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Basketball helped him survive poverty; now Adeola Ajay is rooting for other children to rise in his home country

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By Austin Barnes Verified
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When school let out each day, young Adeola Ajayi didn’t get to go home or outside to play. Instead, he clocked in for a job he created for himself, selling seasonal produce with his brother by an African roadside so their family wouldn’t go hungry. “Survival was the daily priority,” Ajayi said of his upbringing in Sango Ota, Nigeria. “My family of seven lived in a 9-by-9 room.
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KCultivator: This builder fell hard for Kansas City; turns out, it was a surprise she didn’t need to manifest

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By Austin Barnes Verified
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Editor’s note: KCultivators is a lighthearted profile series to highlight people who are meaningfully enriching Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Kansas City is far from dry when it comes to opportunity, Becca Castro said, recalling her desert upbringing and admittedly low expectations for what a life in the Midwest could look like.
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LISTEN: Kansas innovation boosters are willing to play in the same sandbox; it’s time to shout it from the rooftop, leader says

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By Austin Barnes Verified
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In this bonus episode of Startland News’ Plug and Play Topeka podcast series, we’re joined by Lindsay Lebahn, director and partner success manager for Plug and Play Topeka (through Go Topeka), to look ahead at what’s next for the region’s innovation ecosystem.
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