as one of Africa’s Best Young Entrepreneurs, and listed on the ‘O Power List’ by The Oprah Magazine, Rapelang Rabana is one of Africa’s success stories. More recently, Rapelang started an innovative technology-driven education company seeking to…

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  October 22, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, program, progress, Rapelang Rabana, ReKindle Learning, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Entrepreneurship Forum, Young Entrepreneur Award, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: Vodafone Mobile App Competition

  This competition is only open to citizens of, or those permanently residing in Ghana, India, Kenya, or South Africa and have developed (or can you develop) an app in one of iOS, Android, J2ME, or WP8. appStar is an annual developer contest organized by Vodafone, for developers across several countries on the African and Asian continent, to promote…

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  October 13, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, appStar, Asia, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ghana, growth, idea, India, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile, mobile technology, my voice matters, program, progress, small business, smallbiz, solutions, South Africa, strategy, sustainability, techbiz, technology, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: The Green Pioneer Accelerator Program

  

  The 2015 Green Pioneer Accelerator program just launched in Kenya and South Africa. This acceleration program targets green entrepreneurs looking to take their innovations to scale in Africa. Are you an entrepreneur working on a highly scalable product or services that mitigates the effects of climate change? Does your business introduce renewable energy sources to market…

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  September 16, 2014

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• 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

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  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

• MobileWeb in Africa: App Developer Competition

  Are you a top app developer? The fifth edition of the most interactive mobile focused event in Sub-Saharan Africa, returns to Johannesburg on the 10th & 11th of September. AppCircus brings together a global community of app developers through events and an online incubation platform. In only 3 years, AppCircus has organized more than 100…

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  August 27, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, app competition, AWP Network, business, challenge, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, mobile, Mobile Web in Africa, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, tech, technology, The AWP Network, women developers, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Attend: Tech4Africa Conference in Cape Town

  The annual Tech4Africa conference will take place in Cape Town. Tech4Africa focuses on deep technical workshops and sessions for practitioners who impart knowledge, perspective, African context, and inspiration. The conference places emphasis on learning, interaction, engagement, and discussion – a place for new ideas, and to encourage people to make and change things.   Want to…

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  August 12, 2014

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  AWP Network, business, Cape Town, Mary Olushoga, South Africa, Tech4Africa, technology, The AWP Network

• Sharefair 2014: Inspiring Change for Rural Women

  

  The Sharefair 2014 on Rural Women’s Technologies to Improve Food Security, Nutrition and Productive Family Farming invites submissions of technologies and innovations that support rural female smallholder farmers. Eligible Countries: Burundi, D.R. of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. The objectives expected to…

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  July 1, 2014

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• Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: 15 Lessons for Entrepreneurs

  

  For the past 15 years, I have worked with entrepreneurs – as a member of the Management team at Alder Consulting. I have had ringside seats at management tables and gained incredible perspectives on how to run an enterprise at an operational level. I have learned that to grow a credible organization beyond a one-man…

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  June 26, 2014

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• The AWP Network at the Crans Montana Forum

  

  Founder of the AWP Network, Mary Olushoga attended the Crans Montana Forum in Brussels where she was selected as a ‘New Leader for Tomorrow.’ The event brought together Heads of State, Ministers, International Organizations, MPs and Businesses from Europe, Africa, the Arab world, Central Asia, South America, and Far East. The event in Brussels also…

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  June 12, 2014

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  Africa, Angola, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, Congo, Crans Montana Forum, development, economic empowerment, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, 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, Youths, Zimbabwe