Tag: The AWP Network

• 11 Africans Selected for the Facebook Community Leadership Program

  Facebook has announced the names of 116 people worldwide who have been selected to join the Facebook Community Leadership Program. Around a dozen African community leaders have been selected to become program residents and fellows.  The five (5) participants selected  as community leaders in residence, each will be awarded up to $1,000,000 to fund their community…

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  September 25, 2018

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• Government of Japan and the Austrian Government to Fund Fashionomics Africa Digital Marketplace and Entrepreneurship & Innovation Lab (eLab) Programs

  

  FAPA, of which the Government of Japan is a major donor, along with the Austrian Government and the African Development Bank, will contribute $923,570 and $988,202 to finance the Bank’s Fashionomics Africa Digital Marketplace and Entrepreneurship & Innovation Lab (eLab) programs, respectively. Both programs form key components of the Bank’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy, which invests in high-growth sectors…

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  September 25, 2018

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• Meet the Nominees of the 2018 International Children’s Peace Prize

  

  The prestigious prize is awarded annually to a child who fights courageously to promote the rights of the child. The International Children’s Peace Prize has become a global phenomenon. In 2018, children from no fewer than 45 countries were put forward as nominees. Out of the 121 children nominated, most hail from Kenya (12) and…

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  September 24, 2018

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• Research Project at Stanford Becomes Thriving Startup – Adia Sowho, Managing Director of Mines Nigeria Speaks to The AWP Network

  

  Ekechi Nwokah and Kunle Olukotun founded Mines in 2014. At the time, they were living in Palo Alto where they met for the first time at a mutual friend’s house. Nwokah and Olukotun share similar backgrounds. They grew up in Nigeria and studied computer science while at university. Naturally they clicked and began to discuss…

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  September 17, 2018

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  access, Adia Sowho, Afghanistan, Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, artificial intelligence, awards, AWP Network, Bank of Industry, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, computer science, credit, credit risk, culture, customers, Data, datasets, development, education, Ekechi Nwokah, Emerging Markets, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, financial access, financials, fintech startup, First Ally Capital, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kunle Olukotun, Lagos, leadership, Machine Learning, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mines, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, NYCA partners, Persistent Capital, program, progress, research project, Sahara Investments, Singularity Investments, small business, solutions, South Africa, South America, SouthEast Asia, Stanford, strategy, support, sustainability, talent acquisition, technology, technology leadership, The AWP Network, The Rise Fund, TPG Growth, United States, Velocity Capital, Western technology Investments, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women executives, X/Seed Capital, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Attend: Africa Fintech Summit

  

  The Africa Fintech Summit gathers innovators, investors, policy makers and other key stakeholders in the Fintech sector to discuss technologies transforming finance on the continent, debate regulatory policies, compare best practices, and forge new ventures. The two-day event will feature investor missions from the US, UK, and UAE, an Alpha Expo featuring the most exciting startups…

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  September 17, 2018

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• Introducing the 15 Companies Accepted into Facebook’s Accelerator Program in Lagos

  The teams went through an intensive 1-week bootcamp between the 27th and 31st of August 2018 and have now kicked off their six-month journey to build, modify and optimize their value-driven products. The selected teams will receive up to $20K in equity free-funding, partner credits, mentorship, technical and business support from Facebook and CcHUB.  RoadPreppers: Lara.ng is a…

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  September 16, 2018

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  Africa, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, African Engineers, African Innovation, African Innovation Foundation, African youths, AI Commons, apps, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Chiniki Guard, civil and computing to biomedical, collaboration, competition, Cycles, development, economic empowerment, education, electronic engineering., Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Gricd Agroservices, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovation Prize for Africa, Innovators, Inspiration, Insyt, 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, Plant Doctor, Prize, program, progress, Project Move, Quadron Studios, RoadPreppers, SayPeace, small business, Smart Electricity, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Team Kanji, technology, The AWP Network, Treplabs, Up NEPA;, Vetsark, website, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth

• 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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• 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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• “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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