1st March 2022: In every global crisis, we (our people and our continent) always get the short end of the stick. Kamil Olufowobi, CEO of MIPAD, Most Influential People of African Descent stated. This can clearly be seen in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine Crisis. Black and brown workers, students, entrepreneurs, scientists, and families are being denied entry …
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Happy Monday & Happy St Valentines Day 🥰 #I ❤ Africa because…Tell us why you love Africa and tag #MIPAD100 @MIPAD100 Twitter/ Instagram / Facebook Join the Love Challenge Valentine Edition! Let’s Do it https://qunuby.com/event/the-love-challenge-valentine-edition/ #MIPAD100 #HappyValentinesDay #AfricanDescent #BlackExcellenceWorldwide
The Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), a global civil society, has resolved to re-double its efforts towards elevating global Black narratives and uplifting our people & continent at every opportunity it gets. This is one of the take-outs from its global team retreat, held in Accra, Ghana from Friday, 4-6 February, 2022. …
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Black History is celebrated every month somewhere around the world. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Tuesday, February 1, 2022) – The Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), a global civil society organization recognizing people of African Descent in support of the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent, is working to connect Black History Month …
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Andrea Hence Evans, Esq. launched the intellectual property law practice, The Law Firm of Andrea Hence Evans, LLC. Attorney Evans career path is unique since she worked at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for 5 years as both a patent examiner and a trademark examining attorney after graduating from law school.While working …
Andowah Newton earned her Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and dual law degrees from Cornell Law School and the Sorbonne. Ms. Newton is fluent in French and proficient in Spanish. Her Note on African immigration to the U.S. was published in the Cornell International Law Journal, awarded the Robert H. Jackson Award for best published student …
New Year. New Possibilities. New Resolutions. New Deals. New Transactions. *Let’s DO LUNCH* IN YOUR CITY! *Sunday Jan 30th 2022* 12-3pm Local Time In-line with tradition, every last Sunday of January, MIPAD honorees around the world get together for brunch/lunch in their cities to connect and to rub minds toward making the new year our …
It has undoubtedly been a year where Hollywood’s major players spent good money bringing content to our screens. Streaming content spend alone for 2021 sits at around $250 billion with companies like WarnerMedia, Disney and Netflix spending an estimated $20 billion, $24.5 billion and $17 billion respectively. MIPAD attributes this huge spending to the …
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Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, 2023!! Enjoy!!
We welcome Toyosi Etim-Effiong as the Global Director of Content. Toyosi brings a wealth of experience to her new role of overseeing the Content Division of Most Influential People of African Descent. Her key responsibilities will be to create MIPAD original content as well as support creatives of African descent worldwide with access to financiers, …
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