[2] He was named as one of Ten African Tech Voices to Follow on Twitter by CNN [3] and one of the 25 most influential African-Americans in Technology by Business Insider.
[5][6] Jon is Knight News Challenge award winner for Abayima which makes crisis communications technology for disasters.
[19] The competition asks civil society and citizens throughout the continent to submit local community challenges on issues like transparency and better governance, health, education and more.
The project began in late 2009 with a partnership formed between Appfrica and the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs, Office of Public Diplomacy (AF/PDPA) as part of President Barack Obama's administration's 21st Century Statecraft initiative.
In September 2019, Southbox Entertainment announced its launch in Atlanta, to serve as a source of capital for filmmakers and TV producers.