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Akachi Nwoke on Why the AWP Network is Important
My name is Akachi Nwoke and I am a makeup artist. Last year, I applied to the AWP Network photography contest and I am glad I did. Although I came in third place, the competition helped me realize that...
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Fashion Entrepreneur Creates Luxury Brand for African Women
Click to view slideshow. Owner and Creative Director at Elizabeth Waldorf, Jane Ole founded her company to create timeless designs for African women who appreciate luxury, elegance, and style. The AWP...
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Fashion Entrepreneur Launches Luxury Brand With Kickstarter Campaign
Click to view slideshow. Founded on a mission to create jobs for local artisans in Kenya, fashion entrepreneur Mugo Muna started borawear.com after graduating from Cornell University. Bora Wear is a...
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How Technology is Making African Fashion More Accessible
Let’s put these numbers into perspective, mobile devices account for 37 percent of our overall website traffic and 23 percent of sales. Of course, technology plays a huge role in enhancing our business...
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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...
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What We Don’t Know About Women in Technology
Filed under: Education, Interviews Tagged: AFK Insider, AWP Network, Mary Olushoga, The AWP Network, Women in Technology
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Young Nigerian Techies Encourage More Girls to go Into STEM Fields
Creators of the traffic app, Road Marshal – want more girls to go into STEM fields. Oladayo Satope, Oreoluwa Okuboyejo, and Adedayo Oluokun – all students at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,...
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Lagos-based Company WeCyclers Wins 2014 Sustainia Award
Click to view slideshow. Chaired by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nigerian initiative – Wecyclers recently won the 2014 Sustainia Award. The solution enables low-income communities to make money from waste...
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Starting My Business Was About Solving a Problem
The AWP Network met with the Founder of CapitalSquare Workspace Solutions Limited, Modupe Macaulay. Based in Lagos, Nigeria – CapitalSquare offers an affordable co-working space for professionals,...
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7 Tips for Young Women in Business: Founder of WIE Offers Advice
WIE, which stands for Women, Inspiration, and Enterprise was founded by Dee Poku-Spalding in 2010. An innovative global conference connecting established trailblazers with emerging leaders, WIE’s...
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Founder of the AWP Network, Mary Olushoga Wins Africa Data Challenge
November 18, 2014 – The Planet Earth Institute hosted the first-ever ‘Africa Data Challenge,’ as part of its #ScienceAfrica UnConference. The challenge is a groundbreaking competition that invites...
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Young Nigerian Develops Mobile App to Help Increase Civic Participation in...
Damola Ogundipe, founder of newly created company Civic Eagle has developed a mobile application to help increase civic participation in the United States. A graduate of the University of Minnesota’s...
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Finding Success in Brazil: South African Entrepreneur Tells Her Story
Click to view slideshow. Sometimes as an entrepreneur, you do not always have to start your business from scratch. Your path to entrepreneurship could be an expansion strategy for an existing company....
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The 2014 AWP Network Power List
Be the change. Be Inspired. Be you. Recognizing (40) African women with powerful, inspiring, and influential voices. Introducing Africa’s leading women! At the AWP Network, we aim to encourage more...
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Award-Winning Director Launches Talk Show for African Entrerpreneurs
Critically acclaimed director Femi Agbayewa just launched a sit down interview show for African entrepreneurs, giving an opportunity to entrepreneurs to talk about their experiences, failures,...
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Audu Maikori On What It Takes To Start A Record Label In Nigeria
Audu Maikori, C.E.O of Chocolate City Group, appeared on the The Africa Music Law Show with Uduak Oduok to discuss what it takes to start a record label in Nigeria. In the interview, he talks about the...
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AWP Network Partners With the WAAW Foundation to Support African Girls in STEM
Working to Advance STEM Education for African Girls This year, the AWP Network will work with the WAAW foundation to support African girls in STEM. The launch of this need-based scholarship program...
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Planet Earth Institute Invests in the AWP Network Agropreneur Project
The Planet Earth Institute (PEI), an international NGO working for the scientific independence of Africa has made a commitment to fund the AWP Network Agropreneur project. Dr Álvaro Sobrinho, chairman...
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“I Am On A Mission to Make Nigerian Youths Employable”– Gbenga Sesan talks to...
Gbenga Sesan I am on a mission to make Nigerians youths employable. Let’s put these numbers in perspective, the Nigerian government records youth unemployment rates at 24.9 percent. A government...
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My Personal Experience In The Workplace Inspired Me To Start This Company –...
Dee Poku-Spalding Personal experiences in the workplace inspired me to start this company. It was not until I left the routine 9am to 5pm job that I realized the importance of mentoring to my personal...
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