Million to Bring Africa to the World's Bar

H i-fa s hion fu nd ra is in g 8

AfCFTA Pilot 70 African Spirits 95

66 Top Producer Russia Thwarts Move to Redefi ne 'Confl ict Diamonds' 68 Belgium is Returning Patrice Lumumba’s Tooth 60 Years after his Assassination 70 Rwanda Among Countries Chosen for AfCFTA Pilot Trading 72 Central African Republic to Create its Own Digital Currency 73 Michael E. Langley Confi rmed as First Black Four-star General in Marine Corps History 74 Big Tech Companies in the Spotlight as South Africa Investigates Dominance Abuse

Investment

76 African Stock Exchange/Bourse 77 Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson Acquires Sports Metaverse Teams, Joins SimWin Sports as Owner, Investor & Advisor 78 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe sold to establish “Mercedes-Benz Fund” 80 Announcing Launch of Game-Changing NFT Platform 82 Tiff any James used Investing to turn $10,000 into $2 Million, now she wants to help Black Girls Do The Same

83 ‘They Have Shattered Barriers’

88 Black Bread Co. Founders Give Back 90 Self-agency is Key for Venture Capital in Francophone Africa 93 How Two Africans Overcame Bias to Build a Startup Worth Billions 94 Zambia’s Union54 is Bringing Virtual Debit and Credit Cards to the Unbanked 95 Black-owned, African Spirits Group Receives $3 Million to Bring Africa to the World's Bar

Technology/Science

Man who Fixed NASA’s Giant Space Telescope 98 Meta has Built a Massive new Language AI— and it’s Giving it Away for Free 100 Artifi cial Intelligence Has a Problem With Gender and Racial Bias 102 Big Tech is Winning the Battle for Kenya’s Talent 104 Meta Sued in Kenya over Claims of Exploitation and Poor Working Conditions 106 LinkedIn Launches Audio Events and New Creator Tools 107 AI-powered Speech Recognition is Entering a New Phase: Total Global Comprehension 108 New Artifi cial Photosynthesis Method Grows Food With No Sunshine 110 These 3D Printed Millirobots Can Sense and React to Their Surroundings

Lifestyle/Culture

114 Sir Mo Farah Reveals He was Traffi cked to the UK as a Child 117 Henry Louis Gates Jr. Named Editor-In-Chief of the New Oxford Dictionary of Africam American English 118 Catching Up with CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalist Taofeek Abijako 120 West Africa Comes to Hollywood with New Immersive Dining 122 Samella Lewis 124 DIY Is Not a Trend—It’s a Necessity 127 Culinary Kudos: the Trailblazing Chef Showcasing the Cuisine of Rural West Africa

History

130 New Human Fossil Discovery has Everyone Questioning the Origin of Mankind

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