All posts by Preta Peace Namasaba

Innovation

Morehouse College Professor Muhsinah Morris debuts the world’s first special AI Teaching Assistants

Morehouse College is again leading the way in technology-based learning and bringing innovation to the classroom. The HBCU has reportedly launched the world’s first fully spacial artificial intelligence (AI) teaching assistants. In 2022, Morehouse made…

By Preta Peace Namasaba June 29, 2024
News

Swin Cash becomes highest-ranking woman in an NBA front office

Former WNBA star and Naismith Hall of Famer Swin Cash has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations for the New Orleans Pelicans. This promotion elevates her to one of the highest-ranking women…

By Preta Peace Namasaba June 28, 2024
Innovation

How Christopher Gray turned his scholarship search challenges into an app with over 4 million users

Christopher Gray is the founder of Scholly, an app that provides scholarship funding opportunities for students. He turned the challenges he faced while searching for college scholarships into an opportunity to help others. Scholly has…

By Preta Peace Namasaba June 27, 2024
News

Tiger Woods’ TMRW Sports valued at half a billion with latest investment round

After completing a Series A investment round, Tiger Woods’ TMRW Sports is on its way to becoming a unicorn. According to Bloomberg, the new funding round, co-led by Dynasty Equity, has brought the company’s valuation…

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Thrive

Top 10 in-demand remote jobs paying at least 100k salaries

The pandemic unequivocally changed how we work. It shook up the traditional workplace setup and ushered in the remote work era. According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 22 million employed adults in the U.S.…

By Preta Peace Namasaba August 26, 2024
Martin Ijaha was inspired by Sou-Sou, a local Western African savings club tradition to found Neyber
News

Inspired by his mother’s pool fund, this Black immigrant founded Neyber, the UK’s largest employee financial wellbeing platform

Ideas and beliefs become traditions after being passed down generations. Traditions capture the essence of a culture, understand their needs and aspirations and manifest innovative measures to build and protect community. They are tested by…

By Preta Peace Namasaba August 19, 2024
Famous Amos was a great American success story, and a source of Black pride.
News

The legacy of Wallace “Wally” Amos, entrepreneur behind Famous Amos cookie brand who had died at 88

Wallace “Wally” Amos, entrepreneur and founder of Famous Amos cookies has died at the age of 88. His family, in a statement, said Amos died from complications with dementia at his home in Honolulu. “With…

At the age of 21, Figgers became the youngest telecoms operator in the US. His Florida based Figgers Wireless is the only minority-owned telecommunications company in the United States.
Business

Abandoned as child, here is how Freddie Figgers defied odds to build the nation’s only minority-owned telecom company at 21

Freddie Figgers is the proverbial stone that the builders rejected. Abandoned as a newborn next to a dumpster, he was adopted by an elderly couple in rural Florida. His spirit was crushed when he discovered…

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