Nigerian fintech Zone has raised $8.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round. The fast-growing payment infrastructure company is Africa’s first regulated blockchain network for payments. It has already signed up more than 15 of…
While adults notice the important details, children pay attention to everything. Cory Nieves noticed that his mother, Lisa Howard, didn’t have a car when they moved to Englewood, New Jersey. He saw her struggling to…
In the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of Americans adopting a vegan lifestyle. Health concerns, increased awareness of animal welfare, the impact of animal agriculture on the environment and…
When Tim and Kim Lewis took their haircare company CurlMix to Shark Tank, it was undervalued. The startup had a valuation of $4 million and had generated $400,000 in sales over the previous nine months.…
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – named after Maynard Jackson, the first Black mayor of Atlanta and of any major city in the South, is the busiest and most efficient airport in the world. It generates…
Michael Jordan’s extensive investment portfolio has seen him back numerous ventures, but one offer he made didn’t go as planned. In the early 1990s, C. David Moody Jr., founder of the largest Black-owned construction management…
Pamela Maynard, Microsoft’s Chief AI Transformation Officer for Customer and Partner Solutions, has been named the 2024 Black British Business Person of the Year at the Black British Business Awards (BBBA). Now in its 11th…
Born on January 10, 1949, in Marshall, Texas, George Foreman first made headlines as a dominant force in the world of boxing before venturing into the world of business. His rise to fame began with…
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