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Africa
Forbes And Aviram Foundation Select Five Entrepreneurs As Finalists To Compete For $500,000 Grand Prize At 2023 Aviram Awards Competition In Morocco, With Headline Speaker President Bill Clinton
MARRAKECH, Morocco — Five trailblazing entrepreneurs from across North Africa and the Middle East have been selected as finalists for the 2023 Aviram Awards competition hosted by the Aviram Foundation and Forbes in Marrakech on May 16th, 2023. President Bill Clinton will also join the event as a headline speaker. Each year the Aviram Awards aims to identify, mentor and support ventures in…
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Africa
Forbes Gathers The Best And Brightest Young Entrepreneurs in Botswana For The Second Annual Forbes Under 30 Summit Africa
NEW YORK — In April 2022, Forbes held its first-ever Under 30 Summit Africa, which convened the world’s most elite young entrepreneurs and game-changers. The Forbes Under 30 Summit Africa will return to Botswana once again from April 23-26, 2023, to harness the power of entrepreneurial capitalism amid a country whose growth is ripe with opportunities for young entrepreneurs and rapidly becoming a…
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Africa
Forbes And The Aviram Family Foundation Announce Return Of 2023 Aviram Awards – Tech for Humanity Competition With $500,000 Grand Prize
TEL AVIV, Israel & MARRAKESH, Morocco — Forbes, in partnership with the Aviram Family Foundation, announce the second annual Aviram Awards – Tech for Humanity, hosted in Morocco in 2023. The competition provides a springboard for the entrepreneurs of the future to make their ideas a reality. To do this, the Aviram Family Foundation is granting a $500,000 USD prize and…
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Entertainment
Forbes recognizes Nigerian filmmaker Mo Abudu among 100 most powerful women 2021
Nigerian filmmaker Mo Abudu has been recognized by Forbes as one of the most powerful women in 2021. The media mogul and philanthropist, who said she was so excited, took to Instagram page @moabudu to announce the great achievement to her fans and well wishers. According to her, she is so humbled and deeply grateful to be among the world’s…
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Sports
Federer is Forbes’ Richest Athlete
Roger Federer is the world’s highest-paid athlete for 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic knocked football’s Lionel Messi off top spot, according to the annual Forbes list released on Friday. The Swiss tennis great, owner of a men’s record 20 Grand Slam singles titles, earned 106.3 million dollars in the last 12 months, including 100 million dollars via endorsements. This helped…
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Africa
NSE boss, Onyema among 10 most powerful men in Africa– Forbes
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar Onyema is on Forbes list as one of the 10 most powerful men in Africa in 2015. Although the NSE All Share Index (ASI) is down by 15.3 percent year to date and was one of the worst performing stock exchanges last year. However, that was not…
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News
Bill Gates is named world’s richest person again
Bill Gates has been declared the richest man in the world for the 16th time by Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of global billionaires. The Microsoft founder once again beat Mexican businessman Carlos Slim to the top spot. Mr Gates’ net worth rose by just over $3bn (£1.94bn) in the year to 13 February, to $79bn. There are a record 1,826…
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