AfroTech

CTL-E-3289 · Business · other · 2016–present

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Blavity's technology conference and summit for Black people in the tech industry, launched in San Francisco in 2016 by CEO Morgan DeBaun as part of Blavity's digital-plus-in-person events strategy.

The record

Also known as: AfroTech conference, AfroTech summit

Notes

RELP75 new entity (2026-10-06). Name-collision check clean. All 6 claims Verified.

Relationships

Morgan DeBaun — founded by
AfroTech was launched by Blavity; DeBaun is Blavity's founder and CEO, the founding principal behind the conference.

Referenced by

Morgan DeBaun — affiliated with → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - Blavity
Marketplace - 'A young digital media company sees an opportunity in black millennials' (2018)

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Where the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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