AfroTech has long been a hub for Black presentation in IT, entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, machine learning and engineering across the board. AfroTech — the publication and the conference — are offshoots of Black digital media company Blavity, which Morgan DeBaun founded in 2014. The AfroTech Conference came about in 2016 and continues to serve as a tech incubator and a place where Black talent in tech can gain visibility — and employment.
“A lot of the early conversation was that there weren’t enough talented people — specifically people of color and Black talent — within the tech space,” Simone White, senior vice president of AfroTech and Talent Infusion, told HR Dive.
