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Radio Leicester,23 mins

MOBO teams with global tech firm to boost opportunities for black talent

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Currently in the UK only 1.5% of talent in the creative industry is Black, a stark statistic revealed Business In The Community, last year. MOBO, an annual celebration of 'music of black origin', under the leadership of Kanya King, recently joined forces with Accenture, a global tech company, to create a brand new platform called 'Mobolise' which hopes to change that. BBC Radio Leicester's Aminata Kamara sat down with Mel Owusu and Nnenna Ilomechina from Accenture to tell us more.

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