World Economic Forum

No. 145: Three AM Reads – Africa’s Women Innovators | 2U Acquires GetSmarter for $103M | China Beating the West in Africa

May 4, 2017

Africa, Geopolitics, Notes

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Short and sweet this morning! Africa’s Women Innovators Honored at World Economic Forum These 6 are just a sample of the millions out there. Also, shout out to Cherae Robinson for winning 20,000 CHF at the World Tourism Forum for what she’s building at Tastemakers Africa. 2U Acquires South Africa’s GetSmarter for $103M Maryland-based 2U…
No. 35: What I’m Reading Today

May 22, 2014

Africa

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Davidson profiled Muna Musiitwa on her work in Africa. Great nuggets on key questions for mapping the way forward on the continent – [http://buff.ly/1ojta8X] Jason Njoku does some nice analysis on property values in Lagos in parallel with tech investments – [http://buff.ly/1ojtfsY] Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has paid a good bit of attention…