Innovation

Innovation

These five Black woman-owned startups are revolutionizing maternal healthcare

Motherhood can be a wonderful and empowering experience for many women, but also overwhelming for some. Black women in the United States encounter alarming maternal health disparities. Research shows that Black women are three times…

By Preta Peace Namasaba February 20, 2024
Innovation

At only 34, Everette Taylor is CEO of Kickstarter, the world’s leading crowdfunding platform for creatives

Becoming CEO has been a lifelong goal that Everette Taylor had been working toward. Along the way, he had to turn down multiple offers from prominent brands offering, among other tings, the position of chief…

By Preta Peace Namasaba February 16, 2024
Innovation

This Harvard grad created a soccer ball that generates renewable power when it is kicked about

Climate change and sustainability have dominated mainstream 21st-century discourse. Climate scientists and activists have advocated for transitioning to renewable energy to address the climate crisis. Combining play and technology, Jessica O. Matthews invented the Soccket…

By Preta Peace Namasaba February 15, 2024
Innovation

Meet the 32-year-old Nigerian who successfully founded two separate billion-dollar startups

A unicorn, a privately held startup company with a value of over $1 billion, is a remarkable feat. But to start two unicorns when Black and particularly African entrepreneurs struggle to raise funding from venture…

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Avion Gray achieved the largest pre-seed funding by a female founder in Europe – Here’s how she did it

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…

By Preta Peace Namasaba July 5, 2024
Innovation

How David Hedgley’s contributions to computing earned him the name of father of 3D graphics

David Rice Hedgley, Jr. has been described as the father of 3D graphics. His paper explaining the solution to the groundbreaking hidden-line problem in computer 3D graphics was initially met with criticism. Today, Hedgley’s algorithm…

Innovation

How rapper turned sports podcaster Cam’ron leveraged passion and a 250k investment into a $20 million deal

Consumers constantly need ingenuity, innovation, and a groundbreaking shift – be it in entertainment, technology, or even food. But how do you create something new and exciting when everything has already been done? You tweak…

By Preta Peace Namasaba July 4, 2024
Innovation

This is how Terysa Ridgeway is using toy robots to develop the critical thinking of young minds

Terysa Ridgeway is the Technical Program Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions at Google and the author of the popular Terysa Solves It book series. Recently, she launched Alilo the Explorer, a toy robot that teaches children…

By Preta Peace Namasaba July 1, 2024
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