Tag: youth

• Call for African and Diaspora Small and Medium Size Entrepreneurs (SMEs) who want to Grow

  

  The Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) of the African Union Commission invites African and Diaspora entrepreneurs to participate in the Scaling Up Your Business Bootcamp. WHERE: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania WHEN: April 27 – 29, 2019 The Bootcamp offers fifteen (15) African and Diaspora Small and Medium Size Entrepreneurs an opportunity to acquire the tools…

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  March 23, 2019

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• Apply: Stanford Seed Transformation Program for African Entrepreneurs

  

  The Stanford Seed Transformation Program is a 12-month, intensive leadership program for established business leaders which includes four, week-long immersive sessions spread over a six month period. Designed specifically for business owners, the program is delivered in-country (Accra, Ghana) and led by Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty. The goal: is to create a detailed action plan…

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  March 23, 2019

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• Nigeria’s OneFi secures $5mn debt facility from Nairobi-based Lendable

  

  One Finance Limited [OneFi] today announces that it has secured a $5M debt facility for its consumer facing platform, Paylater. The facility comes from New York and Nairobi-based Lendable, a technology-enabled funding provider to African consumer and SME lenders. The debt facility will be used to deploy more loans to Paylater customers, specifically through a…

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  March 11, 2019

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• Jessica Hope, Founder of Wimbart PR tops UK PR Power List

  

  Managing Director and founder of Wimbart PR, Jessica Hope, has been named one of the UK’s leading communications professionals recognized for her work in the African market.  Hope has over 13 years’ experience in public relations and has carved a niche in the pan-African technology PR market, after heading up global communication for IROKO for…

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  March 11, 2019

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• The African Women in Technology Conference Comes to Lagos, Nigeria – Don’t Miss It!

  

  African Women in Technology (AWIT) is a network of women who are creatively redefining the technology space in Africa and are key players in the world’s creative and innovative industries. The African Women in Technology Conference is scheduled to hold at Zone Tech Park in Lagos, Nigeria, from March 29 to March 30, 2019. The yearly…

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  March 5, 2019

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• Celebrate International Women’s Day with IgniteHer

  

    Women often care for everyone else first before taking care of themselves. Join us for a stimulating panel discussion moderated by Chiddy Ukonne, Esq., Founder & CEO of IgniteHer, on what self love means in the professional workplace, how to create boundaries of self love, and pursue the things that set your soul on…

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  February 20, 2019

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  Africa, African Diaspora Investment Symposium, African Diaspora Network, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, Chiddy Ukonne, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Global Fund for Women, growth, idea, IgniteHer, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Issata Oluwadare, Jennifer Gachiri, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Musimbi Kanyoro, my voice matters, Natalya Johnson, Nigeria, program, progress, Silicon Valley, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth

• Celebrate International Women’s Day with the African Diaspora Network

  

  The African Diaspora Network, in honor of International Women’s Day invites you to celebrate, share aspirations and challenges, as the times we are living in require us to intentionally choose unity over division and hope over despair, for only when we are united can we overcome challenges. Dr. Copeland-Carson will open the session with a…

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  February 19, 2019

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  Africa, African Diaspora Investment Symposium, African Diaspora Network, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, Global Fund for Women, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, investments, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile technology, Musimbi Kanyoro, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Silicon Valley, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Founder of AWP Network, Mary Olushoga at the UN

  

  Mary Olushoga, Founder of AWP Network spoke at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Meeting in New York. The event titled ‘Equal Access to Education for all: Gender, Disabilities, Indigenous Peoples‘ took place at the United Nations Plaza, Church Center and was attended by members of the NGO committee on the status…

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  February 16, 2019

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  Africa, African Women Power Network, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, cMapIT, collaboration, competition, Crowd mapping, crowdmapping, Data, data visualization, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Infrastructure, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, mapping, mapping technology, marketing, Mary Olushoga, mobile mapping, mobile technology, MongoDB, my voice matters, Nigeria, Niyi Abiri, Open Data Institute, open technology, program, progress, small business, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, technology, The African Women Power Network, The AWP Network, United Nations, women, women and girls, women empowerment, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth

• CcHUB Expands into East Africa to Launch First of its Kind Creative & Tech Space

  

  CcHUB has launched the ‘CcHUB Design Lab’. The design lab is an unprecedented next step in Africa’s growing tech sector, and is set to become a leading creative space where its multidisciplinary team of product designers and engineers will collaborate with scientists and stakeholders globally, to explore the application of emerging technologies that will solve…

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  February 16, 2019

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, Biomedical center, booking platform, business, business support, CChub, CcHub Design Lab, Celestine Ezeokoye, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, governance, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Kigali, Lade Tawak, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mary Olusoga, mobile technology, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, Public Health, Rwanda, scientists, small business, software engineer, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, tech accelerator, tech ecosystem, technology, technology sector, The AWP Network, Tiketmobile, Tiketmobile Limited, transporation sector, Transportation, transportation accessibility, University of Lagos, WeMove.co, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth

• African Union Scholarship for Refugees and Displaced Persons

  

  The 2019 Scholarship offer is aimed to provide an important opportunity for enhancing the knowledge, professional skills and capacity of refugees and displaced persons; and thereby contribute for sustainable development in Africa. The Mwalimu Nyerere African Union Scholarship Scheme was launched in 2007 with the aim to contribute in the production and retention of high level…

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  February 10, 2019

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  Africa, African youths, awards, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, development, education, Engineering, Engineering and Mathematics, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Mathematics, mobile technology, Mwalimu Nyerere African Union Scholarship Scheme, my voice matters, Nigeria, program, progress, science, small business, solutions, South Africa, STEM, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, young African women, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth