Tag: Young Entrepreneurs

• Pitch Your Ideas For a Sustainable Future: Apply for the Phanes Group Solar Incubator Program

  

  Phanes Group, an international end-to-end solar provider headquartered based in Dubai has announced the 2nd edition of its Solar Incubator program, aimed at identifying PV projects of potential in sub-Saharan Africa by providing support to funding, and commercial and technical knowledge. The initiative held under the theme, “Your Project, Our Expertise, For a Sustainable Future”, will…

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  August 7, 2018

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• Startups in Lagos Could Receive a $25,000 Investment from the Honeywell Group

  

  Honeywell Group has launched a new accelerator and investment vehicle, Itanna. Led by Tomi Otudeko, Head, Innovation and Sustainability for Honeywell Group and Director of the new venture, Itanna will roll out a four-month innovation program for tech-enabled Nigerian startups from its newly built Enterprise Factory in Lagos; with its pilot cohort of startups receiving USD…

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  August 7, 2018

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• ENGIE to Build 8 Hybrid Solar Power Plants in Gabon

  

  ENGIE has signed an agreement with CDC, the Gabonese financial institution Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, to deploy eight (8) hybrid solar power plants in Gabon, representing a combined capacity of 2.2 MW. The implemented solution was developed by ENGIE’s subsidiary, Ausar Energy in collaboration with CDC, the Gabonese Ministry of Energy, and the Gabonese energy…

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  August 6, 2018

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• “Innovation in Africa Will Thrive Whether People Support It Or Not,” Founder of cMapIT Nigeria Speaks to the AWP Network

  

  Niyi Abiri is passionate about using open mobile mapping technology to capture citizen-related concerns about government and governance, infrastructure projects, and areas vulnerable to conflict in Nigeria. His company, cMapIT has received global recognition and awards from institutions like MongoDB and Open Data Institute. The AWP Network connects with Abiri to learn more about his…

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  August 6, 2018

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• Venture Garden Group and GreenHouse Capital to Launch Female-Focused Tech Accelerator Program in Lagos

  

  On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 – Venture Garden Group and GreenHouse Capital will launch GreenHouse Lab, a female-focused tech accelerator program and Africa’s first “Powered by Google” accelerator. The event is set to take place at Vibranium Valley in Ikeja. GreenHouse Lab was founded by GreenHouse Capital – a venture capital firm based in Lagos and is…

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  August 3, 2018

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• Facebook and Google Help to Establish the African Master’s in Machine Intelligence

  The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) has announced the launch of a one-year intensive African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (AMMI) in partnership with Facebook and Google. The master’s program will begin this September at the AIMS-Rwanda campus in Kigali. The goal of the initiative is to train a generation of young scientists who will bring a fresh…

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  August 2, 2018

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• Register Your AgriBusiness with AWIEF

  

  This is a call for digital registration of women-owned agribusinesses in Eastern and Southern Africa. This registration will facilitate the development of a digital database for women-owned agribusinesses in Africa, the first agribusiness intelligence network targeting women agri-entrepreneurs. The aim is to create a network of women in agribusiness, increase information flow within women agribusiness…

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  July 30, 2018

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• Attend: Nutrition Africa Investor Forum in Kenya

  

  The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) – an international organization founded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and driven by the mission of a world without malnutrition – is hosting the first-ever Nutrition Africa Investor Forum, to engage and encourage private sector investors to play a key role in improving nutrition across Africa.  The event is hosted in partnership…

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  July 26, 2018

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  Africa, African Business magazine, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, business, business support, challenge, change, childhood malnutrition, collaboration, competition, development, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, food value chain, Forum, girls, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investor, Lagos, leadership, malnutrition, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, nutrition, Nutrition Africa Investor Forum, Nutrition-sensitive capital investments, nutritious, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, SUN Business Network, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Nigerian Startup ScholarX Joins Wise Accelerator and Injini Incubator

  

  Founded by Bola Lawal and Maxwell Ogunfuyi, ScholarX was recently accepted into Injini’s five (5) months edtech incubator program. The program is all expense paid, plus a $50,000 investment during the program. In addition to this, ScholarX is one of five (5) initiatives selected for the 2018-19 WISE Accelerator. The WISE Accelerator will support the five selected edtech…

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  July 17, 2018

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• Introducing Afrimart: B2B E-Commerce Platform

  Afrimart is designed to create new business opportunities for African Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs), general merchants and service providers on the quest for growth and expansion by creating visibility and accessibility to African buyers and suppliers. Afrimart’s e-commerce platform for made in Africa product launched today, offering prospects of catapulting the otherwise less exploited intra-Africa…

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  July 17, 2018

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