Ayomide Ogunleye

Ayomide is the Editorial Associate at The FATE School of FATE Foundation. She has 5+ years of experience researching, creating learning and development content, implementing search engine optimization strategies and managing content systems.

Make It Circular Challenge for Entrepreneurs and Startups (€10,000 Prize)

The Make It Circular Challenge calls on designers, creative entrepreneurs and startups from around the world to envision and build a circular society from now until 11 January 2023. Who can apply? The Make It Circular Challenge is for ambitious, design-led initiatives and startups that reduce carbon emissions by cutting waste and rewriting the relationship […]

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Les Margaret Awards 2023 for Women in Tech

Accelerating the growth of women in tech since 2013, JFD launches the call for applications for the 2023 Promotion of les Margaret Awards. This year again, JFD will reward women from Europe and Africa for their creativity, audacity and innovation through three award categories: Entrepreneur, Intrapreneur and Junior, each of which will include a European

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EIT Climate-KIC Adaptation and Resilience ClimAccelerator in Africa (€2,500)

EIT Climate-KIC is seeking applications from solutions that are addressing the impacts of climate change and building the resilience of communities. Start-ups may be providing solutions against climate risks such as: extreme temperatures (heatwaves), extreme precipitation, drought, unpredictable rains, cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons or storms, floods, and sea level rise, among others. Start-ups that are not focusing

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Redesigning Fashion: 2023 Hult Prize Challenge ($1Million Seed Funding)

Redesigning fashion: Launch an innovative social venture in the clothing and fashion industry to make it more sustainable. Today’s fashion industry is huge. It’s the world’s third-largest manufacturing sector, contributing $2.4 trillion to the global economy. Over 150 billion articles of clothing are produced each year. Fashion employs 300 million people across its value chain—a

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Tips from an Award-Winning Entrepreneur

At one point in your life, you’ve probably experienced imposter syndrome. You felt like your success at something isn’t “all that”. You felt like everyone was exaggerating, and your success was “luck”. If you didn’t know, these pangs of doubt are called “Imposter Syndrome”. What is Imposter Syndrome? The Harvard Business Review (HBR) defines it

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How to Become an Emotionally Intelligent Entrepreneur

You see, entrepreneurship isn’t only about selling your products or services, it’s also about being emotionally intelligent; effectively managing your team, customers and partners. However, this isn’t possible by just wishful thinking, you must be determined to do one thing right to achieve this. That is building Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Emotional Intelligence ​is the ability to understand

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Active Listening: The Entrepreneur’s Weapon

In a fast-paced noisy world, active listening is a must-have skill for every entrepreneur. It’s one skill that helps you satisfy your customers at every point in time. It helps you understand their needs and wants without struggling. Although it looks easy, it requires deliberate effort and consistency. So, how do you go from implementing

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Funding Opportunities for African Entrepreneurs

African Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) face many challenges, including access to funding opportunities. This, in turn, makes growing and scaling businesses difficult for entrepreneurs. While MSMEs are often drivers of growth, especially in developing countries, 51% of these businesses need more capital than they can access (Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2021).

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