The platform distinguished the financial consultant and real estate investor "for his driving role in financial literacy, training and advancement of Afro-entrepreneurs in Portugal", reads the website announcing the awards.
Speaking to the Lusa agency, the founder of this digital magazine, Vanessa Sanches, said that the Startup of the Year award was given by Startup Portugal to Francisco Baptista, founder of the startup TeamSportz, a sports platform that uses Artificial Intelligence to help athletes and sports clubs to track, measure and generate accurate performance data during training and exercises.
The online platform Bantumen released the list of the 100 most influential black personalities in Portuguese speaking, repeating the initiative started in 2021.
In its third edition, the PowerList once again distinguishes 100 personalities from various Portuguese-speaking social backgrounds, "with the purpose of celebrating and recognizing the path of excellence of people of African descent who, throughout the year, stood out in the most diverse areas and have in common the sense of representation", highlighted Vanessa Sanches in statements to Lusa.
The chosen names were revealed in a ceremony at the Electricity Museum, in Lisbon and also in digital format on the Powerlist100 portal.
The list includes Angolan comedian Gilmário Vemba, Cape Verdean actress and singer Soraia Tavares, Guinean athlete Jéssica Inchude, Guinean author and playwright Gisela Casimiro, Cape Verdean academic Aurora Almada and Santos, Brazilian social entrepreneur Celso Athayde, Mozambican journalist Paula Cardoso, Angolan dancer Vânia Doutel Vaz and Cape Verdean model Carla Pereira, among others.
The names come from a universe of more than 200 personalities defined in consultation between journalists and content producers from eleven Portuguese-speaking media and information platforms: Notícia Preta and Inventivos, from Brazil; Balai and Rádio Cidade, from Cape Verde; Marcas Por Eçar and Xonguila, from Mozambique; RSTP and STP On, from São Tomé and Príncipe; PlatinaLine, from Angola; Nô Balur and Nô Sta Djunto, from Guinea-Bissau; and Tabanka, from the Diaspora, in addition to Bantumen, based in Portugal,
