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Changing the way the world sees Africa
Teresa Clarke (AB 1984, JD 1987, MBA 1988) wants to reveal the real Africa. The chairman and CEO of Africa.com, the fastest growing Africa-related website, is working to change preconceptions about the world’s second-largest continent with over a billion people.
“I always considered the ownership of Africa.com to both be a tremendous opportunity and a great responsibility,” she says. Clarke acquired the domain name when she was teaching corporate finance at Wits Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa, and serving on the investment committee of an African private equity fund. She later became a managing director of the Goldman Sachs investment banking division in New York, leaving in 2010 to launch Africa.com.
The website, which generates more than 6 million page views each month, presents the daily top 10 most important news stories. There are in-depth guides to each of the continent’s 54 nations focusing on current events, business, travel, arts, and culture.
“When people have unbiased information about Africa,” says Clarke, “they appreciate the ingenuity, beauty and culture of this continent of a billion people. The world is now engaging with Africa in ways never before seen: technology developers, infrastructure investment, and cultural icons.”
(Published April 2014)
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