Attend: The Other Festival for Women Leaders and Creators
The Other Festival is a two-day all female festival that brings together and celebrates makers, creators, founders, disrupters and dreamers. Hosted in partnership with GLAM4GOOD, the event features powerful music, extraordinary speakers, demos, workshops and a unique marketplace for female founders. The festival gathers extraordinary women from across the country …
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Pitch Your Ideas For a Sustainable Future: Solar Incubator
Phanes Group is pleased to announce one of the most exciting new initiatives aimed at PV projects in sub-Saharan Africa: the Phanes Group Solar Incubator 2017, joining forces with top-tier partners such as Proparco, responsAbility, Hogan Lovells, RINA Consulting and Solarplaza. Through this initiative, the organization aims to support promising projects in the sub-Saharan …
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Empowering Founders: Attend the VC4A Startup Academy
The VC4A Startup Academy is offering direct access to expertise proven to work for successful entrepreneurs and investors operating across Africa. Founders can take their business to the next level by learning about the latest insights, download tools and listen to advice from 35 experts active in the emerging African startup …
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Founder of AWP Network to serve as a Judge at the 2017 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition
Mary Olushoga, Founder of the AWP Network will once again serve as a judge at the Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition set to take place in Berlin, Germany on October 22, 2017. The entrepreneurship program is part of the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The Youth …
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Founder of AWP Network to speak at the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum
Led by Irene Ochem, AWIEF is a Pan-African initiative and platform created to bring attention and focus to the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit the African woman possesses while exploring obstacles that may stop her from breaking down barriers and prevent her from reaching her maximum potential in society. The theme …
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Women-Owned Enterprises In Uganda Awarded $100,000 to Expand Operations
The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), in collaboration with partners Power Africa and GE, is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Women in Energy Challenge in Uganda, where only 20% of the population is connected to electricity. Joint Energy and Environments Projects (JEEP) and Conservation and Development Uganda Limited …
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Apply: Mobile for Development Utilities Innovation Fund – GBP 3.3 Million In Grants
The M4D Utilities Innovation Fund, supported by the UK Government and the Scaling Off-Grid Energy Grand Challenge for Development, aims to test and scale the use of mobile to improve or increase access to energy, water, and sanitation services. The Innovation Fund was launched in June 2013. In two phases …
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Apply: Vital Voices Grow Fellowship for Women Entrepreneurs
The VV GROW Fellowship: A Leading Global Accelerator for Women Entrepreneurs is a highly competitive one-year global accelerator program for women owners of small and medium businesses. The program includes customized business skills training, technical assistance, leadership development, and access to networks to grow their businesses and increase their leadership …
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Meet the 15 Young Entrepreneurs Up for the $100,000 Anzisha Prize
Supported by African Leadership Academy (ALA) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, the Anzisha Prize celebrates and cultivates the next generation of young African entrepreneurial leaders who are creating job opportunities, solving local development problems and driving economies. Selected from 14 countries, nearly half of all candidates are young women …
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Stanford Graduate School of Business Launches Empowerment Programs for Youths and Entrepreneurs in Southern Africa
Stanford Graduate School of Business has announced a USD $3 million, three-year partnership with De Beers Group to empower young, budding entrepreneurs and owners of established businesses in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa through two new educational programs launching in 2018. Stanford is expanding two of its successful programs to …
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- Attend: The Other Festival for Women Leaders and Creators
- Pitch Your Ideas For a Sustainable Future: Solar Incubator
- Empowering Founders: Attend the VC4A Startup Academy
- Founder of AWP Network to serve as a Judge at the 2017 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition
- Founder of AWP Network to speak at the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum
