The global eyewear market generates well over $150 billion annually. When Nana Boateng Osei launched Bôhten, he wasn’t trying to build another fashion brand. He […]
Category: Black Enterprise
How Ward Holdings Is Turning African Commodities Into Consumer Brands   Â
Africa produces approximately 60% of the world’s raw cashews, yet much of the value created through processing, branding, packaging, and distribution is captured elsewhere in […]
How Ward Holdings Is Turning African Commodities Into Consumer Brands   Â
Africa produces approximately 60% of the world’s raw cashews, yet much of the value created through processing, branding, packaging, and distribution is captured elsewhere in […]
Why Enterprise AI Adoption Has Outpaced Organizational Impact   Â
Enterprise AI spending has accelerated sharply. Organizational impact has not followed. Nearly every large company now uses AI somewhere inside the business. Far fewer can […]
How the McKissack Family Sustained a Construction Firm Across Five Generations   Â
By Tony O. Lawson The McKissack family’s involvement in American construction predates the Civil War by several decades. Their documented history in the building trades […]
How the McKissack Family Sustained a Construction Firm Across Five Generations   Â
By Tony O. Lawson The McKissack family’s involvement in American construction predates the Civil War by several decades. Their documented history in the building trades […]
How Haiti Turned a World Cup Qualification Into a Global Brand Moment   Â
By Tony O. Lawson In November 2025, Haiti qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 52 years. No major sponsor announced […]
MAX Raises $8M to Expand Electric Mobility Infrastructure Across Africa   Â
Nigeria-based mobility platform Metro Africa Xpress Inc, better known as MAX, has secured $8 million in debt financing from Netherlands-based impact investment manager Triple Jump […]
How Harris & Ford Built a $400M Global Supply Chain Business   Â
By Tony O. Lawson Harris & Ford built a $400 million supply chain and ingredient distribution business operating across food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, industrial manufacturing, and […]
Black-owned Wealth Advisory Firms | Vol. 2Â Â Â Â
By Tony Lawson Vol. 1 of this series covered independent RIA practices building outside institutional structures. Vol. 2 extends that coverage to include multi-family offices […]