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WRAL TechWire keeps tabs on the latest and greatest meetups, panels, workshops, conferences, application deadlines and all things happening in the North Carolina startup/tech world. “The Headliners” is a multi-part weekly roundup of upcoming events to add to your calendar. Following is a list of April events in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the greater Triangle area. To find out what’s happening this month in cities outside of the Triangle, check out part two of the “Headliners” column. Another post highlights events coming up in May. If you’d like your event to be included, fe...

A bipartisan group of senators is crafting legislation that would find ways to expand broadband access in North Carolina. The bill, filed Monday, appears unfinished. Several sections remain unfilled, presumably with details to come in later editions. But the goals are significant, starting with the title: “Innovative Statewide Broadband Infrastructure.” The legislation would convene the Institute for Emerging Issues to tackle ways to remove regulations that prevent broadband expansion from happening more rapidly. Other goals include allowing easements for other utilities to be used for br...

Keeping up with WRAL TechWire’s ongoing initiative to track events happening across North Carolina, here’s a look at what’s to come in April: April 1, 5-6 p.m. (online) PayCLT’s next meetup will feature Don Cardinal and Tom Carpenter of the Financial Data Exchange (FDX), who will share how the organization is enabling secure and convenient access to financial data. April 1, 5-6:30 p.m. (online) NC State Entrepreneurship is hosting a series of workshops in which textile business experts will work with students on topics around launching a textiles-based business. This session will focu...

Sometimes, timing really is everything.  Carol Mattocks, the winner of this year’s Community Fabric Award for Individual leadership, learned just how true that warmed-over axiom is in 2018, when she worked as the founding chair of the Filling Station, the nonprofit outreach in Pollocksville that serves the needs of disadvantaged citizens across Jones County. The Filling Station opened just two weeks before Hurricane Florence roared through the area, flooding much of Pollocksville, Trenton and other areas of the county. As one of the only local relief organizations functioning, it played a ...

CSO kicks, calls for amendment of controversial CAMA 2020 Act On As human rights are infringed upon, calls on Senate to act fast By Gabriel Ewepu and Alice Ekpang – Abuja A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Yiaga Africa, Wednesday, expressed worry, kicked and called for the amendment of the controversial Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020. Speaking at a Stakeholders’ Round-table on CAMA 2020 and Emerging Issues’, the Director of Programmes, Yiaga Africa, Cynthia Mbamalu, argued that as far as the CAMA 2020 provides better regulations for ease of business, however, there are certain p...