Tag: Uganda

• Google Expands Its Launchpad Program for African Startups

  

  Google Launchpad Africa is an acceleration program that matches top African startups with the best of Google – its people, network, and advanced technologies – to help build great products. The program, which runs for three (3) months and will operate out of Lagos, will over the next three (3) years provide African startups with over…

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  June 11, 2018

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  accountability, Africa, Africa. Nigeria, African startups, African youths, Algeria, Anita Borg, awards, AWP Network, Botswana, business, business support, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, computer engineering, computer science, Creativity, Developers, development, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, Europe, Firebase, Ghana, girls, Google, Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, Google Launchpad Africa, growth, ICT, idea, informatics, Innovation, Inspiration, Invention, investments, JC Common Award, Kenya, Lagos, Launch, Launchpad Build, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Royal Academy of Engineering, Rwanda, scholarship, Senegal, small business, smallbiz, software development, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, techbiz, Techlaunchpad, technology, The AWP Network, Tunisia, Uganda, UK, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zimbabwe

• MasterCard Foundation Invests $500 million to Educate Next Generation of African Leaders

  

  The University of Pretoria (UP) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation (MCF) is delighted to announce MasterCard Foundation Scholarship commencing in January 2019. This scholarship is available for high achieving African students interested in studying at the undergraduate or postgraduate levels. The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program is a 10-year, $500 million global initiative to educate and…

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  June 5, 2018

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  Africa, African Students, African youths, Algeria, Angola, awards, AWP Network, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, business, business support, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, challenge, change, collaboration, Comoros, competition, development, Djibouti, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, girls, growth, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, marketing, Mary Olushoga, MasterCard Foundation, MasterCard Foundation Scholarship, Mauritania, Mauritius, mobile technology, Morocco, Mozambique, my voice matters, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, program, progress, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, small business, solutions, Somalia, South Africa, strategy, Sudan, support, sustainability, Swaziland, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, University of Pretoria, Western Sahara, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, Zambia and  Zimbabwe.

• Africa Innovation Summit Announces Top 50 Innovations

  

  The Africa Innovation Summit (AIS) today announced the innovators selected from across the continent to exhibit their solutions at the forum, which will take place from 6 to 8 June 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda under the esteemed patronage of His Excellences President Paul Kagame and Pedro Pires (ex-President of Cabo Verde and 2011 Mo Ibrahim Laureate).…

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  May 23, 2018

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  Africa, Africa Innovation Summit, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, Chad, challenge, change, collaboration, Comoros, competition, Congo, development, education, Egypt, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Gambia, Ghana, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, innovation ecosystems, Innovators, Inspiration, Kenya, Kigali, Lagos, leadership, Lesotho, Mali, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Morocco, Mozambique, my voice matters, Namibia, Nigeria, Paul Kagame, program, progress, Rwanda, small business, solutions, Somalia, South Africa, strategy, Sudan, support, sustainability, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Tunisia, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: Innovate Ventures Accelerator in Somaliland – $30,000 Prize

  Are you an early stage start-up based in the Somali region? Are you working at the cutting edge of innovation, or developing a tech-enabled product or service addressing a big local need? Are you passionate about your business idea? The Innovate Accelerator is a 12-week program that comprises mentorship and training by domain experts and…

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  April 10, 2018

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  accelerator, Africa, African youths, agribusiness, agriculture, Almijet, awards, AWP Network, Bilan Baby, Brandkii, Burundi, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, D.R. of Congo, development, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Africa, ecosystem, education, employment, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Farmers, Gender, girls, growth, Hargeisa, idea, Innovate Accelerator, Innovate Venture, Innovate Ventures, Innovation, Inspiration, Inspiring Change, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Malawi, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mentorship, mobile, mobile innovation, mobile technology, Mozambique, my voice matters, Nigeria, PIVOT East, program, progress, Rural Women, Rwanda, SAMS, small business, solutions, Somali, Somali tech, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Startup, strategy, Sudan, support, sustainability, Tanzania, techbiz, technology, Telesom, The AWP Network, training, Uganda, VC4A, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Work in Progress Alliance, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth unemployment, Youths, Zambia, Zimbabwe

• 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

• 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

• Apply: Women in Science STEAM Camp Namibia

  

  There is a strong gender imbalance in STEM. The WiSci Camp aims to bridge that gap through access to education, mentorship opportunities, and leadership training. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Design, and Mathematics. The camp will include a STEAM curriculum led by experts in their fields, as well as leadership development activities…

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  January 24, 2018

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  Africa, African youths, Arts&Design, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethiopia, girls, girls in technology, girlstech, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kenya, Lagos, leadership, Liberia, Malawi, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mathematics, mobile technology, my voice matters, Namibia, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Nigeria, program, progress, Rwanda, science, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEAM, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, Swaziland, Tanzania, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, United States, Windhoek, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women in Science, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths, Zambia

• Apply: Google Launchpad for African Startups

  

  Google Launchpad Africa is an acceleration program that matches top African startups with the best of Google – its people, network, and advanced technologies – to help build great products. If you are building a great business or product in Africa, for Africa we should work together! The program is accepting applications from startups located in:…

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  January 15, 2018

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  accountability, Africa, Africa. Nigeria, African startups, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Creativity, Developers, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Europe, Firebase, Ghana, girls, Google, Google Launchpad Africa, growth, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Invention, investments, JC Common Award, Kenya, Lagos, Launch, Launchpad Build, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Royal Academy of Engineering, small business, smallbiz, software development, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Tanzania, techbiz, Techlaunchpad, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, UK, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• The 2017 AWP Network Power List

  

  Be the change. Be Inspired. Be you. Recognizing (40) African women with powerful, inspiring, and influential voices. Introducing Africa’s leading women!  At the AWP Network, we aim to encourage more African women with powerful voices who will continue to create programs and policies that support the development and growth of African women and girls. Africa’s First…

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  December 4, 2017

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  Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Adaku Ufere, Adenike Ogunlesi, Aishah Ahmad, Almaz Negash, Amarachi Jessyforth, AsoebiBella, AWP Network, AWP Network Power List, Ayodeji Owosobi, Banking, Benin, Bidemi Zakariyau, Blessing Effiom Egbe, Botswana, Britain, Cameroon, Chicago, Chika Uwazie, Dambisa Moyo, Dorothy Njamze, Edu Ene-Okoro, Elizabeth Elango Bintliff, England, Eniola Aluko, Eritrea, Esther Ijewere-Kalejaiye, Eunice Baguma Ball, Funke Opeke, Gail Makenete, Ghana, Glory Edozien, Harvard Law Review, Ilwad Elman, Imelme Umana, Ink Eze, Irene Ovonji-Odida, Itoro Eze-Anaba, Judith Owigar, Justina Etim, Kenya, Lesotho, Linah Mohohlo, Lola Omolola, Marlise Montcho, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, Moiyattu Banya, Molara Wood, Nigeria, Nike Ogunlesi, Nshuti Lucy Mbabazi, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Owosobi, Osayi Alile, Pauline Mujawamariya, Pauline Mujawamariya-Koelbl, Peace Hyde, Phanice Nkwamboka, Polo Leteka, Ruth Oniang’o, Rwanda, Sabetha Mwambenja, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Susan Mashibe, Switzerland, Tanzania, tech, technology, Techwomen Kenya, The African Women Power Network, Toyin Odulate, Uganda, Uneku Atawodi-Ekun, United States, Wendy Luhabe, WimBiz, Zambia

• Women-Owned Enterprises In Uganda Awarded $100,000 to Expand Operations

  

  The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), in collaboration with partners Power Africa and GE,  is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Women in Energy Challenge in Uganda, where only 20% of the population is connected to electricity. Joint Energy and Environments Projects (JEEP) and Conservation and Development Uganda Limited (CODE) will each be awarded…

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  August 29, 2017

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Conservation and Development Uganda, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Joint Energy and Environments Projects, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, offgrid energy challenge, Power Africa, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women in Energy Challenge, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths