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AABE Entrepreneur Member and Charlotte Based SEWW Energy Named to Newly Established President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa

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Charlotte, NC based energy entity SEWW Energy is pleased to announce that its President and CEO, Kevon Makell has been named to the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA). The newly formed committee will advise President Barack Obama on strengthening commercial engagement between the United States and Africa. SEWW Energy is one […]

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Can Africa Power its Increasing Power Demand?

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Over the past few months, The Harlem Times has reviewed various industries that are fueling the astronomical rise of Africa on the world’s economic stage. The key to Africa’s continual growth and development in the future will hinge on whether the continent can capitalize on its natural resources and produce enough power to keep up

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On Being One’s Own Hero: General Powell on STEM Education, Careers in the Military, and America’s Future

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Some of Colin Powells final words to the youth, April 5th, 1937 – October 18, 2021 Colin Powell rose from humble roots to become a retired four-star general, statesman, and diplomat. He is perhaps best known for serving as the 65th United States Secretary of Service under President George W. Bush, as the first African

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Immigrant Children: A Special Lens for the Immigration Situation

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Immigration is a situation, not a problem. After all, the very nature of immigration means that people’s lives are in a mixed state of present stress and hope for a better future. Questions of identity weave in and out of the topic. Immigrants have to leave the patriotic pride of their former home and their

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From Big Game to Big Data: Africa’s IT Industry

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Last month we surveyed the business environment that makes Africa a force to be reckoned with in the global marketplace. One in three Africans are classified as middle class; real income has doubled throughout the continent since 2000; 11 of the top 20 fastest growing economies are located in Africa (seven of which are in

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Hi-Tech and Black Employment

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A brute fact of life in 2014 is that black inner city youth are being frozen out of lucrative future high tech careers for lack of early preparation in mathematics.  In addition to—not instead of—reading, writing and speaking effectively, early mastery of the basic computation skills is crucial to a child’s future educational development. Children

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