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“Bras, Business and Bottom-line” – What went down at the global Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Event in Nigeria 0
- Entrepreneurs, Event
- November 27, 2015
Hundreds of Nigerian female entrepreneurs joined women in 143 other nations to officially celebrate the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day last week in Lagos. The annual event was commemorated as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2015. Held as a partnership between the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the Pan-Atlantic University and Joan Agha Foundation (JAF),
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Kenyan women entrepreneurs! Here’s how to access Chase Bank’s $25m collateral-free loan 0
- Money
- October 26, 2015
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 women initiative in conjunction with Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Facility has given a credit line of 2.5 billion Kenyan shillings ($25 million) to Kenya’s Chase Bank to provide a collateral-free fund for women-owned small and medium scale businesses looking to expand. Although, this fund requires no
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Female entrepreneurs in East Africa! Women’s Venture Exchange Africa is here for you 0
- Entrepreneurs, Event
- October 15, 2015
Applications are now being accepted from East African female entrepreneurs who wish to benefit from the opportunities available in the Women’s Venture Exchange Africa initiative. It should be recalled that The US State Department, The Case Foundation, and Mara Foundation launched the initiative in July at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi. It was created
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Anzisha Prize announces 12 finalists for its $75,000 African youth entrepreneurship award 0
- Entrepreneurs
- September 17, 2015
African Leadership Academy, in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, has announced 12 accomplished young entrepreneurs as finalists for the 2015 Anzisha Prize. Started in 2011 with a strong belief in the power of youth-led change, The Anzisha Prize seeks to award young entrepreneurs between the ages of 15 and 22 who have developed and implemented
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