W.TEC Girls Technology Camp is a two-week technology education and mentoring program organized by W.TEC, with the objective to help girls develop an early interest in computers and other information technology. For the camp duration, girls will participate in technology workshops. The long-term goal is to increase the numbers of Nigerian women using technology productively …
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UN Women are partnering to launch a new global technology award that recognizes outstanding contributions from women and men in leveraging the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to promote gender equality. The annual GEM-TECH Awards will be conferred on seven winners from government, the private sector, academia …
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The young innovators competition seeks gifted young entrepreneurs with ideas for innovative social enterprises. The Young Innovators Competition is looking for 18-30 year old entrepreneurs from around the world with social start-ups which use open source technologies for disaster management. This could include disaster preparedness, early warning, emergency communication and response, and recovery from natural disasters.We urgently …
The Women and Youth Empowerment Network, a UK based non-governmental organization, in collaboration with the Network for Development, will host an African Women capacity building program titled: \’Women Building Communities\’ in November. This program is geared at enhancing the capacity building skills and participation of African women in community development projects. Activities planned for the event …
post written by Mary Olushoga (1) Winning is not always guaranteed. (2) Lessons from #BRAvsGER, just like in life, there are no restart or reset buttons. Play hard and play well. You can choose to move on and do better, but technically, there are no reset or restart buttons. (3) Lessons from #USAvsGhana, never …
Building on the success of the 2013 Awards, Unilever is inviting young people to come up with practical and innovative solutions to some of the world’s biggest sustainability challenges and enter them in the Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards. Young entrepreneurs (aged 30 or under) are invited to submit inspiring initiatives that tackle the …
Mobile Broadband in Africa Broadband is primarily mobile across the African continent and critical to our economic development. A rise of ten mobile phones per 100 people boosts GDP growth by 0.6%, resulting in improved market information flow and assisting SME’s and Entrepreneurs to grow business and improve links. Entries will need to show demonstrable …
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The STEM camp for African girls will hold July 27th – August 2nd, 2014 at the Global International School, plot 12, Block 26, Admiralty way, Lekki, Lagos. The camp is aimed at African girls between the ages of 13 and 17 and who are currently enrolled in Senior Secondary School SS1 – SS3. Girls from …
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The Sharefair 2014 on Rural Women’s Technologies to Improve Food Security, Nutrition and Productive Family Farming invites submissions of technologies and innovations that support rural female smallholder farmers. Eligible Countries: Burundi, D.R. of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. The objectives expected to …
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Are you A Female Entrepreneur in Need of a Big Break? Participate in the 5th edition of the business plan competition for women entrepreneurs in emerging markets. The competition is open to women entrepreneurs of emerging countries who have created a business plan, which fulfills the eligibility and evaluation criteria. Since its creation in 2009, …
