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Leslie Ayoola, Founder and CEO of B-Global, explains how the Acumen Academy Fellowship provided a community of like minded social entrepreneurs.
Leslie is the Founder of B-Global, a black-led business network that supports start-ups, established and scale-up businesses of African heritage and the wider ethnic minority business community, to reach their full potential and provide economic prosperity for local communities. With experience in the private, voluntary, and public sectors, Leslie believes the tools for community empowerment are through entrepreneurship and financial literacy. He has a BA degree in Business and Masters Degree in Youth and Community Development.
About Acumen Academy
Acumen Academy is the world’s school for social change. Our mission is to unleash a new generation of social innovators and leaders with the character and competence to build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world. Blending the best of online and offline learning, we offer anyone, anywhere access to the practical tools, practices, resources, and supportive community they need to achieve positive social change. The Acumen Academy community represents a new generation of social innovators and leaders committed to doing what’s right in a world that loves easy.
Learn more at www.acumenacademy.org.
Leslie Ayoola, Founder and CEO of B-Global, explains how the Acumen Academy Fellowship provided a community of like minded social entrepreneurs.
Leslie is the Founder of B-Global, a black-led business network that supports start-ups, established and scale-up businesses of African heritage and the wider ethnic minority business community, to reach their full potential and provide economic prosperity for local communities. With experience in the private, voluntary, and public sectors, Leslie believes the tools for community empowerment are through entrepreneurship and financial literacy. He has a BA degree in Business and Masters Degree in Youth and Community Development.
About Acumen Academy
Acumen Academy is the world’s school for social change. Our mission is to unleash a new generation of social innovators and leaders with the character and competence to build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world. Blending the best of online and offline learning, we offer anyone, anywhere access to the practical tools, practices, resources, and supportive community they need to achieve positive social change. The Acumen Academy community represents a new generation of social innovators and leaders committed to doing what’s right in a world that loves easy.
Learn more at www.acumenacademy.org.










