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A new report from Crunchbase has found that many of the financial commitments made during the global protests over racism last year have fallen to the wayside amid a record year of investing.  Just 1.2% of the record $137 billion invested in US startups in the first half of 2021 went ...

Indian-born Vickram Agarwal is a global citizen. Raised in India and the Middle East and educated in the UK, he started his marketing career with General Motors in Dubai. A digital and technology entrepreneur, in 2011, he founded Stroke Consulting with a client portfolio that included some top brands. He ...

On September 20, 2021 Canada will have its 44th Parliamentary election.  There are six main political parties running.  The first is the Liberal Party of Canada, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.  The Liberals are generally regarded as a centrist party and have governed since October 2015.  The second is ...

Three remarkable Kenyan entrepreneurs have made it to the final Top 20 Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition – a flagship philanthropic programme run by the Jack Ma Foundation. Navalayo Osembo-Ombati is the Co-Founder and CEO of Enda Athletic, Inc, a made-in-Kenya running shoe brand working towards creating jobs, investing in local ...

A lack of role models, stereotypes and difficulties accessing funding make it hard for women to launch businesses. Committing to work-life balance, redefining the face of entrepreneurs and new business and digital models are some key aspects that could help make entrepreneurial opportunities more egalitarian. Between October 2019 and June 2020 ...