Black Techies Find the Industry Elusive
Despite the high number of Black technology consumers and users on popular social networking sites like Twitter, African-Americans are lagging behind in the creation of successful technology start-ups and work in the field of technology. African-Americans make up just one percent of internet company founders nationally and, on average, Black founders raise less than half the amount [...]
Read MoreGoogle Getting Kenyan Businesses Online With GKBO
Google has launched an initiative aimed at helping businesses in Kenya. The partnership with Safaricom, Equity Bank and Kenic called the Getting Kenyan Businesses Online (GKBO) program, is aimed at thousands of Kenya SMEs who do not have a website or online presence. GKBO will provide free or subsidized services to help businesses to use web [...]
Read More7 Ways to Improve Your Event Planning With Facebook
From professional event producers to volunteer committee members, event planners see Facebook as must-have tool in their belts. How can Facebook give a boost to your next event? We spoke with a few experts on using the world’s largest social network for event planning. Read on for their pro tips and let us know how you [...]
Read MoreOpinion: Nigerian Internet Based Enterprises: the Struggle, the Growth and the Profits
With tough economic conditions, survival is not just limited to individuals who are in search of jobs to cater for daily subsistence, but also for businesses that are constantly faced with policies that change or skyrocketing levies. Government agencies continually increase tariffs regardless of the economic conditions. Private organizations occasionally give a pay-cut in the [...]
Read MoreOpinion: The Harsh Reality for Black Entrepreneurs in Tech
Originally posted on SocialWayne.com Let’s start with some facts: African Americans make up 1% of Internet company founders nationally. (source) Whites make up 87% startup founders, with Asians make up 12% (source) Minority angel investors account for 2% of the angel population. (source) Minority-owned firms represented 6% of the entrepreneurs that presented their business concept [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 9-9-2011
Google Acquires Zagat Google has acquired Zagat, a well-established recommendations and reviews company which operates in 13 categories and more than 100 cities. Google cites that Zagat’s user surveys were one of the earliest forms of user-generated content and the nature of their guides were “mobile” before “mobile” meant electronics. Zagat will bolster Google’s local [...]
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