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COVID-19: Jack Ma announces more donation to Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 20 April 2020 0

Lagos – Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, on Monday announced the donation of more medical equipment to Africa in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chinese billionaire made the announcement on his verified Twitter handle. Ma twitted: “Our 3rd donation to Africa will

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Dangote, Jack Ma, others commit N26.4bn to fight Coronavirus

Ihesiulo Grace 25 March 2020 0

As a result of the outbreak of the novel disease, Covid-19, an infectious disease caused by Corona virus, different brands have contributed over 72 million dollars to combat spread of the disease. The disease which was declared pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), has greatly affected almost all sectors of the global community, ranging […]

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Alibaba founder Jack Ma donates additional $1.4m to develop coronavirus treatments

Ihesiulo Grace 15 February 2020 0

Beijing – A foundation led by Alibaba founder Jack Ma has donated an additional 10 million yuan (1.4 million dollars) to a Chinese research group developing treatments for Coronavirus. According to a statement posted on the WeChat platform on Friday, “the four-party agreement will support the activities of two separate projects, and for this purpose, […]

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Jack Ma foundation gives Nigerian entrepreneur $250,000 grant

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2019 0

Jack Ma foundation has given a Nigerian entrepreneur, Temie Giwa-Tubosun $250,000 grant. Giwa-Tubosun won the foundation’s first annual prize for African businesses in Accra, Ghana, Jack Ma, a Chinese investor, the founder of the Alibaba Group and Jack Ma Foundationhad started the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) with $1 million. Speaking at the event Jack Ma,

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Alibaba founder resigns as chairman

Ihesiulo Grace 10 September 2019 0

Jack Ma who is one of the world’s richest men and arguably China’s most famous entrepreneur. The Alibaba co-founder is now set to step down from his role as chairman of the e-commerce giant. As he celebrates his 55th birthday, Ma will hand over the reins to Daniel Zhang, the company’s CEO who Ma handpicked […]