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No. 169: Facebook to Get an African-American Board Member…Soon?

Oct 15, 2017

Business, Race & Society

Andela, backstage capital, charles hudson, Facebook, issa rae, lightspeed ventures, media, michael powell, precursor ventures, Pule Taukobong, shonda rhimes, Tara Nicholle-Nelson, Technology

Facebook has been on the hot seat as more information comes to light about the role it played in Russia’s meddling in the November 2016 election. The hot seat treatment brought the company’s COO, Sheryl Sandberg, to DC for an exclusive interview with Axios co-founder Mike Allen to discuss the situation and what Facebook was…
No. 162: 3AMReads: Akon Going Public | Robots Mess Up Development Formula | Don’t Sleep on Halal Tourism

Jun 6, 2017

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Africa, Akon, Andela, Artifical Intelligence, Axios, Bloomberg, Development, Muslim, quartz, Robots

Bloomberg: Star Rapper Akon Mulls IPO of Chinese-Funded African Solar Unit I was surprised to see this news. Akon’s Lighting Africa project has gotten a good bit of media attention over the past several years. Perhaps, as time goes by, more information about the company’s financials will come out. I think a lot of people…