Bronze Valley

Bronze Valley Accelerator, Innovate Birmingham Announce Job Skills Training Program

by Mark Kelly | Jan 20, 2021 | Bronze Valley, Business, Education, Innovation

Bronze Valley Accelerator and Innovate Birmingham announced on January 20 the launch of gener8tor Upskilling, a free training program to help Alabama residents obtain critical digital skills for in-demand jobs. Funded through a grant from Microsoft, the program will...

Debt management platform PeopleJoy is latest addition to Bronze Valley portfolio

by Mark Kelly | Apr 6, 2020 | Business, Education, Featured, Innovation

“If you’re an entrepreneur,” Emeka Oguh declares, “you want to find a way to solve your own problems.” Oguh, 36, is the founder and CEO of PeopleJoy, the latest addition to the Bronze Valley investment portfolio. A Philadelphia-based...

HBCU Summit focused on opportunities, challenges, leadership

by Mark Kelly | Feb 20, 2020 | Business, Community, Education, Featured

America’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) currently serve well over 300,000 students. Alabama is home to 14 HBCUs with combined enrollment of more than 37,000, or about 12 percent of the national total; no state has more HBCUs and only North...

Second annual HBCU Summit scheduled for February 14 at Miles College

by Mark Kelly | Feb 9, 2020 | Community, Education, Featured

Alabama’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will be the focus of an event scheduled for Friday, February 14, on the campus of Miles College in Fairfield. The HBCU Summit will be hosted by United States Senator Doug Jones, the second such event...