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  1. Milken Institute1h 0m

    Why Africa, Why Now: Investing in the World's Next Growth Engine | Global Conference 2026

    British Robinson, Runa Alam, Qahir Dhanani, Courtney Powell, Ethiopis Tafara, Meg Whitman, Samaila Zubairu

    A diverse panel of experts from the World Bank, IFC, and leading private equity firms outlines Africa's shift from a resource-dependent economy to a consumer and technology-driven powerhouse with a projected workforce of 2.5 billion by 2050. Participants highlight that superior recovery rates, decoupled sovereign risk, and undervalued assets make the continent a high-return destination, prompting a strategic pivot toward private equity, green energy supply chains, and fintech. Consequently, institutional investors are urged to bridge local capital gaps through Public-Private Partnerships and to align pension fund mandates with infrastructure projects that address the urgent need to employ the continent's massive youth population.

  2. Milken Institute1h 1m

    LIVE: Corner Office: Leading Organizations in an Era of Change

    David Faber, Todd Boehly, Charles Scharf, Igor Tulchinsky, Devin Wenig, Meg Whitman

    Executives from WorldQuant, BNY Mellon, and the Los Angeles Dodgers convened to discuss the logarithmic pace of technological disruption and the strategic imperative for organizations to embrace extreme flexibility, high failure tolerance, and radical diversification. The panel highlighted how industry leaders are leveraging data-driven decision-making, global talent sourcing, and demographic shifts to navigate an asymmetric environment, with specific examples including algorithmic sports management, exponential alpha generation, and the evolution of legacy financial institutions. Furthermore, the discussion underscored the critical need for diverse workforces to anticipate market trends, the impending arrival of unified national privacy legislation, and the expansion of predictive analytics into new verticals ranging from healthcare to space exploration.

  3. a16z45 min

    a16z Podcast | On Marrying Entertainment and Technology

    Jeffrey Katzenberg, Meg Whitman, Marc Andreessen

    Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman founded Quibi with a $1 billion seed round to launch a mobile-exclusive streaming platform targeting the 25–35 demographic with high-production, short-form content. The venture leverages their contrasting backgrounds in Hollywood storytelling and technology executive leadership to secure investments from ten major studios and engineer specialized playback features for mobile devices. Operating on a dual monetization model of subscription and advertising, the platform aims to disrupt the market by offering premium narrative quality comparable to feature films rather than relying on user-generated content.