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- Milken Institute1h 13m
The Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech Pitches and Grand Prize Ceremony | Global Conference 2025
Milken, Motsepe, Emily Musil, Meghan McCormick, Precious Moloi-Motsepe, Sam Njuguna, Ola Oyetayo, Jonathan Wilson
The 2025 Milken-Motsepe Prize awarded $2 million to ten semi-finalists to support African-led FinTech innovations targeting underbanked populations, with Virto securing the $1 million grand prize for its cross-border payment infrastructure. Key figures including Mike Milken and Patrice Motsepe emphasized the program's role in leveraging Africa's demographic growth and entrepreneurship to catalyze follow-on investment and impact over one million lives since its inception. Building on this momentum, the initiative launched a new accelerator and announced an upcoming challenge cycle in AI and Manufacturing to further address financial inclusion and infrastructure gaps across the continent.
- Milken Institute1h 28m
Sam Wyly: 1,000 Dollars & an Idea
Sam Wyly, Milken, Mike Clouden
The Milken Institute hosts a December series of private breakfasts featuring former White House Chief of Staff Mac McLarty and new Los Angeles Times editor Russ Stanton, while scheduling a January forum on stem cell research with Allen Tronson. Concurrently, the organization promotes its 2009 Global Conference for April 27–29, noting that capped attendance is expected to sell out. These upcoming events follow a broader narrative highlighted by Sam Wiley's extensive business history, ranging from his tenure at IBM and the founding of Sterling Software to his recent leadership of Green Mountain Energy.