Tag: young voices

• Founder of AWP Network Features on Smile & Mobile Tech Blog

  

    Read the interview here: Smile and Mobile                 

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  August 5, 2015

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• 50,000 Euros Up for Grabs

  The Siemens Stiftung is looking for low technological solutions or products with business potential for basic supply problems in developing and emerging countries. The “empowering people award” is addressed to any individual, team, organization or enterprise from any region in the world. The products or solutions have to already be in use. The aim of…

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  August 3, 2015

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  Africa, African Innovation, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Innovation Prize for Africa, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, making a difference, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Siemens Stiftung, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: $150,000 Innovation Prize for Africa

  

  Are you an African groundbreaker? Can you innovate for positive change? Do you want to be part of the growing innovation movement in Africa? Does your innovation boast the “Made in Africa” brand? If your answer is YES to the above, then you are invited to participate in the Innovation Prize for Africa. The IPA is…

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  August 3, 2015

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• WeCyclers Wins Case Foundation Pitch For Lagos Competition

  

  The AWP Network salutes and congratulates Wecyclers on winning the 2015 Pitch For Lagos competition, an event chaired by Steve Case, co-founder of America Online (AOL) and founder of the Case Foundation. Wecyclers is a response to local waste issues in Lagos, where only 40 percent of the city’s garbage is collected. The World Bank also estimates that only…

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  July 30, 2015

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  accessibility, Africa, African youths, Arnold Schwarzenegger, AWP Network, Bilikiss Adebiyi, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, Bilikiss Kola-Abiola, business, business support, Case Foundation, CChub, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, developing countries, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, Nigeria, Pitch For Lagos competition, progress, small business, solutions, Steve Case, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainia Award, technology, The AWP Network, waste, WeCyclers, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Attend: African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum

  

  The African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) was created to sustain discussions on the role African women play in shaping the continent’s economic future, exploring the challenges they face starting, growing or scaling a business, and helping to find solutions. WHEN: September 7 – 9, 2015 WHERE: Lagos Oriental Hotel, Nigeria Register here: AWIEF        …

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  July 30, 2015

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  Africa, African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Apply: Single Board Challenge

  

  The ITU Telecom World Young Innovators Competition and Intel are looking for entrepreneurs with innovative ideas to apply the latest generation of single board computers and controllers to social causes. These solutions can be based on tools such as Intel Edison and Intel Galileo, applied in the form of wearables, embedded devices, Internet of Things…

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  July 30, 2015

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• 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

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• Apply: $100,000 ONE Africa Award

  

  The 2015 ONE Africa Award recognizes Africa-driven; Africa led advocacy efforts that have demonstrated success at community, national or regional level. The award aims to recognize, reward, and advance the exceptional work of organizations, founded by Africans and based in Africa, dedicated to helping Africa achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The $100,000 award will bring recognition to innovative…

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  July 28, 2015

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  advocacy, Africa, Africa-driven, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, ONE Africa Award, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices

• Apply: GEM-TECH Awards 2015

  

  UN Women and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) announce the launch of the 2015 Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in Technology (GEM-TECH) Awards nominations. This year, the global community commits to a new UN framework for sustainable development for the next 15 years and in the current draft, the use of ICTs is included as an…

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  July 28, 2015

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Beijing Platform for Action, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, content, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, equality, GEM Tech, GEM-TECH Awards, Gender, Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in Technology, girls, growth, ICT, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, International Telecommunications Union, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile applications, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, tech, technology, The AWP Network, UN Women, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: Founder of Ayo Naledi Designs Talks to the AWP Network

  

  The AWP Network met with Ayo Agunbiade, founder of Ayo Naledi designs, a handmade fine jewelry design company to learn more about what inspired her to start her business and how she plans to grow. How did you come up with the name of your business? Years ago, while watching a television show, I heard the name…

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  July 14, 2015

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  Africa, African women, African youths, AWP Network, Ayo Agunbiade, Ayo Naledi, Ayo Naledi designs, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, design, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, jewelry, jewelry design, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, Olushoga, program, progress, small business, smallbiz, solutions, South Africa, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths