Ato Bentsi-Enchill is helping African startups raise money and protecting them from difficult investors

Ato Bentsi-Enchill is helping African startups raise money and protecting them from difficult investors

To understand how Ato Bentsi-Enchill started investing in startups, let’s rewind to 2014.  He was a first-year liberal art major at Hobart and William Smith Colleges who won the school’s flagship business plan competition. The business idea was RevisionPrep, an online educational service that combined exam preparation with gaming programs for students in Ghana. It…

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Two dozen helpers arrested over money laundering

Two dozen helpers arrested over money laundering

Police said on Wednesday that they had arrested 29 people, including 24 foreign domestic workers, in connection with a suspected HK$27 million money laundering scheme. The force said a syndicate used 35 bank accounts belonging to helpers to launder money obtained via 20 romance scams in the past year. The police’s financial intelligence and investigation…

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US Senator Says Cryptocurrencies Put Americans’ Hard-Earned Money at Risk

US Senator Says Cryptocurrencies Put Americans’ Hard-Earned Money at Risk

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown says cryptocurrencies are not real dollars and they “put Americans’ hard-earned money at risk.” Referring to decentralized finance (defi) as “a shady, diffuse network of online funny money,” he said, “if we want a solution to Americans’ legitimate fears about our banking system, shady start-ups are not the answer.” Senator Brown’s…

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