Tag: World Bank

• Apply: Vital Voices Global Ambassadors Program

  Our focus will be the ongoing needs and challenges facing women business leaders in the Asia-Pacific region. It will be centered on the theme “Women’s Advancement in Growing Economies” and will underscore the critical function that women in the region can play in moving their nations forward economically, highlighting the role of women as drivers…

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  May 11, 2016

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, American Samoa, Australia, 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, process, program, progress, Samoa, small business, Solomon Islands, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, Thailand, The AWP Network, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, vital voices, Vital Voices Grow Fellowship, VV Grow, Wallis and Futuna, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Hack For Agriculture – Uganda

    #Hack4Ag aims to contribute to the transformation of the agricultural sector and youth engagement in agriculture through technology. The Hackathon is a collaboration between the World Bank’s Agriculture Global Practice (GFADR), the Government of Uganda and the Government of South Korea to develop ICT innovations and entrepreneurship in Ugandan agriculture. The Agriculture Cluster Development…

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  December 18, 2015

  Events

  #Hack4Ag, Africa, African youths, agricultural, agriculture, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Farmers, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, South Korea, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Uganda, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, youth engagement, Youths

• Business Growth Initiatives for Women Entrepreneurs

                 

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  December 8, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business growth, business support, challenge, change, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, collaboration, competition, development, education, Enterprise Development Centre, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, ExxonMobil, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, 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, World Bank, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Arunma Oteh Named Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank

  

  The AWP Network salutes and congratulates Arunma Oteh, who was recently appointed vice president and treasurer of the World Bank. Oteh previously served as Director General of  Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission. In 2014, Oteh was named West African Business Woman of the Year by CNBC at the Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards.  Oteh is also listed as one…

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  July 30, 2015

  Events, Interviews

  advocate, Africa, African youths, All Africa Business Leaders Awards, Arunma Oteh, awards, AWP Network, AWP Network Power List, business, business support, challenge, change, CNBC Africa, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Inspiring voices, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Securities and Exchange Commission, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, West African Business Woman of the Year, women, Women and children, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: Vital Voices Grow Fellowship

  Based on its experience with women business owners around the world, Vital Voices has launched the VV GROW Fellowship Program, a one-year competitive program to support growth-oriented women business owners to take their businesses and leadership to the next level. The program supports women-owned enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle…

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  February 6, 2014

  Events

  Africa, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, change agents, collaboration, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fellowship, growth, idea, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, process, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, vital voices, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, World Bank, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices