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Devin Collins (left front, sitting on floor) is assistant director of business and entrepreneurial development at the University of North Carolina’s Charlotte Research Institute and manager of the Charlotte Venture Challenge, a regional startup competition. He emails, “During February, I was in Zambia and Zimbabwe (where I am shown) on a U.S. Department of State-sponsored fellowship, helping build entrepreneurial ecosystems and community. I worked in the two countries with a number of incubators, several universities, and community groups.” In March, Devin was honored as one of the Charlotte area’s Forty Under 40 by the Charlotte Business Journal.