Tag: strategy

• Apply: 2018 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition

  

  The Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition empowers young entrepreneurs (age 15-35) from around the world to engage in a more peaceful world. Participants are invited to submit their innovative ideas and projects with a societal impact, which champion and implement one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).  The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…

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  March 28, 2018

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  Afghanistan, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Berlin, BHOGIP, business, business support, challenge, change, Cities Controlling App, collaboration, competition, development, Edu-Cell, education, EDUPAY, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Campus, Entrepreneurship Summit, Ethiopia, GadaaUniverse, Germany, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nicaragua, Nigeria, NovFeed, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, UNESCO, United Kingdom, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition, youth unemployment, Youths

• $7 Million Grant Available for Renewable Energy Projects in Africa

  

  Now in its fourth year, the ACF is an innovative US$7 million financial support program designed to provide local power project developers and originators with project development support, technical experience, expertise and funding required to bring their renewable energy projects to life. Access Power, a developer, owner and operator of power projects in emerging markets,…

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  March 28, 2018

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  Access Power, Africa, African youths, All On, anzisha prize, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Department of Energy, development, Dutch development bank, education, Energy Challenge, engineers, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, Funding, Funds, Ghana, girls, Global LEAP Awards, Global LEAP Off-Grid Refrigeration Competition, grants, Green Solutions, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, manufacturers, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Off-Grid Energy Challenge, Power Africa, power project developers, program, progress, Refrigeration, Renewable Energy, Scaling Off-Grid Energy Grand Challenge, small business, solar panels, solutions, South Africa, strategy, students, Sub-Saharan Africa, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, U.S. African Development Foundation, USADF, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Calling ALL Digital Artists

  

  Calling digital artists around the globe! Halcyon and ARTECHOUSE are currently accepting proposals for an augmented reality ‘art hunt’ all over Washington D.C. during By The People: an international destination arts and empathy festival launching June 2018. All forms of digital art–3D environments, 2D/Illustration, Animation, Motion Graphics, Generative Art–are accepted. Through ARTECHOUSE’s uniquely designed app, festival guests will discover…

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  March 27, 2018

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  2D/Illustration, 3D environments, Africa, African youths, Animation, Artechouse, augmented reality, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, digital artists, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Generative Art, girls, growth, Halcyon, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Motion Graphics, 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 unemployment, Youths

• Apply: £25,000 – Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

  

  The Africa Prize encourages ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers from all disciplines to apply their skills to develop scalable solutions to local challenges, highlighting the importance of engineering as an enabler of improved quality of life and economic development. Crucial commercialisation support is awarded to a shortlist of innovative applicants through a (6) six-month…

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  March 27, 2018

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  Achiri Arnold Nji, Africa, Africa Prize, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African youths, Alex Makalliwa, Aline Okello, Andre Nel, AWP Network, Brian Turyabagye, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, development, education, Edwin Inganji, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fredrick Ouko, Ghana, Godwin Benson, growth, Hindu Nabulumba, idea, Innovation, James van der Walt, Joel King’ori Kariuki, Kenya, Kevin Gacheru, Lawrence Ojok, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, Mozambique, Nigeria, oil and gas, Peter Mbiria, Prize, progress, Sesinam Dagadu, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, Uganda, Wilfred Leslie Owen, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Attend: Women In Development Summit Lagos

  The Summit, hosted by Ideation Hub Africa, is a rallying point for women in Nigeria who work for social good and global development across the African continent. It draws together the energetic ecosystem of women in NGOs, International Development Organisations, Foundations, Social Enterprises, Tech Start Ups, Civil Societies, CSR units of Organisations and the Government.…

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  March 27, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Debola Deji-Kurunmi, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, global development, growth, idea, Ideation Hub, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, social good, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women in Nigeria, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Tony Elumelu Foundation Seeks Mentors for Its Business Program

  

  The Tony Elumelu Foundation seeks mentors for its entrepreneurship program. To achieve its goal of 1:2 mentor/mentee ratio at most, we would like to take advantage of your network to recruit additional mentors. Kindly share this link with those you deem fit to mentor and grow the selected African Entrepreneurs – Apply here: Tony Elumelu Mentors…

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  March 27, 2018

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  active mentoring, Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, business training, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Elumelu, empowerment, empowerment fund, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, GEEP, girls, growth, Hafsatu Hamza-Babaji, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, Kaduna, Lagos, leadership, LoftyInc Capital Management, LSETF, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentoring, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Nigeria empowerment fund, program, progress, small biz, small business, SMEs, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Teen Tycoons, TEEP, TEEP program, The AWP Network, Tony Elemelu Entrepreneurial Program, Tony Elumelu, Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Apply: 2018 African Banker Awards

  The African Banker Awards are designed to recognize the reforms, rapid modernisation, consolidation, integration and expansion of Africa’s banking and financial system. Apply here: 2018 African Banker Awards  DEADLINE: March 31, 2018                              

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  March 27, 2018

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  Africa, African Banker Awards, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Celebrate, challenge, change, collaboration, Compete, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, network, 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

• Apply: 2018 Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion (MIT)

  

  The prestigious competition, awarding a total of $200,000 in prizes, was established to discover Africa’s most promising and innovative early-stage start-ups that promote and advance financial inclusion on the continent. The Zambezi application is now open for early-stage African tech start-ups who are furthering financial inclusion in Africa. Applicants will be judged on their ability…

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  March 13, 2018

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  Africa, Africa strategy, African tech startup, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business bootcamp, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, egatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, Legatum, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MasterCard Foundation, 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, Zambezi Prize, Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion

• Apply: FemBioBiz II Accelerator Program in South Africa

  

  The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum in partnership with the NEPAD Southern Africa Network for Biosciences is looking for ambitious female leaders in bioscience-focused businesses who would like to grow their businesses through an accelerator program, and gain regional exposure and access to international markets. The program targets female entrepreneurs with a business involving biotechnologies and…

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  March 13, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWIEF, AWIEF Accelerator, AWP Network, bioenterprise, bioscience, biotech, 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, NEPAD Southern Africa, 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

• Apply: $1 Million African Entrepreneurship Award

  

  The 4th edition of the African Entrepreneurship Award is now open. This initiative aims to support talented entrepreneurs from Africa or Africans in the diaspora whose ideas create jobs and improve lives on the continent. The African Entrepreneurship Award, initiated by its President Othman Benjelloun, shows BMCE Bank of Africa’s ambition to foster entrepreneurship in Africa by…

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  March 12, 2018

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  Abideen Adelu, Achiri Nji, Africa, Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship, African Entrepreneurship Award, African youths, automated processes, awards, AWP Network, Benti Gelalcha, BMCE Bank of Africa, BMCE Group Bank of Africa, business, business support, Cameroon, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, computers, development, digital, education, Enterpreneurs, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Ernie Aylward, Ethiopia, Frederico Peres da Silva, girls, growth, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Jennifer Shigoli, Joyce Kyalema, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, machinery, Mahmud Johnson, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, Mozambique, Murtula Sanni, my voice matters, Nigeria, Omar Kadiri, President Othman Benjelloun, program, progress, recognition, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, uncharted, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths