All posts by Preta Peace Namasaba

Innovation

Meet RJ White, America’s youngest owner of a professional basketball team

At six years old, RJ White knew that she wanted to own an NBA team. She began monitoring trends and planning how to achieve her aspirations in the sports industry. A pioneer, White is a…

By Preta Peace Namasaba February 12, 2024
News

Tiger Woods secures ownership in $3 billion PGA Tour Enterprises deal

Tiger Woods has secured ownership in a historic $3 billion PGA Tour Enterprises deal. The golf legend and other PGA Tour players will become equity holders in the newly established for-profit company. The approach is…

Thrive

How MLK’s dream and death inspired the rise of Ann Fudge, the first Black woman head of an agency

The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a unmissable impact on the civil rights movement. In many ways, it was a drawback for many Black people who saw in Dr. King a young…

News

How former MMA fighter Keith Lee became one of America’s hottest food influencers on social media

Keith Lee sits in front of the camera, explains where he got the food, and the cost of the dishes and rates each item on a scale of 1 to 10. This straightforward style has…

By Preta Peace Namasaba February 11, 2024

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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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