In 2019, Aaron Wilson and Kelvin Mensah founded Approved Jets, a private aviation brokerage company. This was a niche industry service, specializing in selling, leasing, managing, and chartering jets, helicopters, and yachts and offering luxury…
Sandie Okoro OBE has been appointed the Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, becoming the university’s first female Chancellor. She will be the university’s eighth Chancellor since its establishment in 1900. Okoro currently serves as…
Akil “Sonny” McLeod, a one-year-old Arizona Black boy, has won the 14th annual Photo Search and the 2024 Gerber Baby. His photo and the delight he brings to his family captured the selection committee’s attention,…
On a mission to democratize wealth-building, former investment banker Avion Gray co-founded Belong in 2023 to educate, inform, and empower young investors. The platform launched earlier this year after securing €3.4 million ($3.7 million) in…
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.…
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…
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…
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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