Nigerian billionaire investor and philanthropist Tony Elumelu has committed $100 million to create 10,000 entrepreneurs across Africa over the next 10 years. Elumelu made the commitment on Monday during a press conference in Lagos to announce the launch of The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP). TEEP,...
OAKLAND, Calif. -- There are a dozen reasons why Jahmil Eady was an unlikely computer coder. In college, Eady was a media studies major with a concentration in film. Her loves were "history and art and English," as she told the New York Times. She didn't...
SAN FRANCISCO -- My company, BUILDUP, is an accelerator launching in 2015 that is focused on inclusion, education and access for all individuals looking to launch the next great start-up. Ever since Google and other high-tech companies began releasing diversity work force numbers earlier this year,...
Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) wrote the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission last week, asking them to consider how the proposed combination of Comcast and Time Warner Cable would impact independent programmers and our choices on TV. As the CEO...
Following weeks of outrage from the LGBTQ community and its allies on campus over the planned reduction in section offerings of the Gay and Lesbian Studies I and II classes, the college administration hosted an LGBTQ Cultural Competency Forum Nov. 18 to discuss the issue. The...