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

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These applications came from 19 countries (including 14 African countries) and Yusuf said the company received the most entries from Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya and Botswana. . Some well-known personalities from tech and music are sponsoring students through the program, while others, noticing the startup’s promise, are cutting checks.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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He was the first person that we sponsored to our High School Education Program, and he was able to complete his education. He showed so much leadership and promise that we ended up sponsoring him to a university through our FORGE education fund. The first opportunity that I had to go back was to work in a refugee camp in Botswana.

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Dear Sophie: How to maneuver the latest travel bans, H-1B alternatives

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We sponsored several people in this year’s lottery. The most recent policy bars individuals who have been in South Africa, as well as Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe within the previous 14 days from entering the United States. due to Omicron. 29 due to the Omicron variant.