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Xbox Launches “Project Amplify” to Support Black Youth Interested in Gaming Industry Careers

Q Muhaimin and James Lewis, Co-Leads, Black Communities at Xbox A recent survey from HBCU Connect, commissioned by Microsoft, determined that out of 200 respondents, approximately 95% of college students and alumni from HBCUs across the country shared that they have interest in a career in the gaming industry, with 34% of respondents stating that they were …

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Nigeria-Born Tope Awotona Poured His Life Savings Into Calendly. Now He’s One Of America’s Wealthiest Immigrants

Tope Awotona, the 40-year-old founder and chief executive of Calendly, leans back in his chair and lets loose a loud guffaw. “You call it on message, I call it the truth,” he says, slapping his hands on the table. The truth, as Awotona has it, is that everyone needs Calendly, his scheduling software, to lead better, …

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Michael Jordan and Son Jeffrey Launch Heir Inc, an NFT Platform Geared to Athletes

Michael Jordan and his son Jeffrey Jordan are looking to expand upon the Basketball Hall of Famer’s legacy by entering the NFT space and next-generation entertainment with their newest venture, Variety reports. Heir Inc, a new holding company created by the Jordans, plans “to build a consumer-facing community platform for athletes to connect with fans—as well as other lines of …

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Seven African start-ups shaking up the global tech ecosystem

Young African start-ups are making headway in cutting-edge sectors and catching the eye of leading organizations, including the World Economic Forum. There are no mistaking certain signals, even if they are weak ones, like the recent nod from the Israeli research center StartupBlink to Africa’s growing prominence in the global start-up ecosystem. Providing research and …

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Africa’s booming fintech scene has Jeff Bezos back for more

Fintech remains the most funded sector in Africa’s startup ecosystem. Chipper Cash, a cross-border, peer-to-peer payment service, further substantiated this with yet another huge investment. The fintech startup, which was founded by Ugandan Ham Serunjogi and Ghanaian Maijid Moujaled in 2018, closed a $100 million Series C round this week which it will use to introduce …

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Nigerian freelance startup, TERAWORK is providing growth opportunities for African offline professionals

The coronavirus has given Africa’s growing gig economy a boost with outsourcing and remote work embraced more because of the need for social distance. In the past few years, Africans have begun taking advantage of several remote work platforms modelled after popular ones like Fiverr and Upwork. As established in this article, many of these platforms have either …

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Pharrell Launches Black Ambition, An Accelerator For Black And Latinx Entrepreneurs

Producer and rapper Pharrell Williams is coupling his entrepreneurial spirit and activism with the launch of Black Ambition, an incubator for Black and Latinx entrepreneurs launching startups in tech, design, healthcare and consumer products. Williams, 47, is the frontman for the initiative that awards grand prizes ranging from $1 million for a national competition to …

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Netflix staffers helped design a new curriculum for emerging Black talent for getting a start in the tech industry

Netflix says a demonstrated ability to learn and apply new skills quickly can be the key for Black talent who want to get their start in the tech industry. A fast pace of learning is a core element of a new bootcamp that Netflix announced on Thursday, with the HBCU Norfolk State University and edtech company …

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Digital Transformation and its role in building the African network

Driving inclusive growth across Africa should be a collective goal for all its inhabitants. In particular, building an African-wide technology ecosystem, is essential for the development and empowerment of business in Africa. CMC Networks, Africa and the Middle East’s premier data connectivity network provider, says that building an African network for Africans should be an …

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Harvard graduate who studied with lanterns in rural Africa launches company to give back

A young man, Mac Sarbah who graduated from Harvard, Columbia and Cambridge Universities, despite having studied with kerosene lanterns in rural Ghana, walking several miles to school every day, and faced many odds, has a launched a company to give back and to provide a support system to help young people, especially those in Africa, realize their potential: …

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