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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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In 2017, we shared 3 ways to empower your entrepreneurial community. Racial wealth disparity is a major barrier to thriving communities and economic growth. These resources can help you get started: IEDC’s Playbook for Equitable Economic Development. Make your ecosystem inclusive. Make your ecosystem inclusive.

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How To Grow Your Economy. Build It, Don’t Buy It!

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Building Startup Communities is the Way to Economic Growth and Recovery. Economic growth or expansion (or recovery) depends on business dynamism. Startups are key to business dynamism and strong economic growth. Economic growth or stagnation depends on business dynamism. Economies are hurting.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

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The first-ever FALAK UTS launched in May 2017 as a two-day summit on innovation and disruption. In 2017 there were 200 attendees. Plus, making it free for all ensures that even the most economically disadvantaged people in our society can attend and learn. Promoting Disruption. For 2018 we are planning for 300-plus attendees.

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MFS Africa leads $2.3M seed round in Ugandan fintech startup Numida

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Although these businesses drive economic growth and contribute up to one-third of the continent’s GDP, they are often financially excluded from credit and other financial services due to their size and informality. Small businesses in Africa need digital banking services including plenty of credit. million seed round.

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Oraan raises $3M to increase financial inclusion among Pakistani women

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After working as an investment banker in Canada for a decade, Halima Iqbal moved back to Pakistan in 2017 and quickly realized how difficult it is for women to access financial services. “I I had a really hard time opening up a basic bank account. It took me about three and a half months,” Iqbal told TechCrunch.

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Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M, backed by Mac VC and Serena Ventures

TechCrunch

Each had different yet complementary skills — Michael Famoroti , an economist; Bode Ogunlana , a software engineer; Abdul Abdulrahim , a data scientist; and Preston Ideh , a corporate lawyer — and in 2017, they launched a media startup to address the dearth of information and data-driven insights in the West African country. .

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NJEDA Names Inaugural New Jersey Innovation Fellows Cohort

American Entrepreneurship

“This initiative reflects NJII’s commitment to fostering innovation, supporting local entrepreneurs, and contributing to the economic development of New Jersey through collaborative efforts with organizations like the NJEDA.”