Joyce Sarpong | AfricaOracle https://africaoracle.com Connecting and celebrating Africa and its diaspora Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:10:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 AfricaOracle Media Gallery https://africaoracle.com/africaoracle-media-gallery/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:07:03 +0000 https://africaoracle.com/?p=117587 Read the whole post

The post AfricaOracle Media Gallery first appeared on AfricaOracle.]]> Levelling The Playing Field: The Case for Economic Empowerment https://africaoracle.com/levelling-the-playing-field-the-case-for-economic-empowerment/ https://africaoracle.com/levelling-the-playing-field-the-case-for-economic-empowerment/#respond Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:59:08 +0000 https://africaoracle.com/?p=37943 Read the whole post

The post Levelling The Playing Field: The Case for Economic Empowerment first appeared on AfricaOracle.]]> https://africaoracle.com/levelling-the-playing-field-the-case-for-economic-empowerment/feed/ 0 Speaker at DSET 2021 on Virtual Experiences | AfricaOracle https://africaoracle.com/74830-2/ https://africaoracle.com/74830-2/#respond Wed, 26 May 2021 00:02:00 +0000 https://africaoracle.com/?p=74830 Our founder, Joyce Sarpong, attended her first #DSET2021, a hybrid event held at Aston Gate, Bristol. It was the first in person conference she has been to since the pandemic and what an amazing experience it was. 

Our thanks to Tess Butler, her wonderful team at Ruddy Nice and the AV team at Sounds Commercial .  Read the whole post

The post Speaker at DSET 2021 on Virtual Experiences | AfricaOracle first appeared on AfricaOracle.]]> https://africaoracle.com/74830-2/feed/ 0 XR Innovation Week 2021 : Joyce Sarpong https://africaoracle.com/xr-innovation-week-2021-joyce-sarpong/ https://africaoracle.com/xr-innovation-week-2021-joyce-sarpong/#respond Fri, 26 Mar 2021 01:29:27 +0000 https://africaoracle.com/?p=74837 Joyce Sarpong, Founder & CEO of AfricaOracle, was invited to speak on the topic: Using Immersive Technologies to curate experiential learning to promote African tourism at XR Innovation Week 2021 on 26th March, 2021.

The event was hosted by Arome Ibrahim, Jennifer Rogers, Emilios Eracleous. Read the whole post

The post XR Innovation Week 2021 : Joyce Sarpong first appeared on AfricaOracle.]]> https://africaoracle.com/xr-innovation-week-2021-joyce-sarpong/feed/ 0 Everywoman Tech Forum 2021 | Speaker | Joyce Sarpong https://africaoracle.com/everywoman-tech-forum-2021-speaker-joyce-sarpong/ https://africaoracle.com/everywoman-tech-forum-2021-speaker-joyce-sarpong/#respond Tue, 16 Mar 2021 04:44:24 +0000 https://africaoracle.com/?p=75055 Joyce Sarpong, Founder and Managing Director, AfricaOracle & Lecturer, University of Westminster is a speaker at the Everywoman Tech Forum 2021.  Read the full article here.
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The post Everywoman Tech Forum 2021 | Speaker | Joyce Sarpong first appeared on AfricaOracle.]]> https://africaoracle.com/everywoman-tech-forum-2021-speaker-joyce-sarpong/feed/ 0 Doing Diaspora: Dr. Martin Russell in conversation with Joyce Sarpong https://africaoracle.com/doing-diaspora-dr-martin-russell-in-conversation-with-joyce-sarpong/ https://africaoracle.com/doing-diaspora-dr-martin-russell-in-conversation-with-joyce-sarpong/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:17:00 +0000 https://africaoracle.com/?p=74848 At AfricaOracle, we are passionate about diaspora matters and last week our founder, Joyce Sarpong had the pleasure to be interviewed by Martin Russell of the The Networking Institute as part of “Doing Diaspora” series. 

#Diaspora work at this time matters now more than ever and highlights the importance of  #diasporaengagement#networking and #diversityandinclusion. Read the whole post

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The killing of African-American George Floyd sparked protests across the word, the rise of the Black Matters Movement and the first ever Black Pound in the UK.  These events have given black and ethnic minorities a voice and a realisation that whilst that protests are a rallying call for an end to police violence, there is a need to capitalise on this momentum to bring about socio-economic benefits and equity for for black and other minority ethnic communities. Read the whole post

The post Levelling The Playing Field: A Case for Economic Empowerment first appeared on AfricaOracle.]]> https://africaoracle.com/levelling-the-playing-field-a-case-for-economic-empowerment/feed/ 0 December 2019 https://africaoracle.com/december-2019/ https://africaoracle.com/december-2019/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:54:02 +0000 https://africaoracle.com/?p=24827  

We would like to thank you for your support of our work and ongoing relationship with AfricaOracle.

AfricaOracle has had a rewarding year and we could only have done this because of you.

We appreciate your trust in us as we endeavour to promote African brands and we are grateful for the opportunity to work alongside you and / or to explore ways of collaborating in the future, storytelling and building informed narratives to develop our Africa.

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Immersive Technology is any technology that extends reality or creates a new reality by leveraging the 360 space. Because Immersive Technology leverages the 360 space/sphere, users can look in any direction and see content. Some types of Immersive Technology extend reality by overlaying digital images on a user’s environment. 

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The post Everything To Know About Immersive Technology first appeared on AfricaOracle.]]> https://africaoracle.com/everything-to-know-about-immersive-technology-2/feed/ 0 How Augmented Reality Travel Will Re-shape the Tourism Industry https://africaoracle.com/how-augmented-reality-travel-will-re-shape-the-tourism-industry/ https://africaoracle.com/how-augmented-reality-travel-will-re-shape-the-tourism-industry/#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2019 04:51:50 +0000 https://africaoracle.com/target/how-augmented-reality-travel-will-re-shape-the-tourism-industry/

When virtual reality (VR) tech first emerged, experts were concerned that its advancement could cause major economic pitfalls for the travel industry. Users could explore snow-capped peaks of the Alps or the Amazonian rain forest without ever leaving their homes. And yes, VR capabilities have grown in leaps and […]

So, what does the tide of AR integration mean for you?

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