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Tech, Education, and Making a Difference in South Africa: Meet Justinus Adriaanse

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Nelson Mandela’s 1999 retirement brought these injustices further to the forefront, unveiling the deep-rooted inequalities within South Africa’s education system and society as a whole. Problem-solving with purpose “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

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Our Top Three Most Engaging Stories of 2015

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Here were the top three most engaging stories in 2015: 1. EO was listed as first of 12 organizations that provide entrepreneurial support, education and networking opportunities! “The World’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs of 2015” by Emily Inverso, published on Forbes.com.

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Packback Announces Strategic Investment from PSG Equity

HPA

The company’s mission is to harness the power of AI to help educators implement high quality pedagogy at scale. Now, more than ever, administrators, educators, and students are looking to embrace academically honest and safe AI technology to enhance learning outcomes and alleviate teacher burnout,” says Kelsey Behringer, CEO of Packback. “Now,

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Guild Education valued at $3.75 billion with newest round

TechCrunch

Guild Education, which pairs employees with employer-sponsored learning opportunities, has raised $150 million in a Series E round. But Guild CEO and co-founder Rachel Carlson, who started the company in 2015 with classmate Brittany Stich, warned that lifelong learning post-pandemic isn’t a simple goal.

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Education startup MindX raises $3.3M to prepare Vietnamese students for tech careers

TechCrunch

Coding education platform co-founders Tung Nguyen and Ha Nguyen. Many kids want to study coding, but school curriculums are limited, said Tung Nguyen, the co-founder of MindX , an online/offline education platform that focuses on preparing students for tech careers. Some of the companies also serve as educational partners.

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50K Coalition supports Diversity in Engineering, Report shows Progress and Challenges

American Entrepreneurship

produced approximately 97,000 engineers per year at the bachelor’s degree level in 2015, roughly 34% were minorities and women. Supreme Court’s decision ending affirmative action in higher education and the denying of student loan relief. In its press statement, the organization cited that over all the U.S. of the U.S. population.

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Meet the man empowering young leaders by starting with their computer repairs

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

On top of his demanding work of technology repairs, Janeel has made the time to discover new ways to help others as a radio personality and program director at Dominion Radio since 2015 with his program IT Talks. Why do you think it is important to educate the community about technology? . IT is everything. government.