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One woman’s path to financial empowerment leads the way

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2018 YLAI fellow Kenishia Mais is the founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform empowering young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, create their ideal financial lives, and gain the freedom to pursue more of what they love. How has YLAI helped you achieve your mission?

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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Long before that, the company engaged in anti-competitive practices and antagonized critics, especially female journalists like Sarah Lacy, who called out years of the company’s toxic issues as early 2014. She was threatened by the company, yet her call for change and her callout of top investors went largely ignored.

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The Startups and Investors Bringing Voice Tech to Healthcare

Dream It

Sensing an opportunity to solve this problem, many entrepreneurs have developed voice-powered applications that allow providers to offer a better patient experience. million adults in the United States experienced a voice problem in 2014. Another study estimated that approximately 17.9

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Health and Hope: Using Entrepreneurship to Tackle Air Pollution

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I signed up for the half-marathon at the EO Global Leadership Conference in Athens, Greece, in 2014, and I started training on the streets of Delhi. From that point on, I started educating others about air pollution. billion people, combined with little or no environmental consciousness, spells a large opportunity in India.

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Target Global leads $3.5M pre-seed in Nigerian online learning platform Edukoya

TechCrunch

Today, the Lagos- and London-based startup, which builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents, raised $3.5 If we look at all the innovation across different industries, Africa’s education system has remained untouched for 50 years; it’s been stagnant.”. Like in the U.S.,

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New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape

TechCrunch

It highlights important events in the continent’s tech ecosystem until this point, compares its journey with other emerging markets and provides guidance into the opportunities within various sectors. And though they are inclined to follow the money, Endeavor wants them to look beyond usual market opportunities and map out exit pathways.

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Google expands program to help train the formerly incarcerated

TechCrunch

Department of Education data from 2014 showed that 62% of correctional educational programs in the country didn’t allow prisoners access to the internet. “Criminal records for many can be a life sentence to poverty, creating barriers to jobs, housing, education and more,” Ibrahim said. For example, U.S.

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