February marks Black History Month, an annual commemoration of the history, achievements and contributions of Black communities in the United States. Incidentally, this month Black representation in global leadership roles took significant strides. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and Makhtar Diop were appointed to lead the World Trade Organization and International Finance Corporation respectively. We laud these historic achievements. Everyday at InsiderPR we work with stellar Black entrepreneurs making history — every month is black history month for us!
Spotlight On Insiders
This month for Spotlight on Insiders, our backstage pass into the lives of the people who make the magic happen at InsiderPR, the spotlight is on Olga Balangala, our Johannesburg-based Associate. To read her interview please visit our Medium page. Enjoy!
- Fawry’s market cap swells to over $2 billion | Menabytes
- How African startups raised investments in 2020 | TechCrunch
- Cabling Africa: the great data race to serve the ‘last billion’ | FT
- Global Tech Tax Is Expected to Arrive This Summer | Bloomberg
- Having spoken to 2,000+ companies over the last 12 months about their plans for remote work going forward, Chris Herd shares some of his learnings.
- On Startups, Writing and Career: “10 significant lies you’re told about the world”
- Thoughts on cryptocurrency in light of the Nigerian central bank “banning” crypto trading, at least via the banking sector.
In our dealings with prospective clients and investors outside the continent, we often find there is a need for an easy source of insights on Africa’s tech, startup and business space which is not easily found with a web search. Twitter’s List feature gives us the opportunity to address this challenge. To keep an eye on the latest conversations, follow our lists on: African Tech, Africa Business Media, African Tech Media and African Tech VCs.
- Africa Energy Indaba: March 1st — 5th
- MIT Fintech Conference: March 5th
- Forbes Africa Leading Women Summit: March 8th — 9th
- Africa CEO Forum: The Financial Industry Summit: March 10th — 11th
- South by SouthWest (SXSW) Conference: March 16th — 20th
- The Economist: 6th Annual Sustainability Week: March 22nd — 25th
- GTR West Africa: March 24th — 25th
- TechPoint Africa Digital Currency Summit: March 25th
- World Bank Annual Spring Meetings: April 5th — 11th
- BloombergNEF Summit New York: April 13th — 14th
- Power Week Africa: April 20th — 23rd
- LendIt Fintech USA: April 27th — 29th
- Partech Partners 2020 Africa Tech Venture Capital Report
- Africa Oil and Power Africa Renewables Special Report 2021
Have a great time and see you next month!
