Google Checks in With African Developers [Video]
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A lot has been heating up in the African tech space. As it continues to grow as an emerging market, Africans from various countries are contributing to the growth of a true eco-system. Google decided to do a brief round up of the latest in African technology that included the 2012 Google Apps Developer Challenge. [...]
Read MoreBlack Entrepreneurship On the Rise For Jobless Black Graduates
While a degree certainly provides graduates with an edge in the job market, unemployment statistics have repeatedly shown that one’s race plays a role in securing employment. As of March 2012, African American graduates encountered a rate of 10.8 percent, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute. White graduates appeared to stand a greater [...]
Read MoreStart-up Kithly Wants to Plan Things to Do With Your Friends
Need an event planner in your group of friends to figure out what the heck to do tonight? Baltimore, MD start-up Kithly is here to help, in the form of a mobile app that is. Minority founder Devin Partlow and Stacy Weng created a mobile based application that plans what to do with your friends [...]
Read MorePush for More Women and Minority Entrepreneurs
There are a growing number of efforts to help women and minorities become entrepreneurs and get funding for their start-ups in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. San Francisco accelerator NewME, which focuses on women, African-American and Latino entrepreneurs, is expanding through meet-up groups in the U.S. and abroad. Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and some Silicon Valley [...]
Read MoreThe “T” in STEM, Opportunity in Technology [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Young people trying to figure out what they want to do or study in college may want to explore a career in technology. It is one of the fastest growing markets that actually have jobs available. Technology makes up %49 of STEM employment and is expected to grow over the next several years. The below [...]
Read MoreNewME Accelerator Spring 2012 Start-up Kairos Raises $500,000 in Seed Funding
NewME Spring 2012 graduates are staying on their grind. Co-founders Amanda McClure and Brian Brackeen recently raised $500,000 in seed funding for their start-up Kairos utilizing knowledge and resources gained in the accelerator program. “Some of the investors were people we met directly from NewME sponsored events,” Brackeen says. “Others were persuaded to invest by our decks and [...]
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