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I-MANIFESTO

I-Wekeza yiyona yodwa iSifanekiso Senkululeko Yenkululeko ye-African Diaspora e-United States.

Inhloso ka-Wekeza enikeza amandla iwukunikeza imfundo eqhubekayo yezezimali kanye nabatshalizimali futhi inike amandla labo abangabokudabuka e-Afrika (kanye nemindeni yabo) ukuthi bathenge amasheya amancane naphelele ezinkampanini ezihweba esidlangalaleni zase-US ukuze bakhe ingcebo ekhiqizwayo.

XHUMANA NATHI

Ithimba Lobuholi

Sabrina Lamb Umsunguli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu

SABRINA IWUNDLU

U-Sabrina ungumsunguli kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu se-WorldofMoney.org, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ezinikele ekunikezeni amahora agxilile waminyaka yonke angu-120 ekilasi kanye nemfundo yezezimali yentsha eku-inthanethi e-United States nase-Afrika. Ufake isandla kuNqubomgomo Yasekuqaleni Yomnyango Wezezimali Yezinsizakalo Zezezimali Zedijithali yaseGhana.

U-Sabrina unguMsunguli kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu se-Wekeza Holdings, Inc, i-fintech ezinze e-US eyenza abantu base-Afrika abahlakazeke e-United States naphesheya batshale izimali ezinkampanini ezihweba esidlangalaleni zase-US. U-Wekeza uwine uMklomelo Omkhulu we-Silicon Harlem C-Better Pitch Fest.

U-Sabrina uvele e-Fintech Islands, Fintech Meetup Conference, Africa Diaspora Investment Forum, Africa Tech Summit, Silicon Harlem, Haiti Tech Summit, Harlem Tech Summit, kanye nengqungquthela ye-Money 20/20. Uthweswe iziqu e-Y Combinator Start-Up School, owayeyilungu le-Master Your Card African American Advisory Council, futhi ungummeli womhlaba wonke wokufakwa kwezimali.

Umhlaziyi we-WBLS-FM nowake wadlala indima yamahlaya, u-Sabrina uphinde abe ngumbhali othengiswa kakhulu wama-NAACP Image Awards oqokwe “Ingabe Ngibukeka Njenge-ATM? Umhlahlandlela Wabazali Wokukhulisa Izingane Zase-Afrika NaseMelika Ezizibophezele Ngokwezimali” (Chicago Review Press), incwadi ehlekisayo ethi “Igedlela Lamanqe…Izimpawu Zoqhwaku Lwesobunxele Ebunzini Lami” (uSimon noSchuster), nokunye. USabrina uqokwe endaweni ye-16 ohlwini lwabesifazane abangu-50 Abamnyama Abaphezulu Kwezokuzijabulisa kumagazini iBlack Noir. Ubengumdlali wamanqamu kumabonakude we-#NATPE. Ubhale izindaba zekhava yosaziwayo ze-Essence, Heart and Soul, kanye neBlack Elegance. Ungumgijimi oqede kathathu weNew York City Marathon.

Okukhethekile: #keynote speaker, #media #commentator, #author, #panelist, #workshop umsizi, #youth, ukufakwa kwezimali, #financialinclusion, #Finteratech, 1TPnancial5TeduT

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UDkt Erick Komolo Umeluleki Wezomthetho waseKenya

UDkt Erick Komolo

UDkt. Komolo ungudokotela futhi ungudokotela ozinze eNairobi, eKenya. Wenza iziqu ze-Employment/Labour Law, Arbitration/Mediation, Human Rights & Constitutional Law, Judicial Review, Legal Audit, Land & Environmental Law, International Trade Law, Public-Private Partnerships, Monitoring & Evaluation, kanye noMthetho Wezohwebo ngokuvamile. Uye waluleka kakhulu amakhasimende futhi wawaphikisa ngempumelelo amacala ezinkantolo kulezi zindawo esebenzisa inkampani yakhe ethi DR.KOMOLO & PARTNERS ADVOCATES (www.komoloadvocates.com)

Ubuye afundise izifundo zeziqu kanye neziqu ze-undergraduate ezingeni lenyuvesi eKenya onguchwepheshe Bobambiswano Lomphakathi Nezizimele, Ukuhwebelana Kwezentengiselwano, Umthetho Wezemvelo/Umthetho Wasolwandle, Umthetho Wezokudoba, Umthetho Nentuthuko, Ukuhlanganiswa Kwesifunda/ Umthetho Wokuhweba, Ukubusa Kwebhizinisi (kanye Nomthetho) kanye Nomnotho Wezombangazwe. UDkt. Komolo uphinde wabamba lezi zikhundla ezilandelayo zezazi nezocwaningo: Isazi Esivakashelayo (I-Faculty of Law, KU Leuven, Belgium – 2021); Isakhamuzi/I-Postdoc (Isikole Somthetho sase-Harvard, e-Cambridge, Massachusetts - 2018/19); Umlingani Wobudokotela (Inhlangano Yezohwebo Yomhlaba (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland – 2014); I-Swire/RBC Scholar (iNyuvesi yaseHong Kong, 2011-15); kanye ne-Commonwealth Scholar (e-University of Kent, United Kingdom, 2009/10). Ngo-2015/16, uDkt. Komolo usebenze njengomeluleki we-Mercury Policy & Regulatory Framework kuHulumeni wase-Guyana, e-Caribbean, esekelwe yi-UNDP.

UDkt. Komolo ungumsunguli kanye noSihlalo Webhodi Lokweluleka le-MAKLWETA (www.maklweta.org), inhlangano esiza abantulayo esebenzela ukusekela imfundo yengane yamantombazane ezindaweni zasemakhaya e-Afrika, evamise ukunakekelwa ukungenelela okujwayelekile. Uphinde wasungula futhi wasebenza kwiBhodi ye-DALA (www.dalaafrica.com), inkampani ye-safari ebiza kancane kanye namavolontiya egxile ekuhloleni izindawo zasemakhaya e-Afrika.
Ngaphandle, uDkt. Komolo usebenza njengePhini likaSihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi be-Fairtrade Africa, inhlangano yezwekazi lonke emele abakhiqizi base-Afrika. Uphinde asebenze eBhodini leDawaSwift Technologies, inkampani yaseCanada ye-telemedicine esebenza eMpumalanga Afrika. UDkt. Komolo waqokwa ngokuncintisana ukuthi angenele ukhetho lwasephalamende okhethweni lukazwelonke lwaseKenya lwango-2017 endaweni yangakubo yase-Rangwe Constituency (Homa Bay County) njengekhandidethi elimaphakathi nesobunxele.

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Wekeza Leadership Team

Wekeza Advisors

UDeborah Owens

UDEBORA OWENS

UDeborah ungumsunguli kanye no-CEO we-WealthyU. I-WealthyU yasungulwa ukuze inikeze umhlahlandlela wempumelelo wezezimali kwabesifazane abangochwepheshe bemibala ukuze banqobe izithiyo ezihlelekile embonini yezinsizakalo zezezimali ezibeka ikusasa labo lezezimali engcupheni.

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Raghu Iyer

Raghu Iyer

U-Raghu Iyer uneminyaka engu-20 nangaphezulu yokuhlangenwe nakho komhlaba wonke e-US, eYurophu nase-Asia ezindimeni eziphezulu eziphezulu/zokuphatha kanye nezikhulu zebhodi ezihlanganisa iminyaka engu-12 emazingeni e-CXO (COO, CSO & CIO) kanye namazinga ebhodi ku-fintech, izinsizakalo zezezimali, ezemithi, ubuchwepheshe bezempilo, imikhakha yezempilo yedijithali nobuchwepheshe. Ngaphambi kweqhaza lakhe lamanje e-Nex Cubed kusukela ngo-2017 njengomtshali-zimali/umhlinzeki/umeluleki onesu elihle namafemu asafufusa, uRaghu wayeyiChief Business Strategy and Operations Officer kanye neLungu Lebhodi Eliphezulu e-Vivimed Labs, inkampani ekhiqiza imithi ephakathi nendawo lapho akhulise khona ibhizinisi layo lisuka e-US $4 million lemali engenayo yonyaka eyisigidi esingu-$4 ngezigidi ezingu-28. Ngaphambi kwalokho, ngo-2008, u-Raghu wayesungula i-CIO ye-Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) eyatholwa yi-ICE (Inter Continental Exchange) ngezigidi ezingu-$150 ngo-2011. U-Raghu wayephinde abe yilungu lebhodi labaqondisi kwa-SMX. Phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe omude, u-Raghu ube nezikhundla eziphezulu zokuphatha ebhizinisini/esuni lezobuchwepheshe kanye nemisebenzi eyengamele ukusebenzelana emhlabeni jikelele enenani elingaphezu kwebhiliyoni elingu-$100 lenani lamafemu anjengoMcKinsey, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, S&P, Oracle, KPMG, BDF AG njll. Lezi zinhlelo zigxile ekukhuleni kwebhizinisi, kwezezimali, kuMcKinsey, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, S&P, Oracle, KPMG, BDF AG njll. I-Digital/IT Transformation Strategy, kanye nokuthuthukiswa kokusebenza/kwezezimali nokusebenza kahle. Phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe obanzi, u-Raghu ubelokhu enza imisebenzi ye-M&A engama-40 enenani elingaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-$2.5. I-Raghu iphinde yabamba iqhaza elibonakalayo ekuqoqweni kwezimali okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-$750 zamafemu asohlwini olusesidlangalaleni neziphethwe ngasese kanye neziqalo. U-Raghu une-MBA ayithola e-SIU, Carbondale, IL futhi uthole i-MS in Engineering e-University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK. URaghu uphinde wafunda ku-Global Advanced Management Programme (GAMP) eKellogg School of Management eNorthwestern University, eChicago, IL.

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Inxusa uHarold E. Doley

U-Harold E. Doley

owokuqala wase-Afrika-waseMelika ukuthenga isihlalo se-New York Stock Exchange. Ube ngumengameli wokuqala we-African Development Bank.

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Ochwepheshe Bezezimali Nezomthetho Abanelayisense

I-Reggie Canal Umongameli, iFortis Lux Sports & Entertainment Division
Umeluleki Womshwalense Onelayisensi
(I-Haitian-American)

I-Reggie Canal

UReginald Canal unguMongameli weFortis Lux Sports & Entertainment Division. Njengomholi ohamba phambili emkhakheni wakhe, unikeza abasubathi abangochwepheshe nabezokuzijabulisa ukuthi bakhe amasu asebenzayo ezezimali empilweni yabo yomuntu siqu neyebhizinisi. Ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe obunesibindi, i-Sports & Entertainment Division ikudelele okulindelekile kokuthi imodeli yesevisi yamakhasimende esezingeni lomhlaba ingaba yini. Uyisibonelo esikhanyayo somuntu onesimo sengqondo sokuphikelela, esihle esisebenza kancane kancane ukuze afinyelele imigomo yakhe.

Ngaphambi kuka-Fortis Lux, u-Reginald wayephumelele ezindimeni ezihlukahlukene e-HSBC emsebenzini webhange weminyaka eyi-15 okuhlanganisa: isabelo seminyaka emibili phesheya kwezilwandle ne-HSBC's Consulting Group e-Hong Kong, waphatha i-HSBC's New York City evelele i-Premier Affluent Center ukuze irekhode imiphumela yokuthengisa futhi waqala I-Affluent African American Segment kanye ne-Commerth Commerthcial Indivie ye-Commerth Indivie ye-High Commerth Indivi

UReginald ungummeli oshisekayo wokufakwa nokuhlukahluka emphakathini wakhe. Uyilungu le-National Black MBA Association. U-Reginald uyi-Trustee ka-Miss Halls (Isikole Sokugibela Wonke Amantombazane); ilungu lebhodi elisungula i-Haitian Roundtable; ilungu LeBhodi Yabaqondisi Be-Valley Arts; kanye neKomidi Lamasiko Ahlukahlukene le-Metropolitan Museum of Art. UReginald uneziqu zeBachelor of Arts in French kanye neMaster in Business Administration in International Business azithola eBinghamton University.

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe, thumela i-imeyili ku-Reggie: rcanal@fortislux.com

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UDkt. Dominique Reese, AFC®, FFC® I-CEO, i-Reese Financial Solutions kanye nezixazululo zokuqeqesha
(I-African-American)

UDominique Reese

UDkt. Dominique Reese, AFC®, FFC®

I-CEO, i-Reese Financial Solutions kanye nezixazululo zokuqeqesha

Othintana naye : https://reesefinancialservices.com/

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U-Lillie N. Nkenchor, Esq, LL.M UMongameli, uLillie N. Nkenchor, i-PC Estate kanye nokuhlelwa kwebhizinisi
(I-Nigerian-American)

U-Lillie N. Nkenchor, Esq, LL.M

Umongameli kaLillie N. Nkenchor, PC

Estate kanye nokuhlelwa kwebhizinisi

Othintana naye : https://www.lillienkenchor.com/

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Vangile Makwakwa, MBA Umsunguli, Imali Yengcebo
INingizimu Afrika, Isakhamuzi Somhlaba

Vangile Makwakwa, MBA

UVangile Makwakwa ungumsunguli we-Wealthy Money, inkampani esiza abantu ukuphulukisa ukuhlukumezeka kwemali yokhokho ukuze bathandane nama-akhawunti abo asebhange futhi baphile impilo engcono kakhulu.

Uphinde abe ngumsingathi weProperty Magicians Podcast umhlahlandlela ka-A kuya ku-Z wokutshalwa kwezimali kwezakhiwo ukuze uqale futhi ukhulise iphothifoliyo yendawo yakho.

Ungumbhali we Inhliziyo, Ingqondo kanye Nemali: Ukusebenzisa Ubuhlakani Bomzwelo Ukuze Uphumelele Kwezezimali. Uneziqu zezezimali kanye ne-MBA futhi waqala uhambo lwakhe lwezezimali ngokukhokha isikweletu esingu-$60,000. Uneminyaka engu-15 ehamba futhi wakha inkampani yakhe rich-money.com njengoba ehamba futhi ehlala emazweni ahlukene.

Lalela iphodikasti lapha: richymoney.podbean.com

Othintana naye : https://reesefinancialservices.com/

Umlando wenkampani:

I-Wealthy Money isiza abantu ukuthi belaphe ukuhlukumezeka kwemali kokhokho babo (kwamanye amazwe) ukuze bathandane nama-akhawunti abo asebhange, bakhulise iholo labo futhi baphile impilo engcono kakhulu. Funda kabanzi kulesi sixhumanisi: rich-money.com

Izixhumanisi zokuxhumana:

Twitter: @vangilemakwakwa

Instagram: @vangilemakwakwa

Facebook: Imali Ecebile

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UMichael Warren Uchwepheshe Wezezimali Onelayisense

UMichael Warren

Uchwepheshe Wezezimali Onelayisense

Othintana naye : https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-warren-b0364257/

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UManyell Akinfe-Reed Umqeqeshi Wezezimali

Uhambo lukaManyell Akinfe-Reed kwezezimali lwaqala ngo-2005. Njengabanye abaningi, wabhekana nenselele yokwenza okwengeziwe ngokuncane. Inhloso yakhe kwakuwukuthenga umuzi, akhokhe imali ebolekiwe yabafundi, aphinde onge, kodwa washeshe wabona ukuthi iholo lakhe lilodwa ngeke lanele. Ekufuneni kwakhe izindlela zokuthola imali eyengeziwe, wahlangana noMeluleki Wezezimali. Lo mhlangano waba yinguquko, wavusa umzuzu othi 'aha' mayelana nolwazi lwakhe olulinganiselwe lokuphatha imali. Ezibophezele ekuthuthukiseni i-IQ yakhe yezezimali futhi ezimisele ukunika abanye amandla, waqala uhambo lwakhe lwezinsizakalo zezezimali.

Ubungcweti nokuqonda kuka-Manyell kuzuze inhlonipho emphakathini wezemfundo yezezimali. Ubhale kabanzi ngokuthi izinguquko zezomnotho ziwuthinta kanjani umgomo womndeni futhi ufake isandla kuReuters, CNBC, kanye neBlack Enterprise Business Report. Ubuye waba umthombo we-Essence.com kanye ne-Jet Magazine, egxile ekuchazeni ukuthi ukuthambekela kwezomnotho kuthinta kanjani isabelomali somndeni.

Ukuzinikela kwakhe emfundweni yezezimali kudlula iminikelo yabezindaba. UManyell usebenzisane nezinhlangano ezibalulekile njengeNational Urban League, Umnyango Wezemfundo, kanye Nomhlaba Wemali. Ube nesandla ekuthuthukiseni ikharikhulamu yezomnotho yezinhlelo ezihlukahlukene zokufunda ngezezimali, wenza lula imiqondo eyinkimbinkimbi yezezimali kubabukeli abaningi. Umsebenzi wakhe uhlanganisa ubudlelwano obuhlukahlukene nobunomthelela, njengeHarlem Children's Zone emahholo asemadolobheni athuthukiswayo kwezomnotho, iCarver Bank enezinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi ngokuba nemizi, Ihhovisi le-DA yaseNew York City ngezinhlelo ezihloselwe ukunciphisa ukuphindisela ngemfundo yezomnotho, kanye neMobility Capital Finance ekuzibandakanyeni komphakathi nasekufundiseni ngezezimali.

Ngaphezu kwezindima zakhe zokubonisana nezokuthuthukisa, uManyell ugqama njengomethuli nothisha okhuthele. Ube yisikhulumi esibalulekile emicimbini ephawulekayo efana ne-WBLS Circle of Sisters kanye ne-NAACP Women's Economic Empowerment Summit. Amasemina akhe abandakanyayo amkhulisele ukufinyelela emaqenjini anhlobonhlobo, okuhlanganisa amasonto, izikhungo zomphakathi, nezinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo. Ukuvela kwakhe ku-Hot 97 Street Soldiers yaseNew York kanye nezinhlelo ezihlukahlukene ze-Blog Talk Radio kugqamisa ikhono lakhe lokuyigcina ingokoqobo nokuhlangana nabantu lapho bekhona.

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ULwesibili P. Brooks, MBA Umsunguli we-AJOY
Intela Yebhizinisi Elincane & Ukubalwa Kwezimali
I-Ejensi Yokwamukela Eqinisekisiwe (CAA)

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“I-Wekeza idiliza izithiyo ezivimbela ingcebo kubantu base-Afrika abasuka emazweni aseMelika naseCaribbean. Okulandelayo, sinabela emazweni ase-Afrika afaka ugqozi lombono kwasekuqaleni. Izakhamizi zase-Afrika zihamba phambili, futhi zilungele uhlelo lokusebenza lwezezimali. "