Southern Co , Apple launching Propel Center incubator in Atlanta for HBCU students bizjournals.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bizjournals.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Barnett Wright
The wins continue to pile up for Miles College.
The Fairfield institution will be beneficiary of a partnership with multinational investment bank UBS that will focus on delivering a financial literacy and wellness curriculum, the latest in a collaboration that Miles has with a number of global brands.
UBS is partnering with the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) to offer its Tomorrow’s Talent Program curriculum at SIAC’s 14 colleges and universities across six states.
Those include Miles and Tuskegee, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), in Alabama. For Miles, that partnership adds to several others announced in recent months that include ones with Goldman Sachs, Apple and IBM.
Apple has launched the first Entrepreneur Camp for Black Founders and Developers, welcoming 13 app companies and developers as the inaugural cohort.
Credit: Apple
The online Entrepreneur Camp, which will run from Feb. 16 to Feb. 25, is designed to help developers improve their existing apps on the App Store. It includes technology labs, one-on-one code guidance from Apple experts, and mentorship from Apple leaders. These incredible app creators and business leaders embody the entrepreneurial spirit that runs so deep in the Black community, said Apple s Lisa Jackson, the company s Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives chief.
Among the 13 app companies that have been invited to the program are developers that have secured major funding and garnered awards. The list includes apps like gym equipment identification app B3am; immersive media app Film3D; and nail art marketplace Nailstry. The full list of developers is available below.
Apple has launched the first Entrepreneur Camp for Black Founders and Developers, welcoming 13 app companies and developers as the inaugural cohort.
The online Entrepreneur Camp, which will run from Feb. 16 to Feb. 25, is designed to help developers improve their existing apps on the App Store. It includes technology labs, one-on-one code guidance from Apple experts, and mentorship from Apple leaders. These incredible app creators and business leaders embody the entrepreneurial spirit that runs so deep in the Black community, said Apple s Lisa Jackson, the company s Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives chief.
Among the 13 app companies that have been invited to the program are developers that have secured major funding and garnered awards. The list includes apps like gym equipment identification app B3am; immersive media app Film3D; and nail art marketplace Nailstry. The full list of developers is available below.