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Amid Afghan evacuations, Seattle-area investor recounts the nightmare of Iran’s revolution, war

August 23, 2021 by admin

Hadi Partovi, CEO and Founder of Code.org. (Photo via LinkedIn) Code.org founder Hadi Partovi and his twin brother were only 6 years old during the Iranian Revolution when the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took control of his homeland. The revolution took place more than 40 years ago, but the fear, violence and turmoil of this … Read more

Hitting the Books: Kenya’s digital divide is hampering its mobile money revolution

February 7, 2021 by admin

While mobile money apps have been slow to gain acceptance in the US, they’ve taken other nations like Sweden, China and especially Kenya by storm, enabling people for whom conventional banking has remained out of reach new ways to send, receive and invest their hard-earned cash. In Reimagining Money: Kenya in the Digital Finance Revolution, … Read more