Tag: sustainability

• African Innovation Foundation (AIF) Announces the 10 Finalists for the Innovation Prize for Africa

  

  The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced the top 10 finalists for its prestigious 2018 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). This year’s call for applications with its theme “African innovation: Investing in Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems” attracted more than 3 000 applications from 52 African countries. Building on the AIF mandate, submissions this year demonstrate significant breakthroughs in ICT,…

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  September 14, 2018

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  Africa, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African Innovation, African Innovation Foundation, African youths, apps, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, development, economic empowerment, education, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovation Prize for Africa, Innovators, Inspiration, Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa, Lagos, leadership, making a difference, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mechanical, Mining, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, oil and gas, online services, Prize, 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

• Apply for Pitched Nigeria and Win a $10,000 Grant

  

  Are you creating a business or running an early-stage company? Pitched addresses two gaps in emerging markets: access to capital and startup quality. While Pitched supplies prize money to its winners, the organization develops startup quality so that founders are more likely to thrive on their own. At the same time, increasing startup quality helps make…

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  September 12, 2018

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  Africa, African girls in technology, African tech, African Women in Technology, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Casablanca, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Demo Africa, development, early-stage, education, Emerging Markets, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, investments, Investors, Job creation, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, my voice matters, Nigeria, partners, Pitch day, Pitched, program, progress, quality, small business, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Attend: DEMO Africa 2018 in Morocco

  Over the last six years, the DEMO Africa conference has traveled through Eastern, Western, and Southern Africa, and launched leading African technologies while showcasing the continent’s evolving entrepreneurial ecosystems and startups. DEMO Africa alumni have built successful Pan-African and global businesses, exported the African entrepreneurial culture and raised significant investments for their ventures. The 7th…

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  September 10, 2018

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  Africa, African girls in technology, African tech, African Women in Technology, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Casablanca, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Demo Africa, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, 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

• “It Is An Exciting Time To Be A Woman Entrepreneur, Especially In Tech” – Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-Founder of PiggyBank.ng Speaks to the AWP Network

  

  Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Piggybank.ng, a company that securely makes saving money possible by combining discipline plus flexibility to enable customers grow and reach their savings target. Prior to starting PiggyBank.Ng, Eweniyi along with her co-founders founded PushCV.com, a platform that connects verified employers in Nigeria with pre-screened candidates. In this…

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  August 21, 2018

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, Africans, awards, AWP, AWP Network, Blackbox, business, business support, CChub, challenge, change, collaboration, computer engineering, Covenant University, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Google for Entrepreneurs, Google Launchpad Africa, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Joshua Chibueze, Lagos, leadership, LeadPath Nigeria, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Odunayo Eweniyi, Olumide Soyombo, Piggybank, PiggyBank.Ng, PiggyStories, program, progress, pushCV, Savings, Savings Bank, small business, solutions, Somto Ifezue, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, twitter, Venture Platform, Ventures Platform, Village Capital, woman entrepreneur, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths

• Society for Africans in the Diaspora (SAiD) to Host the 8th Annual African Diaspora Awards: Nominate Now

  Applause Africa has formally announced its transition from an internationally renowned media platform to an educational institution and network-based non-profit organization, which will now be called Society for Africans in the Diaspora (SAiD). Moving forward, the organization will provide insight, generate ideas, and promote collaboration across the fields of business, culture, arts, education, and policy to address…

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  August 19, 2018

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  ADA Awards, Africa, African Diaspora Awards, African youths, Applause Africa, awards, AWP Network, Babatunde Osotimehin, Bolaji Akinboro, business, business support, Cece Olisa, challenge, change, Christian Epps, Christine Sass, collaboration, competition, Constance Ipoh, Darlene Okpo, Debo Folorunsho, development, Divine Muragijimana, education, Elizabeth Ngoz, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia Habtemariam, Famond Konneh, girls, growth, idea, ImeIme Umana, Innovation, Inspiration, Jaha Dukureh, Ken Njoroge, Lagos, leadership, Lizzy Okpo, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Michael Ikotun, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Richelieu Dennis, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, Ugo Nwaokoro, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: Vital Voices Grow Fellowship for Women Entrepreneurs

  

  The Vital Voices GROW Fellowship is a leading accelerator program for women owners of small and medium-sized enterprises from around the world. The program includes customized business skills training, technical assistance, leadership development, and access to networks to grow their businesses and increase their leadership impact. Through online and in-person trainings, fellows focus on strategy…

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  August 19, 2018

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, American Samoa, ANNpower, ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative, Australia, awards, AWP, AWP Network, business, business support, Cambodia, Caribbean, challenge, change, change agents, collaboration, competition, Cook Islands, development, East Timor, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Federated States of Micronesia, Fellowship, Fiji, French Polynesia, girls, growth, Guam, idea, Indonesia, Innovation, Inspiration, Kiribati, Lagos, Laos, Latin America, leadership, Malaysia, marketing, Marshall Islands, Mary Olushoga, Middle East, mobile technology, my voice matters, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Niue, North Africa, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Pond’s Fellowship Program, process, program, progress, Samoa, small business, Solomon Islands, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Thailand, The AWP Network, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Unilever, Vanuatu, Vietnam, vital voices, Vital Voices Grow Fellowship, VV Grow, Wallis and Futuna, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women leaders, World Bank, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• African Startup Winning! CEO of Sosai Renewable Energies, Habiba Ali Wins UN SDG WE Empower Challenge

  

  The WE Empower UN SDG Challenge is the first of its kind global business competition for women entrepreneurs who are advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals and inspiring entire communities to act to create the world we want by 2030.  The WE Empower Challenge honors five women entrepreneurs, one from each of the five UN…

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  August 19, 2018

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  Africa, African Women Entrepreneurs, African Women Power Network, African youths, Atina and Bagel Bejgl Shop, awards, AWP Network, business, business competition, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, ECOncrete Tech, ECOncrete Tech Limited, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, global business competition, growth, Habiba Ali, Hadeel Mustafa Anabtawi, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Isreal, Jordan, Lagos, leadership, Marijana Savic, marketing, Marta Del Rio Villanueva, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, New York, Nigeria, Peru, program, progress, SDGs, Serbia, Shimrit Perkol-Finkel, small business, solutions, Sosai Renewable, Sosai Renewable Energies, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, technology, The Alchemist Lab, The AWP Network, UN Global Goals Week, UN Region, UN SDG Challenge, vital voices, Wasi Organic, WE Empower, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: AWIEF Business Growth Accelerator Program for Women Entrepreneurs

  

  The Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is hosting its flagship Growth Accelerator Program for 2018, sponsored by Nedbank. AWIEF is currently seeking (25) ambitious, innovative and committed early-growth stage South African women entrepreneurs, from a variety of sectors, looking for support to scale their businesses. Access to finance is the most cited challenge…

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  August 17, 2018

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  Africa, Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, African woman, African women, African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, African women power, African youths, agribusiness, Agribusiness partnership, Angola, awards, AWIEF, AWIEF Accelarator, AWIEF Accelerator, AWIEF Conference, AWP Network, Botswana, Burundi, business, business support, Cape Town, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, conference, development, digital database, digital registration, Djibouti, Eastern Africa, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Events, Fatoumata Ba, girls, Grace Ongile, growth, ICO Conferences & Events Limited, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, intelligence network, Irene Ochem, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Lesotho, Malawi, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, Mozambique, my voice matters, Namibia, Ndidi Nwuneli, Nigeria, Njideka Harry, Obiageli Ezekwesili, program, progress, Rwanda, small business, solutions, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Southern Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Swaziland, Tanzania, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, Zainab Saleh, Zambia, Zimbabwe

• Networking and Dating App, BumBle to Invest in Women Founders

  

  Bumble — a tech company founded with equality in mind, with an 85% female workforce — wants to be part of the solution by launching Bumble Fund to help women largely ignored by the venture capital establishment. Bumble Fund will focus on early-stage investments, primarily in businesses founded and led by women of color and those…

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  August 16, 2018

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, BeautyCon, Bumble, Bumble Bizz, Bumble Fund, business, business support, challenge, change, Cleo Capital, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, equality, Female Founders Fund, female workforce, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, Lagos, leadership, Mahmee, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, networking platform, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, Sofia Los Angeles, solution, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, tech, technology, The AWP Network, Venture Capital, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women of color, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Attend: Investment Showcase for Agribusinesses in Africa

  

  The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) are working with partners across Africa to offer brownfield projects seeking capital investments, the chance to make a showcase presentation to an audience of global investors and financiers. The CRU Africa Fertilizer Agribusiness 2018 Conference is a comprehensive three-day event, centred on how partnership, investment and innovation can boost…

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  August 14, 2018

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  Africa, African Fertilizer, African youths, agribusiness, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, capital, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investment, investor, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths