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 Sokoto State University (SSU) Here are Lists of NUC Approved Courses Offered in Sokoto State University The Management of the Sokoto State Univetrsity has released the Updated lists of Approved Courses Offered in the Institution. History Arising from the insatiable quest of the people of the State for education and excellence, the idea of establishing the Sokoto State University was conceived, articulated and executed by the then Sokoto State Governor Aliyu Wamakko when he established the Sokoto State University Implementation Committee in 2008. The Committee was charged with the responsibility of: Planning for the structure and facilities for the effective running of the University, Seeking for and obtaining approval from the Federal Government for Sokoto State to run its’ own University aside , Usmanu Danfodiyo University , which is Federal and in which the indigenes of the State were marginally placed over the years arising from the F...