Tag: technology

• AWP Network Event: Employee by Day, Startup CEO By Night

  

  Most small businesses are started by individuals who work a regular job while launching their startup. It is not always easy to think about starting a new business while working a full-time job, this takes careful planning and excellent time management skills. The question becomes, how do you properly transition from being an employee to…

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  September 11, 2014

  Business, Education, Events

  Africa, Anie Akpe, AWP Network, business, business support, China Mouka, collaboration, Community2Community, conversations, education, Engaged Conversations, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, IBOM LLC, idea, Ijeoma Genevieve Mbamalu, Innovation, Inspiration, Jessica Sosa, leadership, Marie-Yolaine Eusebe, Mary Olushoga, MUIPR, NYC Business Solutions Center, Orobosa Owie, small business, solutions, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Voices of Women Entrepreneurs, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices

• 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

  Education, Events

  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

• How Technology is Making African Fashion More Accessible

  

  Let’s put these numbers into perspective, mobile devices account for 37 percent of our overall website traffic and 23 percent of sales. Of course, technology plays a huge role in enhancing our business process and operations. We were one of the first Pan-African inspired fashion houses to launch a mobile app for iOS devices (iPhones, iPads,…

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  August 29, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  54 Kingdoms, Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, fashion entrepreneurs, Ghana, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kwaku Awuah, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nana Poku, Nigeria, small business, solutions, Startup, startup stories, strategy, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, 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

  Events

  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

• Employee by Day, Startup CEO By Night: Meet the Speakers

  

  Anie Akpe is founder of Innov8tiv magazine and IBOM LLC. She is also Vice President of mortgage operations at Municipal Credit Union where she manages a $575 million portfolio. As founder of IBOM LLC, Akpe aids small businesses around the world, particularly those owned by African entrepreneurs in the Diaspora, guiding business development and leading sound…

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  August 20, 2014

  Business, Events

  Africa, African youths, Anie Akpe, AWP, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, Community2Community, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, IBOM LLC, idea, Ijeoma Genevieve Mbamalu, Innov8tiv magazine, Innovation, Inspiration, leadership, Marie-Yolaine Eusebe, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MUI-The PR Company, MUIPR, Orobosa Owie, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Fashion Entrepreneur Launches Luxury Brand With Kickstarter Campaign

  

  Founded on a mission to create jobs for local artisans in Kenya, fashion entrepreneur Mugo Muna started borawear.com after graduating from Cornell University. Bora Wear is a luxury fashion brand for African men. The company makes one-of-a-kind handmade belts and employs a community of local Kenyan artisans to handcraft each buckle through a sand casting…

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  August 18, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, Bora Wear, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Crowdfunding, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Kickstarter, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mugo Muna, Nigeria, small business, solutions, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, 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

  Events

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

• Apply: Mobile Impact Ventures Program

  The Mobile Impact Ventures Program, Mlab East Africa’s accelerator program for impact ventures with innovative solutions in agriculture, health & water and education, is currently seeking applications for its second cohort. The program supports social ventures for 3 months through a tailor-made acceleration process, which targets the ventures’ business models, technology, and customer development through…

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  August 11, 2014

  Events

  agriculture, AWP Network, business models, East Africa, education, health & water, impact ventures, Mary Olushoga, mLab, technology, The AWP Network

• Innovation and Health: Nigerian Entrepreneur Creates Website to Educate Africans on Ebola

  

  As a direct response to the crisis ravaging through communities in West Africa, and as Nigeria braces for more Ebola cases, medical doctor and techpreneur, Seyi Taylor has created an interactive website to inform and educate the public on the deadly virus. His company, Big Cabal Media recently launched EbolaFacts.com. The site aims to capitalize on the growing…

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  August 8, 2014

  Business, Education, Events

  access, Africa, African youths, AWP Network, Bankole Oluwafemi, Big Cabal Media, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Ebolafacts.com, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, information, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, program, progress, Public Health, Seyi Taylor, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• U.S. – Africa Business Forum: Investments Announced for African Women Entrepreneurs

  

  Caterpillar Foundation announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) to create the first ever AWEP-Women’s Entrepreneurial Centers of Resources, Education, Access, and Training for Economic Empowerment (WECREATE) in sub-Saharan Africa. Caterpillar Foundation and the U.S. State Department are providing $1 million each to create these self-sustaining women’s business…

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  August 7, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, empowerment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Global Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Intel, investments, Investors, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Office of the First Lady, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, training, Walmart, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths