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 […]
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How Ward Holdings Is Turning African Commodities Into Consumer Brands
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. 2
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 […]
Private Capital Has a Readability Problem
By Tony O. Lawson Private capital firms historically operated inside relatively closed financial ecosystems. Private equity firms communicated primarily through acquisitions, exits, LP relationships, and financial […]