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Techspark.AI, CAN

Techspark.AI, CAN

by | 16/06/26 | AI, Blog, Navigation, Steering, Technology, Thought Leadership, Ventures

Spark the Mind,
Change the World.

Tech Spark AI helps historically marginalized students see their culture positively reflected in their learning spaces. We elevate educators to better serve their scholars through culturally responsive curriculums, training, and personalized AI tools.

The Unique Challenge

 

Increasing diversity in the technology ecosystem is an urgent national priority. The USA National Report Card highlights significant academic performance declines and widening achievement gaps, disproportionately affecting Black and Brown students. These disparities are exacerbated by the digital divide, with the advancement of AI widening the gap further.

We recognize a breakdown in the pipeline that moves Black youth and girls from elementary to high school STEM courses. This leads to underrepresentation in higher education and technology careers. Black students often feel discouraged from pursuing STEM due to a lack of positive representation and engagement within the curriculum. Women comprise only 23% of STEM graduates, with Black women making up just 2.9%.

Our mission is to close this gap through our intelligent AI tool, Spark Plug, professional development, culturally responsive curriculum design, and advanced tech workshops for youth. We aim to provide underrepresented students with opportunities to thrive, ensuring they can make meaningful contributions to the tech ecosystem.

By addressing these challenges head-on, we strive to build a more inclusive and equitable educational landscape.

 

Theory of Change:

Redesign Learning: Innovate educational practices to be culturally responsive and technologically enriched.

Shift Mindsets of Teachers and Administrators: Enhance change through mindset-shifting professional development.

Influence Education Policy: Advocate for policies that promote advancements in education.

Co-Create with Students: Collaborate with students in experiences that resonate with their cultural and technological realities.
Engage with the Community: Build strong community ties to ensure education is relevant, inclusive, and impactful.

Sara Berkai

Sara Berkai

by | 10/06/26 | Blog, RFW, STEM, Ventures

Sara Berkai is an Eritrean and British social enterprise founder and STEM educator. She founded the company Ambessa Play. In 2024, she was named to the BBC's list of 100 Women.

Berkai was born in Khartoum, Sudan, to Eritrean parents. When she was a young child, her family fled from conflict in Eritrea and moved to London in the UK.

During her A levels, Berkai attended the University College London (UCL) Widening Participation scheme's "Computer Science Summer School" and learned the Java programming language. Berkai was the first member of her family to attend university. She studied Information Management for Business at UCL then MSc Child Development at the University of Oxford. After graduating, Berkai taught Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects to displaced children in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

In 2020, Berkai founded Ambessa Play, a social enterprise that co-designs DIY educational kits for children which support them to learn about STEM
through play.

Digital Green Guide

Digital Green Guide

by | 09/06/26 | AI, Assets, Automotive, Blog, Commonwealth, DIgital Banking, Ethical AI, Exchange, Money Matters, Navigation, Steering, Ventures

A guide/guidebook has always been a useful thing to have throughout all of history. In the USA for some there became a niche that needed to be served helping citizens getting from Point A to Point B and back again safely. Civically and Culturally speaking a man called Victor Hugo Green introduced a guidebook for Negro travellers to use, for their safety first, and their comfort second.

 

 

WHY

WAS IT A

NECESSITY?

 

 

Introduced by Victor Hugo Green

African American travelers faced discrimination, such as white-owned businesses refusing to serve them or repair their vehicles, being refused accommodation or food by white-owned hotels, and threats of physical violence and forcible expulsion from whites-only "sundown towns". Green founded and published the Green Book to avoid such problems, compiling resources "to give the Negro traveler information that will keep him from running into difficulties, embarrassments and to make his trip more enjoyable". Candacy Taylor, the maker of a 2019 documentary film about the book offered this summary: "Everyone I was interviewing talked about the community that the Green Book created: a kind of parallel universe that was created by the book and this kind of secret road map that the Green Book outlined".

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Gapbridge

Gapbridge

by | 09/06/26 | Assets, Blog, DIgital Banking, Money Matters, Navigation, Social Media, Ventures

Water Flows, the faster the better, too fast becomes perilous, too slow becomes dank, but when the stream flows between acceptable parameters most benefit

Crossing a gulf, in this case from one side of a river, sea, or ocean to the other side is done by a BRIDGE, this helps you go from ONE BANK to ANOTHER BANK, on the other side

 

GAPBRIDGE provides the way, the two way thoroughfare connecting sides

 

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Yield Giving

by | 07/12/25 | Americas, Blog, Ventures

(Excerpt from HBCU BUZZ)

MacKenzie Scott’s New Wave of HBCU Donations Marks the Largest Philanthropic Impact in Black Higher Education

MacKenzie Scott HBCU donations continue to reshape the financial future of historically Black colleges and universities. With her newest round of gifts—announced throughout 2025—Scott has now impacted more than 60 HBCUs, both through direct institutional checks and through her massive investment in the UNCF pooled endowment fund.

Why MacKenzie Scott HBCU Donations Matter

Scott’s approach is simple: unrestricted funding. Unlike restricted gifts that must be spent in specific ways, her donations allow HBCUs to strengthen endowments, expand scholarships, hire faculty, renovate facilities, support student needs, and plan long-term. This aligns with the broader momentum to reduce decades-long funding disparities, something covered regularly on HBCU Buzz. The scale and flexibility of MacKenzie Scott HBCU donations have redefined philanthropic expectations for Black institutions.

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https://hbcubuzz.com/106294/mackenzie-scott-hbcu-donations/