Tag: Youths

• She Leads Africa: Empowering the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs

  

  What happens when a University of Chicago – Booth School of Business graduate meets the daughter of one of Africa’s richest men? They start a company.  The AWP Network meet with founders of She Leads Africa to learn more about the organization, the services they provide, and what they are doing to support women entrepreneurs. There…

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  September 22, 2014

  Business, Education, Interviews

  Africa, African women power, African youths, Afua Osei, AWP Network, Belo-Osagie, business, business support, challenge, change, collaboration, competition, Dangote, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, girls, growth, idea, Innovation, Inspiration, Lagos, leadership, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, Olushoga, program, progress, She Leads Africa, small business, solutions, Startup, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, Tony Elumelu, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, women leadership, Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• 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

  Events

  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

  Events

  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

• Apply: Andela Fellowship

  

  The Andela Fellowship is a highly selective, 4-year, paid professional opportunity to work with some of Nigeria’s leading technology companies. The fellowship is a new kind of academic experience. It is like a university, except instead of paying tuition, you earn an income. The initial months of the Andela Fellowship involves immersion training in full-stack…

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  September 16, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African youths, Andela, Andela Fellowship, AWP Network, business, business support, challenge, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, growth, idea, Innovation, marketing, Mary Olushoga, program, progress, small business, solutions, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, training, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• 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

• Apply: Africa Data Challenge

  

  The Planet Earth Institute (PEI) is an international NGO and charity working for the scientific independence of Africa. The organization invites you to be part of the Africa Data Challenge and pitch your ideas for projects that can help translate this agenda to those on the continent. It could be a local student training program, a workshop…

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  September 10, 2014

  Events

  Africa, Africa Data Challenge, African youths, AWP Network, business, change, collaboration, development, education, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, idea, Innovation, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, PEI Unconference, Planet Earth Institute, strategy, support, sustainability, The AWP Network, women and girls, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths

• Apply: Malawi Young Women’s Feminist Leadership Program

  

  Girls Empowerment Network (GENET), MoVe! A Young Women’s Movement for Justice and Development  in partnership with the Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa (OSISA) invites applications to the National Feminist Leadership course scheduled to take place November 3  – 12, 2014. The aim of the course is to enhance the leadership capacities of young women…

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  September 9, 2014

  Events

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business support, collaboration, development, education, Girls Empowerment Network, idea, leadership, Malawi, marketing, Mary Olushoga, my voice matters, National Feminist Leadership, Nigeria, Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa, small business, support, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Youths

• Scholarship for African Students

  

  As of fall 2014, the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) at Georgetown University began offering a full-tuition scholarship for a talented graduate student from sub-Saharan Africa. MSFS is a two-year, full-time graduate degree program in international affairs. Students will take courses in international relations, international trade, international finance, statistics and analytical tools, and…

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  September 8, 2014

  Education, Events

  Africa, African youths, AWP Network, business, business support, Côte d’Ivoire, challenge, change, collaboration, development, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Georgetown, Georgetown University, Ghana, growth, idea, Innovation, Kenya, leadership, Liberia, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, progress, Senegal, solutions, South Africa, strategy, support, sustainability, technology, The AWP Network, women, women and girls, women entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, youth, Youths

• Web Series Launched for Afro-Caribbean Women

  

  Media entrepreneur, Marisa Mitchell recently launched the Brango show – a web series created to inform Caribbean women on various topics pertaining to everyday life. The Brango show will be hosted by Kizzi Belfon, Marisa Mitchell, Noreen Wall and Stephanie Fleary, all of whom are from Grenada. The show will be directed and produced by Chantal Jones. Topics discussed on the show…

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  September 1, 2014

  Events

  Africa, Afro-Caribbean, AWP Network, Brango Show, business, collaboration, education, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Inspiration, Kizzi Belfon, launch series, Marisa Mitchell, marketing, Mary Olushoga, Noreen Wall, solutions, Stephanie Fleary, strategy, support, sustainability, The AWP Network, women, Young Entrepreneurs, young voices, Youths