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Los Angeles Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Apollo Emeka on AI: How to Turn Your ‘Outlier' Experiences into Your Greatest Business Superpower
In this interview, Apollo Emeka, co-founder and CEO of Apollo Strategy Group, talks about the big shift in the business landscape caused by the rapid pace of artificial intelligence. He says big companies will be at a disadvantage if they can't keep up with the speed and experimentation required to leverage AI. He explains how small and medium-sized companies are positioned to benefit from these changes, getting the impact of big companies without the overhead. Drawing from his own journey of turning an 'outlier' background into a professional 'superpower', Emeka says his company's mission is to help diverse entrepreneurs and companies turn their unique experiences into value. He notes the exponential growth of AI, where hardware capabilities double every 2 years (Moore's Law), but AI software capabilities double every 6 months, creating an unprecedented 'hockey stick' curve of innovation. Emeka advises new entrepreneurs to define their brand and the audience they serve. He says your 20s and 30s are the time to gain skills, build relationships and learn from failure, which he sees as the key to long term success.
Euronews
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Violin virtuosos shine at inaugural Classic Violin Olympus in Dubai
The inaugural Classic Violin Olympus International Competition concluded in Dubai with 12 top performers from around the world competing for a prize fund of €320,000. Finalists played major works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Alexey Shor, with performances judged by a 25-member international jury. Armenian violinist Haik Kazazyan took first place, earning €200,000 and a handcrafted Stradivari model violin. Organisers say the competition aims to modernise the classical music world, embracing younger talent and global participation while blending 18th-century repertoire with new compositions. The Swim in 1 Day initiative teaches survival swimming to communities across Nigeria. Emeka says everyone should learn this life-saving skill regardless of their physical abilities or economic status. ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
Euronews
12-05-2025
- General
- Euronews
Watch: The swim guru turning the tide for Nigeria's youth
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Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
It's fighting, dancing, exercise. Learn about capoeira at this Tacoma studio
In a sunny, wood-floored studio space above the shops in Tacoma's antique row lie the practitioners of a centuries-old cultural art form. At once a style of martial arts, a spiritual practice and a form of self defense, it came together from an amalgamation of dances, fighting techniques and rituals from people across Africa who were enslaved and brought to colonial Brazil. Called capoeira, it has continued to foster a sense of community and belonging for participants in Tacoma since 2011. The organizers behind the Tacoma Capoeira Center hope a new studio space at 755 Broadway in downtown that opened last month will draw more participants who will maintain the art form's traditions – all free of charge. Thanks to a sponsorship from Tacoma Creates, True 'De Verdade' Emeka teaches Capoeira Angola – a more traditional style of capoeira – to the center's wide variety of participants. Emeka said some are drawn to capoeira because of its similarity to other forms of martial arts and the spirit of resistance it's steeped in. Its origins in various aspects of West African culture meant that the art form was outlawed for a time in colonial Brazil to discourage enslaved people from continuing to preserve their culture. But capoeira has endured, and that same mission is what drives its practitioners today. 'The ways in which those aspects of culture, elements of resistance, survive despite oppression just is really salient to today's life here in America – a strong need for liberation as art, and resistance as art,' Emeka told The News Tribune during a recent interview. 'That's what gets me into it. That's what keeps my heart.' Syed Taqi, or Mestre Syed as he is known to his students, first discovered capoeira as a teenager in Seattle and came to the art form after leaving a harsh childhood in Chicago. The center's work to keep capoeira classes in Tacoma free, he said, is part of his effort to give back to people who come from poor and working-class backgrounds as he did, so they might also benefit as he did. 'It was just so different from what I was used to, and just learning about the history, what it was about, profoundly changed my outlook and life,' he said. Taqi, who founded the Tacoma Capoeira Center, said a typical class includes both movement and music, where students practice particular moves or techniques and also learn to sing in Brazilian Portuguese or play the berimbau, a single-stringed traditional Angolan musical instrument. 'Without music, there is no capoeira, and it would end up becoming more of like a fight,' Taqi told The News Tribune. 'The music helps create the environment of a game, and we listen to the music and to the pace music, so we play to the pace of the music.' Others are drawn to it for the coordination, movement and exercise it promotes. Israel Alvarez, a regular student at the Tacoma Capoeira Center, said he began learning capoeira when he was serving in the military in South Korea and practicing other forms of martial arts in his spare time. When he was later stationed in Washington, Alvarez switched to the Tacoma Capoeira Center, and has been there ever since. Not only has he enjoyed the community, it has served as a form of calisthenic exercise for him. 'It supplements my regular training, because it keeps me very agile, keeps me thinking in an unconventional way,' Alvarez said. The Tacoma Capoeira Center offers classes two to three days a week for kids, teens and adults. Visit to learn more and sign up for a class.
Hindustan Times
22-04-2025
- Hindustan Times
Noida: Four arrested in Nainital Bank's server hack case
Two men were arrested on Monday for hacking the sever of Nainital Bank's branch in Noida Sector 62 and siphoning off ₹16.71 crore in 84 transactions between June 16 and June 20, 2024, police said. The arrested accused were identified as Umealakei Emeka, aka Alex, 53, a Nigerian national who lives in a high-rise in Sigma 4 in Beta 2, Greater Noida, and Savej aka Sanu, 26, a resident of Ghaziabad. The total number of people arrested in the case is now seven. 'When we were monitoring the 84 bank accounts where money was transferred, we found that six bank accounts were active, and money was withdrawn from those accounts. When we traced the account, we arrested Savej, who revealed that he worked for Emeka for 4%of the profit,' said Vivek Ranjan Rai, cybercrime branch, assistant commissioner of police. Police said that Emeka is a drug peddler, and 56.34 grams of methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine (MDMA) worth ₹20 lakh was recovered from his possession. 'When we raided Emeka's house, we found two Delhi-based men there who had come to procure MDMA. We arrested the two, identified as Amit Gupta, 28, and Deepak Gupta, 39, both residents of Sangam Vihar in Delhi. Emeka moved to India in 2003 and married a Manipur-based woman in 2007. He has three children with her. Emeka, along with other Nigerian nationals, hacked the server of Nainital Bank and siphoned off money to the 84 accounts. Most of the accounts were on rent, while others were on fake identities,' the ACP said, adding that transactions of ₹1.40 crore were traced to Emeka. The hack was discovered on June 17 last year when Nainital Bank officials, during routine reconciliation of accounts, found a difference of ₹3 crore. Initially suspecting a technical error, the bank officials decided to wait for 24 hours. But on June 18, when a similar issue popped up and a difference of ₹2 crore was found, the matter was escalated on June 19 and reported to police by IT manager of the branch, Sumit Kumar Shrivastava, police said. Based on the complaint, a case under sections 420 (cheating and dishonesty) of the Indian Penal Code and 66C (fraudulently or dishonestly making use of the electronic signature) of the IT Act was registered on July 10. Police arrested three accused: Harsh Bansal, 29, and his brother Shubham Bansal, both residents of Dadri in Greater Noida, and Kuldeep Kumar, 39, a resident of Ghaziabad. Police later added sections 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 120B (criminal conspiracy), and 201 (disappearance of evidence) of IPC to the case. Police said they have frozen ₹3.80 crore out of ₹16.71 crore, and efforts are underway to recover more. ' ₹50,000 cash, eight checkbooks, seven bank passbooks, seven mobile phones, one laptop, two internet modems, nine mobile SIM cards, three debit cards, two passports, a DL, and 39.58 grams of MDMA were recovered from Emeka's possession. A mobile phone was recovered from Savej, and 8.08 and 8.68 grams of MDMA were recovered from Deepak and Amit's possession,' said Ram Badan Singh, Noida DCP, adding that the NDPS Act was added against Emeka and two other suspects.
