A leadership institute geared toward Georgia’s Muslim professionals launched last year has named the members of its second class for 2020. The Islamic Speakers Bureau Leadership Institute has also continued its partnership with CIFAL Atlanta, the United Nations training agency housed at Kennesaw State University, on weekly courses that begin Jan. 11. The program is […]
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After Trump Order, Atlanta Mayor Sends Letter in Support of Welcoming Refugees
The City of Atlanta will continue to host refugees within its borders following an executive order requiring states and local governments to give expressed consent for the resettlement of such immigrants in their jurisdictions. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms underscored the city’s consent in a Dec. 10 letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, noting […]
Atlanta to Kick Off Federal Reserve’s Fintech ‘Office Hours’
The Federal Reserve Bank early next year will open the doors of its banks across the country to private banks and companies seeking insight on innovations in financial technology, with Atlanta hosting the first session Feb. 26. The Fed’s fintech “office hours” are designed to help companies gain insights into the banking regulator’s thinking on […]
Chamber Announces Export Challenge Pitch Winners, Launches 2020 Competition
If the results of the recent Atlanta Metro Export Challenge pitch session are any indication, it pays to sell products and services overseas from the Georgia capital. A November event hosted in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood brought the culmination of a year-long competition that had already seen 30 companies use grants of $5,000 to grow […]
Global Entrepreneurs Get Taste of Atlanta, the South During Endeavor Selection Panel
More than 50 entrepreneurs from around the country and the world descended on Atlanta in late September, getting a taste of the city’s entrepreneurial ecosystem while pitching themselves as the next member of the Endeavor network. Endeavor is a global organization dedicated to helping high-impact entrepreneurs scale their businesses through mentorship, and sometimes, funding. With […]
CARE Brings the Global Fight for Girls’ Empowerment Home to Atlanta
This year, the international nonprofit CARE will for the first time conduct poverty-alleviation work in Atlanta, instituting a savings program for women based on a model that took off first in Niger. Village Savings and Loan Associations bring women together in local financial cooperatives, allowing them to pool funds to preserve personal wealth and issue loans to […]
GLOBE Export Award Applications Open
The Georgia Department of Economic Development has opened applications for its yearly celebration of export achievement. GLOBE Awards — Georgians Leveraging Opportunities By Exporting — are given to companies based in the state that have expanded into a new country in a given year. Applications are being accepted through Nov. 1, with companies needing to […]
Greenlight to Accelerate Financial Literacy Mission With $54M Investment
Tim Sheehan only has to look at his own household to see the global applications for the financial technology company he founded. Three of the Greenlight Financial CEO’s four children have used its accounts to kickstart savings toward study-abroad trips to Germany and Spain. Starting with the eldest, each raised $900 through odd jobs and […]
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Retains Busiest Airport Crown, Sees Growth Potential Globally
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport remains the busiest in the world, growing 3.3 percent to reach nearly 107.4 million passengers in 2018, according to Airports Council International. New numbers released by the trade group Sept. 16 confirmed a prediction earlier this year that ATL would retain its crown. Hartsfield-Jackson once again again fended off a challenge from second-ranking Beijing […]
From Barcelona to Atlanta: Smart City Expo to Launch Sept. 11
Atlanta efforts to position itself as an international hub for mobile technologies, the Internet of Things and the burgeoning field of smart cities is getting a major boost starting Sept. 11. The three-day Smart City Expo Atlanta next week will be the first U.S. edition of a series of international conferences on the sector that […]
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