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The 2014 AWP Network Power List
WeCyclers Wins Case Foundation Pitch For Lagos Competition
Attend: African Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum
Apply: Single Board Challenge
Arunma Oteh Named Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank
Apply: $100,000 ONE Africa Award
Apply: GEM-TECH Awards 2015
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: Founder of Ayo Naledi Designs Talks to the AWP Network
Tech Entrepreneurs Selected For Huawei - She Leads Africa Fellowship
Join Leading Ladies Africa in Lagos
Apply for a Chance to Experience the SME Environment in Eastern Africa
Young African Women Entrepreneurs Offer Advice on How to Start a Business With No Money
Attend: The Miss Culture Intercontinental Pageant
I Started My Business with $40, You Can Too!
Facilitator of Business Resources
WAAW Foundation: Working to Advance STEM Education for African Girls
SheLeads Africa Launches 2015 Entrepreneur Showcase
"I Am On Mission To Create More African Superhero Comics" - Roye Okupe talks to the AWP Network
Apply: Akilah Institute For Women
Attend the Women4Africa Awards
Graça Machel Named 2015 Skoll Global Treasure
Attend the Women of West Africa Entrepreneurship Festival
The Society of African Ladies Who Brunch Raising Funds for Girls in Liberia
PitchFest: Are You An Educational Innovator?
Founder of the AWP Network Listed Among Most Influential Women in Nigeria
Apply: $40,000 For Innovative Solutions to Local Challenges
Apply: Pivot East 2015
What Does the Scientific Independence of Africa Mean?
Apply: Huawei-She Leads Africa Fellowship
Founder of the AWP Network on How to Improve the Lives of Women Farmers
AWP Network Entrepreneur Features on CNN Startup Africa
Founder of the AWP Network to Receive Award at the House of Lords, Palace of Westminster
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: Farmer Means Business
Apply: 2015 AWiB Women of Excellence (WOE) Award
Apply: 2015 MILEAD Fellowship for African Girls
Apply: 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year Competition
Workistry.com To Host Online Job Fair
AWP Network Partners With the H.O.P.E Foundation to Train Secondary School Students
Know A Child Changing The World?
Do You Have An Idea? Apply: GIST Tech-I Competition
Apply: Google’s 2015 Science Fair
Attend: Women In The World New York Summit
Women’s World Banking Introduces Africa Advisory Council
Do You Have A Game-Changing Idea? $100,000 Available For African Entrepreneurs
Friends Africa Remains Committed to Women and Girls
Join Mara Mentor in Lagos for Social Media Week
Join the AWP Network for Social Media Week
Join the AWP Network for Social Media Week
$80,000 In Grants Available for African Entrepreneurs
Apply: Google Digital Business Manager Training
Andela Launches Bootcamp for Nigerian Women In Tech
Forbes Contributor Set to Launch Twitter Chat for Entrepreneurs
W.TEC Technology Camp for African Girls
Apply: Vital Voices Grow Fellowship for Women Entrepreneurs
My Voice Matters: Nigerian Film Entrepreneur Lends Her Voice To The Upcoming Elections
Apply: Ernst & Young Southern Africa World Entrepreneur Award
My Personal Experience In The Workplace Inspired Me To Start This Company - Founder of WIE Launches Kickstarter Campaign
Are You Tech Savvy? Apply for the Hack Jozi Challenge
Apply: ANNpower Vital Voices Girl Initiative
Apply: Google’s Computer Science Summer Institute
Join the Inclusive Business Accelerator Bootcamp
Have a New Tech Idea? Want to Scale Across Africa?
"I Am On A Mission to Make Nigerian Youths Employable" - Gbenga Sesan talks to the AWP Network
Apply: 2015 Africa CEO Forum Award
Apply: 2015 Cartier Women’s Initiative Award
Planet Earth Institute Invests in the AWP Network Agropreneur Project
AWP Network Partners With the WAAW Foundation to Support African Girls in STEM
Apply: 2015 TechWomen Program
In 2015, Be Unreasonable
Audu Maikori On What It Takes To Start A Record Label In Nigeria
Apply: 2015 Tech Awards
Apply: 2015 Sustainia100 - Sustainable Solutions
Apply: Harambe Alliance
IBM Announces Global Entrepreneur Program for Cloud Startups
Award-Winning Director Launches Talk Show for African Entrerpreneurs
The 2013 AWP Network Power List
Finding Success in Brazil: South African Entrepreneur Tells Her Story
Vogue Italia Calling African Fashion Entrepreneurs
Young Nigerian Develops Mobile App to Help Increase Civic Participation in the U.S.
Join She Leads Africa and TipHub for Diaspora Demo Day
You Are Invited to the Christopher Kolade Symposium
Founder of the AWP Network, Mary Olushoga Wins Africa Data Challenge
Apply: The YouCAN Pitch Competition
Celebrate Women's Entrepreneurship Day in Nigeria With WOWE and Access Bank
5 Things Entrepreneurs Need to Have
South Africa’s Small Business Minister Launches Startup Nations Initiative
7 Tips for Young Women in Business: Founder of WIE Offers Advice
Starting My Business Was About Solving a Problem
Want to Start a Business? Enterprise Bank wants to Fund your Idea
Lagos-based Company WeCyclers Wins 2014 Sustainia Award
Apply: 2015 Grindstone Accelerator Program
8 Quotes from African Women Entrepreneurs at the CUNY Young African Leadership Symposium
5 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Start a Business
Apply: Yale Young African Scholars Program
Nigeria’s Minister of Communication Technology Wins GEM Tech Award
Funke Michaels Hosts Entrepreneurs Roundtable at CUNY
Young Nigerian Techies Encourage More Girls to go Into STEM Fields
Arunma Oteh Named West African Business Woman of the Year
Serial Entrepreneur, Rapelang Rabana Wins Big at the World Entrepreneurship Forum
AWP Exclusive: Pictures from the Women & Girls Summit
Nigeria's First Lady Convenes Women & Girls Summit
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: What Nigerian Women Need
The AWP Network Honored at the Nigeria Centenary U.S Awards
Need Money to Jumpstart Your Business Idea? Apply for the Cheetah Fund
African Entrepreneur Launches Empowerment Fund
Top 7 Branding Mistakes Businesses Should Avoid
Entrepreneur Creates Fellowship for African students at Harvard
Innovations for Youth Employment in Africa
Apply: MTN Ghana Mobile App Challenge
Join the Lagos Build-a-thon with ALN Ventures
Apply: FARA Africa Student Essay Competition
Apply: Coder4Africa Training Program in Nigeria
Apply: Andela Software Developer Bootcamp for Women
Apply: Vodafone Mobile App Competition
Innovation and Health: Grand Challenge to Help Health Care Workers Fight Ebola
Attend the Campaign2Insights Summit
Join the AWP Network at the 2014 Young African Leadership Symposium
Apply: United Nations PEACEApp Competition
Join She Leads Africa in Washington D.C.
Apply: WEPs CEO Leadership Award 2015
Apply: Women in Business Mentoring Program
Apply: NITDA Software Development Challenge
What We Don't Know About Women in Technology
She Leads Africa: Empowering the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs
Apply: $100,000 ONE Africa Award
Join Dee Poku and the WIE Network in New York
Apply: West African Clean Energy Business Plan Competition
Apply: The Green Pioneer Accelerator Program
Apply: Andela Fellowship
Join the AWP Network and Innov8tiv Magazine for a Conversation on Technology
AWP Network Event: Agribusiness Forum for Women Farmers
AWP Network Event: From Idea to Execution
AWP Network Event: Employee by Day, Startup CEO By Night
Apply: Africa Data Challenge
Apply: Malawi Young Women's Feminist Leadership Program
Scholarship for African Students
Supplier Event for Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria
Start a Business on the Ampion Venture Bus
Web Series Launched for Afro-Caribbean Women
How Technology is Making African Fashion More Accessible
Fashion Entrepreneur Creates Luxury Brand for African Women
Fashion Entrepreneur Launches Luxury Brand With Kickstarter Campaign
Impact Investment Competition for Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs
MobileWeb in Africa: App Developer Competition
Scholarship for African Girls in STEM
Employee by Day, Startup CEO By Night: Meet the Speakers
Founder of Genii Games Launches New App
Attend: Tech4Africa Conference in Cape Town
Apply: Mobile Impact Ventures Program
The Stakes Are High: Starting Your Business While Working 9 – 5
Akachi Nwoke on Why the AWP Network is Important
The AWP Network at the Harvard IDEASpHERE Forum
W.TEC Girls Technology Camp
Global Awards for Outstanding Work in Technology for Gender Equality
Apply: Young Innovators Competition
Women Building Communities
Five (5) Business Lessons from WorldCup 2014
Apply: Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards
Apply: Etisalat Pan-African Prize for Innovation
Working to Advance STEM Education for African Girls
Sharefair 2014: Inspiring Change for Rural Women
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs to Drive Growth
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: 15 Lessons for Entrepreneurs
Women of West Africa Entrepreneurship Conference
The AWP Network to Train Women Farmers in Taraba State, Nigeria
Apply: JC Gammon Award
Apply: Technology Innovation Program
Apply: 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year Competition
The AWP Network Presents the HR || PR Business Series
Apply: 2014 IndiAfrica Young Visionaries Fellowship
Apply: Yale Young African Scholars Program
Apply: The Emerging Institutions Fellowship
The WIE Africa Symposium
Language and Culture – How Genii Games is Using Technology to Spark Innovation
2014 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship
Are African Female Techpreneurs Lagging Behind?
Voices of Young African Entrepreneurs: The Rave about Printivo
Apply: LeadPath Accelerator Program
You are Invited!
The AWP Network at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Forum
This Year, Plan to Create Your Own Reality
Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The AWP Network Nominated for the Women4Africa Awards
Apply: MassChallenge 2014
Apply: 2014 World Summit Youth Award
Apply: 2014 SEED Awards
Apply: The Thomson Reuters Foundation-Nokia Photo Award
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs - I Am My Own Biggest Challenge
AWP Lagos Event: Meet the Panelists
Creativity and Enterprise: Finding Business Opportunity in Gaming
My Voice Matters: Young Africans Tell their Entrepreneurial Stories
Innovation in Africa: Here’s what Young African Women Entrepreneurs Have to Say
Innovation and Education: Young Serial Entrepreneur sets out to Transform South Africa’s Education System
The AWP Photo Competition – Meet the Judges
Why Most Businesses Fail in the First Six Months
Innovation and Animation - Changing the Face of Children’s Cartoons in Nigeria
Voices of Young African Entrepreneurs: YouWin Nigeria Award Winner Shares His Dream for the Mining Industry
Gidi Traffic Uses Social Media for Social Good
Help Change the Future of Electricity
Co-Founder of Jumia Nigeria Launches New Startup
$100,000 for Innovative African Solutions to African Challenges
Apply: Women4Africa 2015 Awards
U.S. - Africa Business Forum: Investments Announced for African Women Entrepreneurs
Innovation and Health: Nigerian Entrepreneur Creates Website to Educate Africans on Ebola
The AWP Network Congratulates 2014 Winners of the Women4Africa Awards
The AWP Network at the Crans Montana Forum
Slides: HR||PR Business Series
Fearless and Bold: Iheoma Obibi Opens Nigeria’s First Online Adult Novelty Store
Slides: HR || PR Business Series
A Young African on What Entrepreneurship Means to Her
My Voice Matters: Young Africans Tell their Entrepreneurial Stories
The AWP Network at the Business and Innovation Conference
Africans in Technology Event
The AWP Network at the Women in the World Summit
440 NG to Invest in Nigerian Startups
Attend: The 4th Africa CEO Roundtable
The AWP Network Presents the HR || PR Business Series
Apply: USADF - Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge
Apply: Future Young Leaders in Education
Apply: 2014 International Mathematical Olympiad
African Girls in Technology: WITIN Forum Uncovers New Innovations
Apply: Mara Mentor Tanzania Program
IsDB Business Plan Competition for Sub-Saharan Countries
Capital Square Lagos Launches Business Courses for Entrepreneurs
Apply: 2014 FIRE Awards
Apply: PIVOT East 2014
Join the Crans Montana African Women's Forum
Apply: Microsoft 4Afrika Scholarship Program
Coca-Cola and UN Women Create Partnership to Empower Women
2014 Anzisha Prize – $75,000 Prize for Young African Entrepreneurs
Apply: Vital Voices Grow Fellowship
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: Nollywood Producer Means Business
Moremi Initiative for Women's Leadership in Africa
Three-day Hackathon with MEST and UNICEF Ghana
Win $5000: GrowthHub Agribusiness for Innovation Program
Scholarship for African Students
Apply: 2014 TechWomen program
In 2014, Go from Idea to Execution
Apply: The CareerHack App Challenge
Apply: The Cape Town Accelerator Program
I Want to Start A Business But I Have NO Money
African Techpreneur Wins the Etisalat Prize for Innovation
Young African Techpreneur tells Youths to Deliver Value
Apply: Cartier Women’s Initiative Award
$25 Million for Entrepreneurial Solutions
The AWP Network partners with SIPA’s Pan African-Network (SPAN)
Winners Announced: The AWP Network Photo Contest
Apply: Women4Africa 2014 Awards
African Techpreneurs: Your Chance to Win $1 Million
Apply: 2013 African Digital Woman of the Year
Stay Tuned: The AWP Network Photo Competition
From MIT to Nigeria – Finding Business Opportunity in Recycling Waste for Developing Countries
Social Media and your Business
The AWP Network at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
From Harvard to Sierra Leone – CEO of Splash Mobile Money Finds His Path
Webinar: Learn Why Your Personal Development and Brand are Essential to Your Business Growth
Voices of Young African Entrepreneurs - Farmer Shares Business Tips
Webinar: Learn how Marketing and PR Tools can help YOU
Webinar: Learn how Mobile Technology can help YOU
YES, I Started my Business With my Mobile Phone
Women In The Black Conference
The AWP Network at ECOSOC
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs: Maximize your Social Impact
The AWP Network at Columbia University's 9th Annual African Economic Forum
African Entrepreneur gets Approval from Google as a trusted Photographer
Voices of Young African Entrepreneurs: The Drive to Create Jobs
Be Innovative! Halima tells African Women Entrepreneurs
The AWP Network on BBC World News
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs
Five Useful Tips to Survive the Strike
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs
A Young African on What Entrepreneurship Means to Him
My Voice Matters: Young Africans Tell their Entrepreneurial Stories
My Voice Matters: Young Africans Tell their Entrepreneurial Stories
Microsoft South Africa Wants Black-Owned Software Companies
Telkom Open Innovation Mega Challenge
Launch Your Business Idea in the UK
Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards
Apply to the 2013 Development Case Competition
WEPs Leadership Award 2014
$150,000 for Innovative African Solutions to African Challenges
Girls’ Speak Out at the United Nations
What qualities do I need to become an entrepreneur?
How do I market my business on a limited budget?
Apply for the $100,000 ONE Africa Award
Small Businesses Tackle Poverty in Mauritius
The AWP Network Entrepreneurial Photo Competition
The AWP Network Photo Competition
infoDev launches mAgri challenge
2013 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship
10 Business Lessons You Should Know
Voices of African Women Entrepreneurs
Investing in Startups targeting the African Market
Apply to the 2013 World Summit Youth Award
AWP Network working to uplift the next generation of African Innovators
AWP Network featured on BET.com
The Yara Prize - Win $60,000
Growth Program for Women Entrepreneurs
Stanford Africa MBA Fellowship - $140,000
BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Camp for Leadership and Excellence
Young Innovators Competition - $10,000
Free Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Training
2013 Women of Excellence - Ethiopia
Women’s education as a silver bullet for sustainable growth
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs to Drive Growth
Apply for the Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellowship
Know someone who is changing the world?
Microsoft to empower North African women
Improve Lives with $40,000 prize
AWP Network Selected for the Apps4Africa Challenge
I Love Being A Girl Blog talks with the AWP Network
International Reporters features the AWP Network
$20,000 in Funding for Women Entrepreneurs
Moremi Initiative: 2013 Leadership Program for Young African Women
The 2013 Anzisha Prize - $75,000 Prize for Young African Entrepreneurs
Apply for the Technology Innovation Program
Apply Now for the Google Science Fair
Become a TechWoman
2013 Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital News Frontier Grant Program
FREE Business Education Webinar to Benefit Youths
Program for Young African Leaders
The Big Picture Goal is to Promote a Positive Image of Africa
Small Business Key in Job Creation: South African Minister
FREE Business Education Webinar to Benefit Youths
Win the 2012 Anzisha Prize
Win the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship
FREE Business Education Webinar to Benefit Youths
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Will Your Idea Outlive the Next Generation?
The AWP Network nominated for the International Women's Day Challenge
Buy Art & Fashion, Inspired by Africa
Facilitator of Business Resources
Its 2012, Time to Dream Big
Move from Idea to Execution
Six Action Steps For Entrepreneurs
Program for Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria
2013 Google Scholarship Program for Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Win Up to $30,000 from Dell
2013 Influential Black Women in Business Awards
The Etisalat Prize for Innovation – Win up to $35,000
Win the ONE Africa Award
The AWP Network on GOOD
Win $20,000 from Google
Make Every Woman Count Features AWP
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