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AWEC
Building a Pan-African Network
November 18, 2019
Online and in-person peer networking is one of the core components of AWEC, connecting women entrepreneurs across the African continent and diaspora. Time and again, we hear stories of how they never imagined having sisters in other countries. Through these connections, participants have gained advice on hiring, brand development, financial management, and other topics. They […]
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We’re Launching A New Way to Learn: AWEC Business Academy
October 9, 2019
As the world becomes more connected on the internet, online courses can be attractive options to deliver knowledge equitably, without needing to physically show up for a lecture. But what about the need to mentally show up? While completion rates for MOOCs (massively open online courses) hover in the single percentages, the completion rate for […]
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Leadership Summit Accelerates AWEC Community
October 9, 2019
“AWEC is powerful.” This was the common refrain as 150 members of the 2nd AWEC Cohort who gathered at the annual Leadership Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. For Nykita Diggs, the founder of a Liberian creative agency called Creative Afrik, “AWEC has been a catalyst for change and growth.” She’s not the only one […]
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The Power of Diaspora: An India-Mauritius Story
October 9, 2019
Preview – In this regular feature, we are spotlighting AWEC Alumnae Nandini Tanya Lallmon – a 29 year-old lawyer and social activist leader from Mauritius. As a member of the 1st AWEC Cohort, Tanya learned critical skills and built a network that have helped her to lead a number of NGOs in Mauritius. Recently, she […]
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Patience is a Virtue in Innovation
October 9, 2019
Preview – In each newsletter, members of our network share their reading list with us. This story features Kola Akintola, who is an AWEC TA and digital advertising professional at Guardian Nigeria Newspaper. Kola shares his perspective on this Strategyzer article – Patience is a Virtue: An Amazon Case Study in Three Parts – written […]
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AWEC Introduces Women’s Economic Empowerment Program to Diplomatic Corps in Washington, DC
August 12, 2019
As guests arrived at the home of philanthropist and CEO Shahin Mafi to celebrate AWEC’s first year and to raise funds to support our ongoing work, they were greeted by two AWEC alumnae – Ejiro Jakpa from Nigeria and Sharon Ndegwa from Kenya. Ejiro and Sharon had flown in from their home countries to share […]
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AWEC Alumnae Paying it Forward in Western Kenya
August 12, 2019
Prologue: A Note from AWEC Back in March 2019, as the first AWEC cohort reached the end of their program year and thought about what was ahead, the AWEC leadership team challenged them to pay it forward. Recently, we were thrilled to learn that our Kenyan alumnae have created a means to support women and […]
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How to Give Constructive Feedback Using the Plussing Technique
August 2, 2019
Prior to co-founding AWEC, Karen was a marketer, communicator and fundraiser, but her entrepreneurial story starts with her family – her father and grandfather were both business owners. She followed in their footsteps and founded a communications consulting company and an artisanal bakery, both of which taught her important lessons in entrepreneurship. “Building AWEC is […]
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Creating a World of Opportunities
August 2, 2019
Funmilola started Oppourtunities.com in May 2016 to offer a solution to the high rate of youth unemployment across Africa and to increase access to quality self-development opportunities. With her six years of non-profit experience in organisations such as the FATE Foundation, Young African Leadership Initiative and Makoko Dream Project, she became determined to bridge the […]
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The Story Behind the AWEC Numbers
June 6, 2019
“AWEC helped me turn my free professional development services into a proper training and coaching company.” These words by Sylvie A. from Cameroon are similar to the feedback from other members of the first cohort. Ask any participant in AWEC about whether the management team likes to survey the cohort and gain their feedback, and […]
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