Tyler Perry is helping nearby senior citizens with a timely donation.

Charles Barkley is donating $1 million to Jackson State University, but that’s not all.

God’s plan! As AfroTech just told you, Drake recently stitched a deal with online gambling company Stake with plans to share the wealth with others. In a clip posted by the artist on Instagram, he reveals he experienced his “biggest hit ever” during an online roulette game on the platform. Therefore, he decided it was time to deliver on his promise. “Anytime I get blessed like that, I always think it’s good karma that needs to be transferred,” he said. In a collaborative effort with both Stake and LeBron James, the duo invited Toronto student-athlete Michael, who plays at Royal Crown Academic School, alongside his mother to surprise them with $100,000 at Toronto’s Harbour 60 restaurant. In the clip, he shared that he would bless Michael. “I respect your hard work a lot but I respect work your hard work more. On behalf of me and my brother at Stake, we wanted to give you this. It’s $100,000 and hopefully, it just makes this journey just a little easier,” Drake said to Michael and his...

Afrobeats artist Davido took to his Twitter platform on Nov. 17 to make a bold financial request of his social media followers that would cement a new tradition for the “Fall” singer to celebrate his birthday. “If u know I’ve given you a hit song .. send me money,” he said via Twitter. If u know I've given you a hit song .. send me money …. una know una selves oo 😂😂😂🥰🥰🎉🎉 — Davido (@davido) November 17, 2021 The newly turned 29-year-old followed the tweet by sharing his Wema bank account information and jokingly telling his supporters he would need $100 million Nigerian naira ($243,000 USD) to clear his Rolls-Royce from a port. Within minutes, the Nigerian-American artist had racked in over $15,000 USD and he made sure to keep fans and his peers updated with screenshots of incoming transactions. The amount would soon climb to $200 million Nigerian naira (over $487,000 USD) shattering Davido’s expectations. Then, Davido shared with his audience of 22 million users on his Instagram...

Billionaire philanthropist and investor Robert F. Smith established the Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) to aid Black students attending Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and offer them more career choices without dealing with the disproportionate burden of college debt. Now Smith’s initiative is receiving financial assistance from networking giant Cisco through a $150 million donation that will support Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). According to Fast Company, the funding will be divided up between $100 million — which will be allocated toward networking, security and collaboration technologies to aid in advancements of HBCUs’ technology infrastructure and cybersecurity systems. The remaining $50 million will serve as an anchor investment for the initiative to finance the college educations of 500 HBCU students each year for the next four years. “We are thrilled to welcome Cisco and AVC Technologies as strategic partners for SFI in addressing the digital...

Black tech founders are positioning HBCUs to become contenders in the field of eSports, and Georgia-based organization Pharaoh’s Conclave (PCX) is maintaining this mission with its latest donation. According to Black Enterprise, Pharaoh’s Conclave — Georgia’s leading organization for diversity and inclusion in competitive video gaming — has shared that — in partnership with the Thomas Family Fund — they’ve made a $160,000 contribution toward Morris Brown College to establish the Ronald Floyd Thomas Center for eSports and Innovation. The decision from Morris Brown College Board of Trustees was unanimously approved to establish the center back in October 2020. “I am so grateful for the gift from the Ronald Floyd Thomas family and Pharaoh’s Conclave,” Dr. Kevin James — President of Morris Brown College — said in a written statement. “This designated gift will help take our new eSports program to the next level. I am so excited that Morris Brown College can lead as Georgia’s first State...

Earlier this week, MacKenzie Scott opened her purse for six HBCUs , reports CNN. In a post published to Medium, Jeff Bezos’ former wife pledged to donate a portion of her wealth to several organizations and institutions. The lucky recipients? Howard University, which received $40 million; Hampton University, which received $30 million; Tuskegee University, which received $20 million. Plus, Xavier University of Louisiana — who said the donor wished to remain anonymous — and Morehouse College also announced that they each received $20 million donations and were all named on the list. However, Spelman College did not disclose the donation amount. “I began work to complete my pledge with the belief that my life had yielded two assets that could be of particular value to others: the money these systems helped deliver to me, and a conviction that people who have experience with inequities are the ones best equipped to design solutions,” Scott said of the 116 organizations she donated to,...