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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

Some of them — including Grammy Award-winning artists such as Jay-Z , The Chainsmokers , Nas , and others like Snoop Dogg — have launched various funds to invest in startups in the U.S., What’s pulling African music artists to tech investment? Europe and globally. . Mr. Eazi (founder of Empawa Africa and investor in PawaPay).

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SAG Awards 2025: How and when to watch Hollywood’s most heartfelt tribute to actors

Fast Company Tech

The Screen Actors Guild Awards, hosted by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), is set to take place tonight (Sunday, February 23) at 8 p.m. Another alternative is to stream People and Entertainment Weekly s live-streamed coverage on YouTube. ET / 4 p.m. PT to catch it. ET / 5 p.m.

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Artists are playing takedown whack-a-mole to fight counterfeit merch

The Verge

There are all sorts of obstacles that are thrown up in front of artists’ Matt Buchholz’s artwork is usually a hit during the holidays. Buchholz’s official Alternate Histories calendar. It’s been a little like whack-a-mole,” says Aaron Reynolds, the artist behind Effin’ Birds, a comic series of swearing birds.

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Nigeria’s AltSchool raises $1M pre-seed to build an alternative school for Africans

TechCrunch

They include Olugbenga “GB” Agboola, Flutterwave co-founder and CEO; Shola Akinlade, Paystack co-founder and CEO; Folarin Falana, a Nigerian artist popularly known as Falzthebahdguy ; and Akitoye Balogun, a Nigerian artist known as Ajebutter22. The VCs in the round include Voltron Capital, Nestcoin, Pledges and Odba VC.

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The best alternatives to Spotify for listening to music

The Verge

As this is being written, we are still in the midst of the Spotify controversy , during which artists are abandoning the audio service in protest of that company’s contract with podcaster Joe Rogan. Although some Spotify fans might disagree, there are quite a few alternatives available for good music listening. Free trials: N/A.

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Grimes sold $6 million worth of digital art as NFTs

The Verge

Grimes is the latest artist to get in on the NFT gold rush, selling around $6 million worth of digital artworks after putting them up for auction yesterday. NFTs allow buyers to support artists, but it also gives buyers a couple things in return. Grimes isn’t the only artist to have made out big on NFTs already.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Although this appears at first glance to be beyond reach in a virtual setting, consider breaking down each aspect one by one to consider online alternatives. Alternatively, you might combine a silent auction with a shop by allowing buyers to either purchase an item at a buy-it-now or have the item awarded to the highest bidder.

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