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Post Covid-19 Economy Webinar Thank You

WPEC Soared on the wings of their Sister Partners:
Active Intervention for Mothers, A.I.M., UN Women, and the African Women’s Leadership Network (AWLN).

Dear Dr. Amalle, Ambassador Mulamula, Dr. Ciottone, Delphine, Efe, Olu, Awamary, Oumou and Xoliswa,

We want to thank you from the “Bottom of our Hearts” for your outstanding contributions to our “Building back a resilient post-COVID-19 economy…” webinar on July 29th. WPEC is so proud and honored to “soar on the wings” of each of your experiences/expertise, and our partnerships with A.I.M., UN Women, and the African Women’s Leadership Network (AWLN). All I can say is just “Wow!” The responses from our audience are “Wow, the conversation is long overdue, and they want to hear more from you!!!” Perhaps Master Classes to help build community trust to have meaningful conversations regarding COVID-19 Vaccines/Black communities, Non-pharmaceutical interventions, the importance of the role of women leaders post COVID-19, and how we can leverage partnerships/resources to open more doors to improve access for the untapped reservoir of dynamic women entrepreneurs/business owners? The list goes on and on…

My motto is “When We Partner…Miracles Happen!” and I am still overwhelmed with the responses because your collective voices have given WPEC greater Visibility, Credibility, and Community Impact! Now that is a miracle!

Here is the WPEC Facebook Live Webinar:

 

Building Back a Resilient Post Covid-19 Economy Webinar

WPEC Titans Tank Press Release

News Release
August 11, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WPEC Launches ‘Titans Tank’ to reward the best African and African American female entrepreneurs

Washington, DC and LAGOS, Nigeria, August 11, 2020, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Women’s Program Engagement Council (WPEC) aka “Africa’s Titans®”, is a Global Sustainable Partnerships (GSP) Global Initiative designed to help African and African American women entrepreneurs and business owners expand into new markets, today launches a new initiative christened ‘Titans Tank.’

Titans Tank will entail a virtual business competition to allow women entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas and existing business to the public and the WPEC community. The top five businesses will be selected to participate in the final. These women will get the rare opportunity to showcase their ideas, products, or services to judges and potential investors. To apply, please click on LINK

According to Kimberly L. Fogg the Founder and Chair of (WPEC), the goal of WPEC is to work with investors to help them look at women entrepreneurs through a “new lens” as it relates to the value of investing in women and to ensure their voices are represented, recognized and championed for their role as innovators, job creators, entrepreneurs, mentors while helping raise awareness that these women have longevity in the local, national and global markets.

Kimberly noted that the campaign will invite African and African American women entrepreneurs and business owners globally to send in a short video of their idea or existing business. “We will showcase this on all our social media platforms including @TWPEC Facebook page and LinkedIn in the week of August 17th. The judges will select the top five “Titans” and the winner will be announced on Sept 26th, 2020.”

In keeping with the theme of Africa’s Titans® the competition will focus on two categories.
• Titans in Innovation, Technology, and Communication Connectivity
• Titans in Banking, Business, Investments, and Marketing

WPEC is looking to partner with key female representatives of major Fortune 500 companies, African leaders, company founders, philanthropists, key policymakers and business leaders to serve as mentors to share their journeys through the private and public sector spaces describing not only their successes but also identifying policy gaps, challenges, obstacles and suggested solutions for future best practices.

Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of WPEC

About WPEC

WPEC is an innovative social entrepreneurship organization comprised of a global network of women leaders who play a pivotal role in the global support of getting more women in managerial/executive positions and on corporate boards, with a mission of developing, growing, and sustaining women leaders in their own businesses globally. WPEC operates globally through building a committed global black woman led Africa’s Titans® network of entrepreneurs and business owners who are utilizing innovation to drive global sustainable development, addressing existing socio-economic gaps, and integrating social impact in the continent of Africa and the Diaspora through allocating a percentage of their funding to GSP as their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partner. WPEC works with investors to help them understand the shift in the paradigm of development and facilitate local/foreign direct investments through a “new lens” as it relates to the value of investing in women/women-owned businesses who have longevity in the local, national and global markets.

Media Contacts

For the United States:
Kimberly L. Fogg
Founder GSP and WPEC
kfogg@gspartnerships.org
(404) 909-2428

For Africa:
African Media Agency
contact@africanmediaagency.com

Impact of Safe Water in Tanzania

An estimated 80% of the population does not have access to clean and safe drinking water. The total impact of funding safe water projects is exponential, especially when considering the health, education, economic, and social benefits afforded to children and members of their families. The expected impact in the communities has been identified as the following:

  • Increased school attendance as a result of less illness.
  • Increased adult working days as a result of fewer children becoming ill through the use of the Hydraid® BioSand Filter (400 days will be gained from adults staying in work because kids are healthy).
  • 50,000 hours of time estimated by children and their family members saved by not having to find firewood to burn in order to boil their water.
  • Empowering women to take control of their family’s overall health.
  • Increase in productivity, as less time will be spent in collecting drinking water and more time to increase their income (WHO estimates that for every dollar invested in improved drinking water and sanitation, the economic benefits can range from $4-$34).
  • Increased understanding within the community of issues related to gender equity.
  • Greater sustainability through training.
  • Health clinics will have access to clean and safe drinking water for staff and patients.
  • Health clinic professionals will have access to clean water to wash hands, wash instruments, and disperse medicine with clean drinking water.

Coat of arms of TanzaniaAfter 8 years of testing, training, working in schools and communities to see what works, and then taking proactive steps to improve conditions in Tanzania, GSP has developed and fostered a wide range of long-term partnerships from “grassroots” to “global.” This collaboration has led to the development of “Smart Villages,” using modern innovative technology and developing infrastructure that provides a pre-packaged bundle of services (e.g. clean water, energy, and telecommunications), that delivers each of these components to the community, which are vital for a more livable and sustainable future — making a significant difference in the lives of people (especially women and girls), ” said Kimberly Fogg, GSP Founder and CEO.

Meru District Council Thanks GSP for their “Water is the Lifeline of Life” Global Initiative

Meru District Council SealDrum roll: We have great news to share! Our Meru School District received 1st and 2nd prize for the Sanitation and Environmental Health Competition — 2 years in a row. We also received the official “blessing” from the new regime in Tanzania to expand our efforts. They were informed about our ongoing efforts in the schools and health dispensaries and pleased that our clean water initiatives contributed to the District receiving 1st and 2nd prize for the Sanitation and Environmental Health Competition.

Hydraid Water FiltersMessage from the District Medical Officer: “Our Meru school district was awarded certificates, car and bikes for winning the competition in 2018 for Sanitation and Environmental Health Competition. They are various factors contributed to their winning among is GSP initiatives of providing water filters/ access to clean and safe water and teaching health, hygiene and sanitation practices in schools and health facilities. “

GSP’s sister-school initiative has built another unique learning opportunities for Tanzania and US students to create a deeper understanding of the problems of the lack of clean and safe drinking water worldwide, impart with students — “the power of one” — each and every person can make a difference in the lives of people who are less fortunate in the world and to create the next generation of “global citizens.”

Women’s Program Engagement Council (WPEC)

The Women’s Program Engagement Council (WPEC) is comprised of global visionaries and female business leaders. We partner with entrepreneurs and investors to match opportunities for community development and economic growth.  Selected programs and projects facilitate sustainability, innovative technology, and economic prosperity.   

As part of this endeavor, we are looking to showcase women utilizing social impact in their entrepreneurial efforts and propelling the current wave of innovation to drive global sustainable development. Exploring the relevance of new technologies to address existing socio-economic gaps and supporting internationally agreed development targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is critical to bringing communities out of poverty and into local, regional and global markets. This cannot be done without the female workforce and women owned Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs). By supporting SMEs, in particular those owned and run by women, ATIGS can act as a catalyst in the alleviation of poverty and inspire new generations of businessmen and businesswomen.

In keeping with the theme of our documentary, “Africa’s Titans of Industry,” below is the complete description of WPEC’s 3 Program Tracks:

Track 1: Titans in Emergency Preparedness – entrepreneurially, innovationally, and cooperatively addressing emergency preparedness, health security, and bio-security on local, national, and international levels – Amalia’s expertise

Track 2: Titans in Innovation, Technology, and Communication Connectivity– seeing African business as a business based on technology and innovation from the global to the local levels, innovations in connectivity that advance women in business, going “Green” with renewables in Africa

Track 3: Titans in Banking, Business, Investments, and Marketing – connecting women to Titans who are pioneers in these three sectors in Africa and the Middle East, improving the investment landscape and breaking taboos for women in Africa and the Middle East, connecting to potential funding streams, incorporation of social media, global logistics and markets

WPEC works globally to create strong support networks and linkages to investment opportunities.   We serve as a clearing house for available funds and businesses that seek funding.  All resources donated by our investors are put to work immediately and are directly allocated to local businesses, with a portion of the money allocated towards sustainable community development.  Strengthening the business outlook for women directly impacts the welfare of the entire family unit, to include a better future for the next generation.  Through education and awareness the global community is recognizing the long-term benefits of investing in women and women-owned businesses.    

Currently WPEC is engaged in many exciting initiatives. For example, WPEC has been given it’s on TV program on The EmeraldPlanet TV® Please stay tuned to learn about our phenomenal women who will not only give you their stories, but will “Wow” you with all of the wonderful work they are doing to mentor women/girls and the next generation of global business leaders, philanthropist, members Parliament, Board members, Scientist and even future Presidents. 

WPEC has also partnered with a multi-award winning filmmaker/documentarian to create a documentary, called “Africa’s Titans; Revealing the Women Who are Transforming the Continent from Within,” 10 African Women entrepreneurs, growth/challenges in their businesses and how they are using entrepreneurship/careers, as a vehicle to drive growth and help alleviate poverty in their communities and throughout Africa. These women are the mainstay of instruments of development and financial inclusion and are playing an important role by helping to break the stereotypes in their own voices, giving viewers a new, more accurate picture from their distinctive cultural viewpoint rarely seen and heard about Africa today. These women will share their journeys through the private, public and third sector spaces describing not only their successes, but also their challenges and insightful suggested solutions for future best practices.  The goal is to create positive media images and to spark a global conversation that will modernize and broaden the viewers perception of  African women. Emerging throughout Africa today is another story: dynamic African women, entrepreneurs, Members of Parliament, Ambassadors, and even Presidents. These women are smart, strong, in charge of their own destiny, creating opportunities for themselves and others, and serving as role models for a younger generation.   This program will be  televised bi-monthly to over 200 countries via Emerald Planet.

September 2020, we plan to meet in Washington D.C. for several productive days of networking, inspiring conversation, information sharing, and high level meetings.  Focus will be on Innovation, Technology, Marketing, and Investment Opportunities.   Conversations will also address socio-economic gaps and the ability to create positive social impact through entrepreneurial effort.   To perform our work and to continue to be of service to the global community, resources and funding is necessary.  Please strongly consider making a donation to WPEC and becoming a leader in our community.  We look forward to your active participation and your commitment to the objectives of WPEC.  

For more information, please contact Kimberly L. Fogg, Chair, Women’s Program Engagement Council (WPEC) at kfogg@gspartnerships.org or at (404) 909-2428.

About GSP

Since 2010, the mission of Global Sustainable Partnerships (GSP) has focused on providing access to clean and safe drinking water to improve the lives and health of children and families and to empower women in breaking the cycle of poverty in developing countries. In 2020, GSP pivoted and … Read More >>

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