Education Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Awards Millions Toward Math Education for Black StudentsJeroslyn JohnsonAugust 12, 2021August 16, 2021 by Jeroslyn JohnsonAugust 12, 2021August 16, 20211056 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is investing $1 million into improving math education for Black K-12 students....
News Technology Bill Gates Is Spending Billions To Fight CoronavirusDerek MajorApril 7, 2020April 7, 2020 by Derek MajorApril 7, 2020April 7, 20202562 Microsoft founder and philanthropic billionaire Bill Gates is spending billions of dollars on seven possible vaccines for coronavirus....
News Ken Chenault Leaving Facebook Board; Appointed First Black Berkshire Hathaway DirectorDerek T. DingleMarch 15, 2020 by Derek T. DingleMarch 15, 20204808 Ken Chenault will leaves Facebook Board as he gains appointment as Berkshire Hathaway...
Entrepreneurship Bill Gates Agrees to Pay off Nigeria’s $76M Debt in the Fight to Eradicate PolioSelena HillJanuary 23, 2018February 15, 2018 by Selena HillJanuary 23, 2018February 15, 20182084 Rather than accumulating a massive amount of wealth, Microsoft founder Bill Gates continues to donate his fortune to charity....
Entrepreneurship Move Over Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos is Now the World’s Richest PersonSelena HillJanuary 18, 2018January 18, 2018 by Selena HillJanuary 18, 2018January 18, 20181196 The 62-year-old investor’s net worth jumped to a whopping $105.1 billion, which means his fortune has surpassed the record previously held by Bill Gates....
Education The Teacher Who Can “Talk To a 5-Year-Old About Engineering,” By Bill GatesRobin White GoodeAugust 27, 2017September 23, 2017 by Robin White GoodeAugust 27, 2017September 23, 2017410 A lot of that was just my personal aptitude. But maybe things would have been different if I’d had a teacher like Camille Jones, the...
Technology Nigerian Engineer Turns Down Job Offer from Bill GatesRobin White GoodeDecember 7, 2016September 29, 2017 by Robin White GoodeDecember 7, 2016September 29, 20171961 Maybe turning the job down is one thing, but actually telling Gates that you turned down a job at Microsoft? Kwekowe took it in stride,...
Education A Powerful Conversation on Schools, Poverty, and RaceBlackEnterprise.comAugust 24, 2016October 2, 2017 by BlackEnterprise.comAugust 24, 2016October 2, 2017263 I asked Nate why he’s so passionate about teaching. “It is a matter of life and death,†he said. “If my students are not successful...
Entrepreneurship The Marijuana Business Just Got A Major PartnerSirita WrightJune 22, 2016September 29, 2017 by Sirita WrightJune 22, 2016September 29, 2017244 Microsoft partners with cannabis technology firm KIND Financials....
Technology 5 Tech Leaders Who Are Not All ThatSamara LynnJune 1, 2016September 28, 2017 by Samara LynnJune 1, 2016September 28, 2017815 "...many successful tech leaders get passes on obnoxiousness and sometimes are even rewarded for it..."...