At Tuskegee University, a campus known for shaping trailblazers in engineering and aviation, a new chapter is taking off. A group of students has revived […]
Category: Black Enterprise
It’s Not a Game: How Baye Adofo-Wilson Is Reviving Baseball, Soccer, and Community in Paterson
By Tony O. Lawson When Baye Adofo-Wilson took the helm as owner of the New Jersey Jackals and majority owner of the New York Cosmos, it […]
From Opera to Global Finance: A Conversation with Andrew Karl Knuckle
By Tony O. Lawson When most people think of global finance, they don’t imagine an opera singer from Montego Bay, Jamaica. But for Andrew Karl […]
Ghana’s Kente Cloth Earns Protected Status
Ghana’s most recognizable textile, the handwoven Kente cloth, has officially been granted Geographical Indication (GI) status. This marks a historic milestone as the nation’s first […]
Campus Acquires AI Startup Sizzle to Accelerate Personalized Learning
By Tony O. Lawson Campus, the online two-year college backed by Sam Altman and Shaquille O’Neal, has acquired Sizzle AI, a learning app founded by […]
RIP D’Angelo: The Reluctant Superstar Who Redefined Soul
Michael Eugene Archer, known to the world as D’Angelo, has died at the age of 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. The Grammy-winning […]
How Tammy K. Jones Built an $8 Billion Real Estate Platform with Purpose
By Tony O. Lawson Tammy K. Jones is the founder and CEO of Basis Investment Group, one of the few woman- and Black-owned real-estate investment firms […]
Amanda Sabreah on Turning Clarity Into Cash Flow
Amanda Sabreah, founder of Thought Factory, helps entrepreneurs and executives define their positioning and build brands that resonate. Her work spans industries from consumer goods […]
Paris-based Koolboks Raises $11M for Solar Cold Storage in Africa
by Tony O. Lawson Koolboks, a Paris-based climate technology company with operations across Africa, has raised $11 million in a funding round aimed at scaling its […]
Lendistry Receives $5M from Exelon to Expand Small Business Lending
By Tony O. Lawson Lendistry, a leading fintech lender and community development financial institution, has received a $5 million investment from Exelon. The new funding […]