AWP Network

Research Project at Stanford Becomes Thriving Startup – Adia Sowho, Managing Director of Mines Nigeria Speaks to The AWP Network

Ekechi Nwokah and Kunle Olukotun founded Mines in 2014. At the time, they were living in Palo Alto where they met for the first time at a mutual friend’s house. Nwokah and Olukotun share similar backgrounds. They grew up in Nigeria and studied computer science while at university. Naturally they …

Attend: Africa Fintech Summit

The Africa Fintech Summit gathers innovators, investors, policy makers and other key stakeholders in the Fintech sector to discuss technologies transforming finance on the continent, debate regulatory policies, compare best practices, and forge new ventures. The two-day event will feature investor missions from the US, UK, and UAE, an Alpha Expo …

Introducing the 15 Companies Accepted into Facebook’s Accelerator Program in Lagos

The teams went through an intensive 1-week bootcamp between the 27th and 31st of August 2018 and have now kicked off their six-month journey to build, modify and optimize their value-driven products. The selected teams will receive up to $20K in equity free-funding, partner credits, mentorship, technical and business support from Facebook and …

African Innovation Foundation (AIF) Announces the 10 Finalists for the Innovation Prize for Africa

The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced the top 10 finalists for its prestigious 2018 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). This year’s call for applications with its theme “African innovation: Investing in Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems” attracted more than 3 000 applications from 52 African countries. Building on the AIF mandate, submissions this year …

25 Emerging Women-Owned Companies Accepted for the AWIEF Growth Accelerator Program

25 early-growth-stage South African women entrepreneurs, from a variety of sectors have been selected to jump-start their growth with this year’s AWIEF Growth Accelerator program sponsored by Nedbank. The 2018 AWIEF Growth Accelerator, with its first 25 participants, is implemented as a build-up program that will culminate at the 2018 AWIEF Conference, …

Apply for Pitched Nigeria and Win a $10,000 Grant

Are you creating a business or running an early-stage company? Pitched addresses two gaps in emerging markets: access to capital and startup quality. While Pitched supplies prize money to its winners, the organization develops startup quality so that founders are more likely to thrive on their own. At the same time, …

Attend: DEMO Africa 2018 in Morocco

Over the last six years, the DEMO Africa conference has traveled through Eastern, Western, and Southern Africa, and launched leading African technologies while showcasing the continent’s evolving entrepreneurial ecosystems and startups. DEMO Africa alumni have built successful Pan-African and global businesses, exported the African entrepreneurial culture and raised significant investments …

“It Is An Exciting Time To Be A Woman Entrepreneur, Especially In Tech” – Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-Founder of PiggyBank.ng Speaks to the AWP Network

Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Piggybank.ng, a company that securely makes saving money possible by combining discipline plus flexibility to enable customers grow and reach their savings target. Prior to starting PiggyBank.Ng, Eweniyi along with her co-founders founded PushCV.com, a platform that connects verified employers in Nigeria …

Society for Africans in the Diaspora (SAiD) to Host the 8th Annual African Diaspora Awards: Nominate Now

Applause Africa has formally announced its transition from an internationally renowned media platform to an educational institution and network-based non-profit organization, which will now be called Society for Africans in the Diaspora (SAiD). Moving forward, the organization will provide insight, generate ideas, and promote collaboration across the fields of business, culture, arts, …

Apply: Vital Voices Grow Fellowship for Women Entrepreneurs

The Vital Voices GROW Fellowship is a leading accelerator program for women owners of small and medium-sized enterprises from around the world. The program includes customized business skills training, technical assistance, leadership development, and access to networks to grow their businesses and increase their leadership impact. Through online and in-person …

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