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81% of VC firms don’t have a single black investor — BLCK VC plans on changing that

Venture capital has a diversity problem . BLCK VC , a new organization founded by Storm Ventures associate Frederik Groce and NEA associate Sydney Sykes to connect, engage and advance black venture capitalists, is ready for a new era in the industry. Their mission: Turn 200 black investors into 400 black investors by 2024. “We think of ourselves as an organization formed by black VCs for blacks VCs to increase the representation of black investors,” Sykes told TechCrunch. “You can look around and say well ‘I know five black VCs,’ but you can also say this firm does not have a single black VC, they may not even have a single underrepresented minority … We want to make firms reckon with the fact that there is a racial diversity problem; there is a lack of black VCs and every firm should really care about it.” BLCK VC has been at work since the beginning of 2018, building and expanding a network of black investors in the San Francisco area, Los Angeles and New York. They seek to provide a...

LIST OF APPROVED COURSES OFFERED IN NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY KANO (NWU)

We have listed the Approved NUC Courses Offered in Northwest University Kano (NWU).

The University currently runs 29 programmes from 5 different faculties and the duration of each program is 4 years.

 

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Brief History of the Institution


The deteriorating standard of education in Kano state at primary and secondary school levels called for wide scale capacity building in infrastructural provisions and human capacity development for qualified teaching personnel. In addition demand for access to University education by secondary school graduates, cumulatively necessitated the establishment of an additional University in the State. In order to address this issue, The Kano State Government under the leadership of Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE decided to establish a Second State University in Kano (City University Model).

To address the need for the establishment of a second state university in the state, a Technical Committee was inaugurated by His Excellency, Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Thursday 24th November, 2011 at the Ante-Chamber, Government House, Kano and charged it with the responsibility of articulating a blue print for the exercise. An Academic Brief along with the draft law for the establishment of the university were prepared by the committee, its future Academic Plans and the physical plan of the university were all developed and presented to Government.

 

 

Here are the Detailed Lists of Approved Courses Offered in Northwest University Kano (NWU)


 

 

Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences



  • Biochemistry

  • Anatomy

  • Physiology


 

Faculty of Education



  • Art and Social Science Education

  • Science and Technical Education

  • Library and information Science


 

Faculty of Humanities



  • Language

  • History and International Studies

  • Islamic Studies


 

Faculty of Science



  • Biological Science

  • Chemistry

  • Computer Science

  • Mathematics

  • Physics


 

Faculty of Social and Management Science



  • Accounting

  • Business Administration

  • Economics

  • Geography


 

 
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