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Hu Kuw a Ɛma Sikasɛm Ho Nimdeɛ Tumi wɔ Nnwuma a Abibifo Wɔ Mu

MANIFESTO a wɔde kyerɛw nsɛm

Wekeza nkutoo ne sikasɛm mu Ahofadi Honi ma Afrikafo a wɔatu akɔtra mmeae foforo wɔ United States.

Wekeza botaeɛ a ɛma tumi ne sɛ ɔbɛma sikasɛm ne sikasɛm mu asisifoɔ nkyerɛkyerɛ a ɛkɔ so na ama wɔn a wɔfiri Afrika (ne wɔn mmusua) atɔ kyɛfa kakraa bi ne ne nyinaa wɔ U.S. nnwumakuo a wɔtɔn wɔ baguam mu de ayɛ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ ahonyadeɛ.

WO NKYERƐKYERƐMU

Akannifo Kuw

Sabrina Oguammaa Ɔdehyeɛ ne Adwumayɛfoɔ Panyin

SABRINA ADUAN

Sabrina yɛ WorldofMoney.org, adwumayɛkuo a ɛnyɛ mfasoɔ a wɔatu wɔn ho ama sɛ wɔde nnɔnhwereɛ 120 a wɔde wɔn ho hyɛ mu afe biara bɛma wɔ adesuadan mu ne intanɛt so mmabun sikasɛm ho nkyerɛkyerɛ wɔ United States ne Afrika. Ɔboaa Ghana mfitiaseɛ Ministry of Finance Digital Financial Services Policy no.

Sabrina yɛ Wekeza Holdings, Inc, fintech a ɛwɔ U.S. a ɛma Afrikafo a wɔatu akɔtena United States ne amannɔne tumi de wɔn sika hyɛ U.S. nnwumakuw a wɔtɔn wɔ baguam mu no Fapemfo ne Adwumayɛfo Panyin. Wekeza yɛ Silicon Harlem C-Better Pitch Fest Akansie Nkonimdie Kɛseɛ a ɔdii nkonim.

Sabrina akɔ Fintech Nsupɔw so, Fintech Nhyiam Nhyiam, Afrika Atubrafo Sikasɛm Nhyiam, Afrika Tech Nhyiam, Silicon Harlem, Haiti Tech Nhyiam, Harlem Tech Nhyiam, ne Sika 20/20 nhyiam. Ɔyɛ obi a wawie Y Combinator Start-Up School, kan no na ɔyɛ Master Your Card African American Advisory Council no muni, na ɔyɛ wiase nyinaa ɔkamfofo a ɔkamfo sikasɛm mu nkabom.

WBLS-FM nkyerɛkyerɛmufo ne kan aseresɛm a ɔde gyina hɔ, Sabrina nso yɛ NAACP Mfonini Abasobɔde a wɔayi no sɛ “So I Look Like An ATM? Ɔwofo Akwankyerɛ a Ɛfa Afrika-Amerika Mmofra a Wɔtete Wɔn a Wɔyɛ Sikasɛm Ho Asɛyɛde Ho” (Chicago Review Press), aseresɛm a ɛne “A Kettle of Vultures...Left Beak Marks On My Forehead” (Simon ne Schuster), ne nea ɛkeka ho. Wɔbɔɔ Sabrina din sɛ ɔto so 16 wɔ Abibifo Mmea 50 a Wɔsen Biara wɔ Anigyede mu wɔ Black Noir nsɛmma nhoma mu no mu. Na ɔyɛ #NATPE television so agoprama a etwa to. Ɔakyerɛw nnipa a wɔagye din anim nsɛm ama Essence, Heart and Soul, ne Black Elegance. Ɔyɛ obi a wawie New York City Marathon no mprɛnsa.

Nneɛma titiriw: #kasafo titiriw, #media #nsɛm ho ɔkasafo, 1TP5Ɔkyerɛwfo, #panelist, #adwumayɛbea kwankyerɛfo, #mabun, sikasɛm mu nkabom, #sikasɛm mu nkabom, #Fintech, #edutech, #sikasɛm ho nimdeɛ

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Oduruyɛfo Erick Komolo na ɔkyerɛwee Kenya Mmaranimfo

Oduruyɛfo Erick Komolo na ɔkyerɛwee

Oduruyɛfo Komolo yɛ oduruyɛfo ne nhomanimfo a ofi Nairobi, Kenya. Ɔyɛ adwuma titiriw wɔ Adwumayɛ/Adwumayɛ Mmara, Asɛnnibea/Ntamgyinafo, Nnipa Hokwan & Amansan Mmara, Atemmu Nhwehwɛmu, Mmara mu Nhwehwɛmu, Asase & Atwa Yɛn Ho Ahyia Mmara, Amanaman Ntam Aguadi Mmara, Ɔman ne Ankorankoro Nkitahodi, Nhwehwɛmu & Nhwehwɛmu, ne Aguadi Mmara wɔ ɔkwan a ɛkɔ akyiri so. Ɔde afotu kɛse ama clients na wadi nkonim agye nsɛm wɔ asennibea ahorow wɔ saa mmeae yi thro' n'adwumakuw DR.KOMOLO & PARTNERS ADVOCATES (www.komoloadvocates.com)

Ɔsan nso kyerɛkyerɛ adesua a wɔawie ne nea edi kan wɔ sukuupɔn mu wɔ Kenya a ne ho akokwaw wɔ Ɔman ne Ankorankoro Nkitahodi, Aguadi Nkitahodi, Nneɛma a Atwa Yɛn Ho Ahyia Mmara/Po so Mmara, Mpataayi Mmara, Mmara & Nkɔso, Mpɔtam Nkabom/Aguadi Mmara, Nnwumakuw Aban (ne Mmara) ne Amanyɔsɛm mu Sikasɛm mu. Ɔbenfoɔ Komolo nso ayɛ nwomanimfoɔ ne nhwehwɛmu dibea a ɛdidi soɔ yi: Visiting Scholar (Faculty of Law, KU Leuven, Belgium – 2021); Ɔtefoɔ Fellow /Postdoc (Harvard Mmara Sukuu, Cambridge, Massachusetts – 2018/19); Doctoral Fellow (Wiase Aguadi Ahyehyɛde (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland – 2014); Swire/RBC Ɔbenfoɔ (Hong Kong Suapɔn, 2011-15); ne Commonwealth Ɔbenfoɔ (Kent Suapɔn, United Kingdom, 2009/10). Wɔ afe 2015/16 mu no, Ɔbenfoɔ Komolo yɛɛ Mercury Policy & Regulatory Framework Adviser maa Guyana Aban, Caribbean, a UNDP foaa no so.

Oduruyɛfo Komolo ne nea ɔhyehyɛɛ MAKLWETA (www.maklweta.org), adɔe kuw bi a ɛyɛ adwuma de boa abeawa-abofra a wɔwɔ Afrika nkuraase, a mpɛn pii no nneɛma atitiriw a wɔde wɔn ho gye mu no ntumi nyɛ adwuma yiye no nhomasua no Afotufo Bagua no Titenani. Ɔsan nso hyehyɛɛ na ɔsom wɔ DALA (www.dalaafrica.com), adwumakuw a ɛyɛ safari ne atuhoama adwuma a ne bo nyɛ den a ɛde n’adwene si Afrika nkuraase a wɔbɛhwehwɛ so no Boayikuw no mu.
Wɔ abɔnten no, Ɔbenfo Komolo yɛ Fairtrade Africa, ahyehyɛde bi a ɛwɔ asasepɔn no nyinaa so a egyina hɔ ma Afrikafo a wɔyɛ nneɛma no Akwankyerɛ Kuw no Titenani Abadiakyiri. Ɔsan nso som wɔ DawaSwift Technologies, Canada adwumakuw bi a wɔyɛ aduruyɛ wɔ telefon so a wɔyɛ adwuma wɔ Afrika Apuei fam no Boayikuw no mu. Wɔde akansi paw Ɔbenfo Komolo sɛ ɔnkɔ Mmarahyɛ Bagua no mu wɔ Kenya 2017 amansan abatow mu mma ne kurom Rangwe Mantam (Homa Bay Mantam) sɛ obi a ɔyɛ mfinimfini benkum fam kandifo a ɔyɛ katee.

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Wekeza Akannifoɔ Kuo

Wekeza Afotufoɔ

Deborah Owens na ɔkyerɛwee

DEBORAH OWENS NE NKWASƐM

Deborah yɛ WealthyU no Fapemfo ne ne kwankyerɛfo panyin. Wɔhyehyɛɛ WealthyU sɛ wɔde sikasɛm mu nkonimdie kwankyerɛ bɛma mmaa a wɔyɛ adwumaden a wɔn kɔla yɛ kɔkɔɔ a wɔbɛdi nhyehyɛeɛ akwansideɛ a ɛwɔ sikasɛm adwumayɛ mu a ɛde wɔn sikasɛm daakye to asiane mu no so.

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Raghu Iyer na ɔkyerɛwee

Raghu Iyer na ɔkyerɛwee

Raghu Iyer wɔ mfeɛ aduonu-plus wiase nyinaa suahunu wɔ US, Europe & Asia wɔ mpaninfoɔ/adwumayɛfoɔ ne adwumayɛfoɔ board member dwumadie a mfeɛ 12 ka ho wɔ CXO levels (COO, CSO & CIO) & board levels wɔ fintech, sikasɛm dwumadie, nnuruyɛ, akwahosan tech, digital akwahosan ne mfiridwuma nnwuma mu. Ansa na ɔreyɛ ne mprempren dwumadie wɔ Nex Cubed firi afe 2017 sɛ strategic investor/adwumayɛfoɔ/ɔfotufoɔ a ɔwɔ mfitiaseɛ adwumayɛkuo no, Raghu yɛ Chief Business Strategy and Operations Officer ne saa ara nso na Executive Board Member wɔ Vivimed Labs, mfimfini generic nnuruyɛ adwumakuo a ɔmaa n’adwuma no nyaa nkɔsoɔ firii US $48 ɔpepem wɔ afe afe sika a ɔnya mu kɔɔ $225 ɔpepem bɛboro mfe 5. Ansa na ɛno reba no, wɔ afe 2008 mu no, na Raghu reyɛ CIO wɔ Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) a ICE (Inter Continental Exchange) gyee no de gyee $150 ɔpepem wɔ afe 2011. Na Raghu nso yɛ SMX mpanyimfo bagua no muni. Wɔ n’adwuma tenten mu no, Raghu ayɛ mpanyimfo dibea wɔ adwumayɛ/mfiridwuma nhyehyɛe ne adwumayɛ a ɛhwɛ nkitahodi ahorow so wɔ wiase nyinaa a ne bo yɛ bɛboro ɔpepepem $100 wɔ nnwumakuw te sɛ McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, S&P, Oracle, KPMG, BDF AG ne nea ɛkeka ho Saa nnwuma yi twee adwene sii M&A, adwumayɛ/sikasɛm nkɔso, nnwumakuw so turnaround, Digital/IT Transformation Strategy, ne adwumayɛ/sikasɛm mu nkɔso & mmɔdenbɔ. Wɔ n’adwuma kɛseɛ mu no, Raghu ayɛ M&A nnwuma 40 a ne boɔ boro ɔpepepem $2.5. Raghu nso adi dwuma denneennen wɔ sika a wɔboaboa ano a ne nyinaa yɛ bɛboro ɔpepem $750 ma nnwumakuw a wɔakyerɛw wɔn din wɔ ɔmanfo ne ankorankoro nsa ne nnwumakuw a wɔafi ase nso. Raghu wɔ MBA wɔ SIU, Carbondale, IL na onyaa MS wɔ Engineering mu wɔ Alaska Sukuupɔn, Fairbanks, AK. Raghu nso kɔɔ Wiase Nyinaa Adwumayɛbea a Ɛkɔ Anim Dwumadi (GAMP) wɔ Kellogg Sukuu a Ɛhwɛ Adwumayɛ so wɔ Northwestern Sukuupɔn, Chicago, IL.

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Ɔnanmusifo Harold E. Doley

Harold E. Doley na ɔkyerɛwee

Afrikani-Amerikani a odi kan a ɔtɔɔ New York Stock Exchange agua. Ɔno ne Afrika Nkɔso Sikakorabea no titrani a odi kan.

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Sikasɛm ne Mmara ho Nimdefo a Wɔwɔ Tumi Krataa

Reggie Asubɔnten no mu Ɔmampanyin, Fortis Lux Agumadi & Anigyede Dwumadibea
Insurance ho Ɔfotufo a ɔwɔ Tumi Krataa
(Haitifo-Amerikafo) .

Reggie Asubɔnten no mu

Reginald Canal yɛ Fortis Lux Agumadi ne Anigyede Dwumadibea no Titenani. Sɛ́ ɔkannifo a odi kan wɔ n’adwuma mu no, ɔrema agumadifo a wɔyɛ adwumaden ne anigyedefo tumi ma wɔayɛ sikasɛm ho akwan a etu mpɔn wɔ wɔn ankasa ne adwumayɛ asetra mu. Wɔ n’akwankyerɛ akokoduru so no, Agumadi & Anigyede Dwumadibea no asɔre atia nea wɔhwɛ kwan wɔ nea wiase nyinaa afɛfo som ho nhwɛso betumi ayɛ ho. Ɔyɛ ankorankoro bi a ɔwɔ nsiyɛ, adwempa a ɔyɛ adwuma bere nyinaa de du ne botae ahorow ho no ho nhwɛso a ɛhyerɛn.

Ansa na Fortis Lux reba no, Reginald dii mu wɔ dwumadie ahodoɔ mu wɔ HSBC wɔ mfeɛ 15 sikakorabea adwuma a nea ɛka ho ne: mfeɛ mmienu amannɔne dwumadiɛ a ɔne HSBC’s Consulting Group wɔ Hong Kong, ɔhwɛɛ HSBC New York City flagship Premier Affluent Center so de kyerɛw nea wɔtɔn no na ɔhyɛɛ Affluent African American Segment a ɛde n’ani sii High Net Worth Individuals ne Commercial so Adetɔfo.

Reginald yɛ obi a n’ani gye ho sɛ ɔbɛkamfo nnipa a wɔbɛka wɔn ho na wɔayɛ nneɛma ahorow wɔ ne mpɔtam hɔ. Ɔyɛ Ɔman Abibifo MBA Fekuw no muni wɔ ne nkwa nna nyinaa mu. Reginald yɛ Miss Halls (Mmabaa Nyinaa Sukuu a Wɔtra Mu) no sohwɛfo; obi a ɔhyehyɛɛ Haitifo Pon Kurukuruwa no baguafo; Valley Arts Akwankyerɛ Kuw no muni; ne Metropolitan Tete Nneɛma Akorae a Ɛhwɛ Amammerɛ Ahorow So Boayikuw no. Reginald wɔ Bachelors of Arts wɔ Franse kasa mu ne Master wɔ Adwumayɛ mu wɔ Amanaman Ntam Adwumayɛ mu wɔ Binghamton Sukuupɔn mu.

Sɛ wopɛ afotuo a wɔde kamfo wo a,mail Reggie: rcanal@fortislux.com so na wobɛkyerɛw wo din

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Oduruyɛfo Dominique Reese, AFC®, FFC®, na ɔyɛ ɔbenfo CEO, Reese Sikasɛm Ano Aduru ne Ntetee Ano Aduru
(Abibifo-Amerikani) .

Dominique Reese na ɔkyerɛwee

Oduruyɛfo Dominique Reese, AFC®, FFC®, na ɔyɛ ɔbenfo

CEO, Reese Sikasɛm Ano Aduru ne Ntetee Ano Aduru

Di nkutaho : https://reesefinancialservices.com/

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Lillie N. Nkenchor, Esq, LL.M., ne wɔn a wɔka wɔn ho no President, Lillie N. Nkenchor, PC Agyapadeɛ ne adwumayɛ ho nhyehyɛeɛ
(Nigeria-Amerikani) .

Lillie N. Nkenchor, Esq, LL.M., ne wɔn a wɔka wɔn ho no

Lillie N. Nkenchor, PC, no Titenani

Agyapade ne adwumayɛ ho nhyehyɛe

Di nkutaho : https://www.lillienkenchor.com/

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Vangile Makwakwa, ɔyɛ MBA Ɔde sii hɔ, Ahonyade Sika
South Africani, Wiase Nyinaa Ɔman Ba

Vangile Makwakwa, ɔyɛ MBA

Vangile Makwakwa na ɔhyehyɛɛ Wealthy Money, adwumakuo bi a ɛboa nkurɔfoɔ ma wɔsa nananom sika ho adwenemhaw sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛtumi adɔ wɔn sikakorabea akontaabuo na wɔabɔ wɔn bra yie.

Ɔsan nso yɛ Property Magicians Podcast a ɛyɛ A to Z akwankyerɛ a ɛfa agyapadeɛ a wode bɛto mu ho no sohwɛfoɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wobɛtumi ahyɛ aseɛ na woanya wo agyapadeɛ portfolio.

Ɔno ne ɔkyerɛwfo a ɔkyerɛw Koma, Adwene & Sika: Nkate mu Nyansa a Wɔde Di Dwuma Ma Sikasɛm mu Yiye. Ɔwɔ sikasɛm ho abodin krataa ne MBA na ofii n’ankasa sikasɛm akwantu ase denam ɛka $60,000 a otuae so. Ɔde mfe 15 atu kwan na ɔrekyekye n’adwumakuw no ahonyade-sika.com bere a otu kwan na ɔte aman ahorow so no.

Tie podcast no wɔ ha: ahonyade sika.podbean.com

Di nkutaho : https://reesefinancialservices.com/

Company bio:

Sika a Ɛyɛ Sika boa nkurɔfo ma wɔsa wɔn nananom (awo ntoatoaso ntam) sika ho ahodwiriw sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobetumi adɔ wɔn sikakorabea akontaabu, ama wɔn sika akɔ soro na wɔabɔ wɔn bra a eye sen biara. Sua pii wɔ link yi so: wealthy-money.com

Social media nkitahodi ahorow:

Twitter: @vangilemakwakwa: Ɔde ne nsa kyerɛɛ ne so

Instagram: @vangilemakwakwa: Ɔde ne nsa kyerɛɛ ne so

Facebook: Sika a Ɛyɛ Ahonyade

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Michael Warren na ɔkyerɛwee Sikasɛm ho Ɔbenfo a ɔwɔ Tumi krataa

Michael Warren na ɔkyerɛwee

Sikasɛm ho Ɔbenfo a ɔwɔ Tumi krataa

Di nkutaho : https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-warren-b0364257/

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Manyell Akinfe-Reed na ɔkyerɛwee Sikasɛm ho Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo

Manyell Akinfe-Reed akwantuo wɔ sikasɛm mu no hyɛɛ aseɛ wɔ afe 2005. Te sɛ afoforo pii no, ohyiaa asɛnnennen a ɛne sɛ ɔde sika kakraa bi bɛyɛ pii. Ná ne botae ne sɛ ɔbɛtɔ ofie, atua sukuuni bosea, na wakora sika so, nanso ankyɛ na ohui sɛ n’akatua nkutoo rennɔɔso. Bere a ɔrehwehwɛ akwan a ɔbɛfa so anya sika foforo no, ohyiaa Sikasɛm ho Ɔfotufo bi. Saa nhyiam yi yɛɛ nsakrae kɛse, na ɛkanyan ‘aha’ bere bi wɔ ne nimdeɛ kakraa bi a ɔwɔ wɔ sika a wɔde di dwuma ho no ho. Esiane sɛ na wasi ne bo sɛ ɔbɛma ne sikasɛm mu IQ atu mpɔn na wasi ne bo sɛ ɔbɛma afoforo tumi nti, ofii n’akwantu no ase wɔ sikasɛm mu adwumayɛ mu.

Manyell nimdeɛ ne nhumu ama obu wɔ sikasɛm ho adesua mu. Ɔakyerɛw sɛnea sikasɛm mu nsakrae ka abusua bi sikasɛm ho nsɛm pii na waboa ma wɔayɛ Reuters, CNBC, ne Black Enterprise Business Report. Ɔsan nso ayɛ Essence.com ne Jet Magazine fibea, a ne ho akokwaw wɔ sɛnea sikasɛm mu nkɔso ka abusua sikasɛm nhyehyɛe mu.

Ne bo a wasi sɛ ɔbɛkyerɛkyerɛ sikasɛm mu no kɔ akyiri sen nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔfo ntoboa. Manyell ne ahyehyɛde atitiriw te sɛ National Urban League, The Department of Education, ne World of Money ayɛ biako. Waboa kɛse wɔ sikasɛm ho adesua nhyehyɛe ahorow a wɔayɛ ama sikasɛm ho nimdeɛ ho nhyehyɛe ahorow mu, na wama sikasɛm ho adwene a ɛyɛ den ayɛ mmerɛw ama atiefo a wɔdɔɔso. N’adwuma no bi ne fekubɔ ahorow a ɛwɔ nkɛntɛnso, te sɛ Harlem Mmofra Beae a ɛfa sikasɛm mu ahoɔden a wɔde ma kurow no mu asa ahorow ho, Carver Sikakorabea a ɛfa afie wurayɛ ho nhyiam ahorow ho, New York Kuropɔn DA Dwumadibea a ɛfa nhyehyɛe ahorow a wɔde asi wɔn ani so sɛ wɔbɛtew bɔne a wɔsan yɛ so denam sikasɛm mu nkyerɛkyerɛ so, ne Mobility Capital Finance a ɛfa mpɔtam hɔfo a wɔde wɔn ho hyɛ mu ne sikasɛm ho nkyerɛkyerɛ ho.

Wɔ n’afotu ne nkɔso dwumadi ahorow akyi no, Manyell da nsow sɛ ɔyɛ ɔkasafo ne ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo a ɔwɔ ahoɔden. Ɔayɛ ɔkasafoɔ titire wɔ nhyiamu a ɛda nsow te sɛ WBLS Circle of Sisters ne NAACP Women’s Economic Empowerment Summit. Ne nhyiam ahorow a ɛyɛ anigye no atrɛw ne dwumadi mu akɔ akuw ahorow pii mu, a asɔre ahorow, mpɔtam hɔ mmeae, ne ahyehyɛde ahorow a wɔnyɛ adwuma a mfaso wɔ so ka ho. Nea ɔdaa ne ho adi wɔ New York Hot 97 Street Soldiers ne Blog Talk Radio dwumadi ahorow mu no si n’ahokokwaw a ɔde ma ɛyɛ nokware na ohyia nkurɔfo wɔ baabi a wɔwɔ no so dua.

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Yawda P. Brooks, MBA, na ɔyɛ ɔbenfo Ɔno na ɔhyehyɛɛ AJOY
Nnwuma nketewa Tow & Akontaabu
Adwumakuw a Wɔagye Agye atom (CAA) .

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“Wekeza rebubu akwanside ahorow a ɛmma Afrikafo a wɔatu akɔtra United States ne Caribbean no nya awo ntoatoaso ahonyade no. Afei, yɛtrɛw mu kɔ Afrika aman a ɛkanyan adwene no wɔ nea edi kan no mu. Afrika manfo di kan de mobile di dwuma, na wɔasiesie wɔn ho ama sikasɛm ho app bi.”