Tag: young voices

• Join the AWP Network at the ‎2014 Young African Leadership Symposium

  

  A new generation of women and young people throughout Africa are emerging and developing innovative strategies to overcome daily problems at the local and national level. Unfortunately, their combined capacities have not been fully harnessed nor realized. Questions to think about:  Where are the pioneering efforts being made in education, training, and skills development for…

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  October 6, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Fadumo Dayib, Funke Bucknor-Obruthe, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Karen Waweru, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mobolaji Akiode, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: United Nations PEACEApp Competition

  PEACEapp is a global competition organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the United Nations Development Program in collaboration with Build Up to promote digital games and gamified apps as venues for cultural dialogue and conflict management. Additional partners of PEACEapp include GamesForChange and the Institute for Economics and Peace. The competition is…

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  October 6, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, 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

• Join She Leads Africa in Washington D.C.

  

  Diaspora Demo Day is a start-up showcase spotlighting emerging companies and social enterprises focused on Africa and the African diaspora in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The event is a collaboration between tiphub, the African Technology Foundation, and She Leads Africa. She Leads Africa will take (7) start-ups to the showcase and facilitate introductions to…

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  October 5, 2014

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  Africa, African Technology Foundation, African youths, Afua Osei, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, Diaspora Demo Day, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, progress, She Leads Africa, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, tiphub, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Apply: NITDA Software Development Challenge

  

  The NITDA e-SOLVE is organizing its 1st software development challenge. The core objective of this challenge is to empower Nigerian software developers. Entries are invited from all the (6) geopolitical zones. Individual entries will be reviewed by an experienced and unbiased panel of judges. The best entry from each zone will be invited for the finals. Finalists are then…

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  September 24, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, NITDA, progress, small business, Software competition, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Join Dee Poku and the WIE Network in New York

  

  WIE is an innovative global conference that connects established trailblazers with emerging leaders. WIE, which stands for Women, Inspiration and Enterprise launched its first symposium in New York City in 2010. Its dynamic symposiums and salons provide a toolkit for success for tomorrow’s CEOs. At the symposium, you’ll meet with executives, entrepreneurs, potential collaborators and…

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  September 17, 2014

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  Africa, AWP Network, business, business support, change, collaboration, Dee Poku, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, leaders, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, New York, program, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, WIE Network, WIE Symposium, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices

• Apply: West African Clean Energy Business Plan Competition

  

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) through its Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa  (SEFA), the Climate Technology Initiative – Private Financing Advisory Network (CTIPFAN) and the Regional Clean Energy Investment Initiative (RCEII) of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), together with their West Africa CTI PFAN partners are inviting West African entrepreneurs with promising clean…

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  September 17, 2014

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  Africa, African Development Bank, AWP Network, business, business plan competition, clean energy, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, green business, growth, idea, Innovation, marketing, Mary Olushoga, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, The AWP Network, West Africa Forum for Clean Energy, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Apply: The Green Pioneer Accelerator Program

  

  The 2015 Green Pioneer Accelerator program just launched in Kenya and South Africa. This acceleration program targets green entrepreneurs looking to take their innovations to scale in Africa. Are you an entrepreneur working on a highly scalable product or services that mitigates the effects of climate change? Does your business introduce renewable energy sources to market…

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  September 16, 2014

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  AWP Network, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Green Entrepreneurs, Green Pioneer Accelerator Program, growth, idea, Innovation, Kenya, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, South Africa, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Join the AWP Network and Innov8tiv Magazine for a Conversation on Technology

  

                                                       

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  September 15, 2014

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  Africa, African youths, Akaliza Keza Gara, AWP Network, business, collaboration, development, Edel Technology, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ethel Cofie, growth, Innov8tiv magazine, Innovation, Mary Olushoga, Shaking Sun, small business, strategy, techbiz, technology, The AWP Network, Urban tech, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women in Tech, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices

• AWP Network Event: Agribusiness Forum for Women Farmers

  

  The AWP Network worked with women farmers in Taraba State, Nigeria. For this training session, AWP partnered with locally-based entrepreneur Zanau Hassan Maikusuwa, a seasoned farmer and CEO of Farmfields Agro-Allied Services. Zanau Hassan will continue to coordinate and manage the day-to-day activities of the program. The program aims to teach innovative farming techniques through collaborative…

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  September 14, 2014

  Business, Education, Events

  Africa, African women, African youths, agribusiness, agriculture, AWP Network, business, business support, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial skills, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Farmers, Farmfields Agro-Allied Services, farming, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, program, progress, small business, strategy, support, sustainability, Taraba State, technology, The AWP Network, Voices of Women Entrepreneurs, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women farmers, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths, Zanau Hassan Maikasuwa, Zanau Hassan Maikusuwa

• AWP Network Event: From Idea to Execution

  

  Many people have ideas but may not know how to move from idea to execution. The AWP Network hosted this event to teach start-up entrepreneurs in Lagos, Nigeria how to properly execute their vision, move their business ideas forward despite Nigeria’s challenging business climate and more importantly, learn about advantageous strategies on how to proceed with ease.…

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  September 12, 2014

  Business, Education, Events

  Africa, African youths, Africholidays, awards, AWP Network, Ayomide Condotti, Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, business, business support, Clara Ohakim, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, execution, Future Software Resources, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Nigeria Leadership Initiative, Nkem Uwaje, Oreoluwa Somolu, possibilities, small business, strategy, technology, The AWP Network, The Dover Hotel, unemployed youths, Voices of Women Entrepreneurs, W-TEC, WeCyclers, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Women Power, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth unemployment, Youths