USA
Driven by a commitment to foster business innovation and leadership across the United States, entrepreneur Ali Kain officially announces the launch of the Ali Kain Scholarship for Entrepreneurs. Designed to support forward-thinking undergraduate students nationwide, this one-time initiative provides critical financial support and recognition to the next generation of business leaders. The Ali Kain Scholarship for Entrepreneurs offers a US$1,000 award to a qualified student who demonstrates a clear passion for starting, growing or managing a business venture. Unlike location-specific academic grants, this opportunity is open to eligible undergraduate students attending accredited colleges and universities across the nation.
UK
Slink has launched the Slink Platform, a new technology management platform designed to change how growing businesses interact with their IT provider. The Slink Platform gives customers a central place to manage their technology environment, bringing together IT support, employee lifecycle management, devices, security, projects, service performance and automation. The platform will continue to evolve with new integrations, action requests, automation capabilities and customer controls. Slink’s ambition is simple: make managing business technology dramatically easier and redefine what growing businesses should expect from their IT partner.
Canada
Oryx Dental, a leader in clinically rooted, cloud-based and AI-powered dental practice management software, has announced the expansion of the company’s partner programme with a new Group Purchasing Organisation Partner offering. This new option joins Oryx’s existing offerings for technology, education, dental membership, and consulting partners to form a robust, modern dental ecosystem for offices looking to build dental practices of the future. The company’s partner programme expansion comes on the heels of Oryx’s announcement that its platform has been recognised by the Academy of General Dentistry for its members.
Singapore
Singapore Management University (SMU) has launched Asia Ready Conversations (ARC), a new initiative that brings together students and thought leaders for conversations on the ideas and forces shaping Asia’s future, with an inaugural fireside conversation featuring R. Gopalakrishnan, CEO of Mindworks and author of 21 books on business and leadership. ARC is launched alongside SMU’s Asia-Ready Education Framework, part of the University’s broader commitment to nurturing globally agile, Asia-ready graduates equipped with the knowledge, experiences and perspectives needed to thrive and lead across the region. Together they support students as they progress from understanding Asia’s diverse cultures, societies and economies, to gaining real-world experience through immersive opportunities.
