All posts by Preta Peace Namasaba

News

Nas partners investors in $5 billion development plan for New York

Hip-hop icon Nas has partnered with Resorts World for its $5 billion expansion in Queens, New York. The plan is to transform Aqueduct Park into a full-fledged casino that mirrors the company’s properties in Las…

By Preta Peace Namasaba March 11, 2024
Innovation

Why Andre Swanston had to take life-changing risks to build tech now used in over 80 million homes

Risk-taking is a prerequisite for successful entrepreneurship – it is in the definition. While comfort zones are safe and predictable, they often are barriers to innovation, growth and business success. Andre Swanston followed the entrepreneurial…

Wealth

A Black-owned stock exchange motivated by MLK’s dream: These genius investors are thinking outside the box

Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream Speech” was delivered at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was organized by Black union members as a call for workplace equality.…

News

From a single Burger King, Valerie Daniels-Carter built an empire with over 100 restaurants

Valerie Daniels-Carter saw her chance at entrepreneurship when she heard that Burger King was looking to increase its number of Black-owned Burger King franchisees. She scrapped together her savings and sold her car and property…

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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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