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Black Business Investment Fund (BBIF)
The Black Business Investment Fund of Central Florida (BBIF), a nonprofit organization was established in 1987 and began operations in 1988 in Central Florida....
How Geolocation Technology is helping to Save Lives in the Developing...
The SatNAv is proving far more useful than originally imagined. Geolocation Technology is helping save lives in the developing world. We might use it...
Leslie Hale is the latest Black Woman CEO of a Billion...
by Adedamola Agboola
(first published April 16, 2018)
Leslie Hale Latest Black Woman CEO of $ 1.2 Billion Company
Leslie Hale will join a very small club...
Charity, Music and Politics with Band Aid 30
Charity, Music and Politics are not comfortable bedfellows. At least half the audience will not be happy. But does it really matter - if...
Afro Hair & Beauty Renaissance in the UK!
Afro Hair & Beauty Renaissance in the UK!
Introducing The Afro Hair & Beauty Association
by AHBA Media
Black British hair and beauty brands now have a...
Tyra Banks Biography
Born on December 4, 1973, in Inglewood, California, Tyra Banks was a leading international fashion model, becoming the first black woman to land the...
Fashioned for success
By BRIAN BREHM | The Winchester Star
(first published Apr 14, 2018)
B Michael, left and Mark-Anthony Edwards, right, co-founders of B Michael America Fashion...
African Nations Get Up to Speed Technologically
With Broadband, Internet service is not only faster but less expensive allowing more people to jump onboard the Web Express. And now the African...
Apprentice Winner Inks Contracts
Reality show stars come and go. But the winner of season four of “The Apprentice,” Dr. Randal Pinkett, has proven to have staying power. Pinkett, who...
Queen Latifah Expands Her Empire
Queen Latifah has done nearly everything throughout her entertainment career--rapping, singing, acting, and producing. Now she is readying for a new daytime television show....
Center helps African immigrants succeed
MINNEAPOLIS — Hussein Samatar, one of Minnesota's most improbable bankers, hung a new shingle in Minneapolis towards the end of last year.
Samatar, a Somali refugee who 15 years ago...
ChicRebellion.tv–The First and Only Internet TV Network for Women of Color
In September 2012, Elayne Fluker felt like the time was “now” for an Internet TV network for women of color. So, she launched one....
Africa - Economic News
South African grows IT business to 36 stores
written by Kate Douglas
In 2006, South African Luvuyo Rani opened an internet café in Khayelitsha, a township on the outskirts of Cape Town. This has...
Why so Young? Why some African Populations have a short Lifespan?
Here we examine the reasons for low life expectancy.
Low Availability of clean water. As high as 45% of the people in Sub Saharan Africa...
Life Expectancy Problem in Africa – The Numbers
The numbers are stark. It's not looking good for anyone over 50 in the African Countries that make up the bottom 20 of the...
World is plundering Africa’s wealth of ‘billions of dollars a year’
Karen McVeigh
(first published Wed 24 May 2017)
Research by campaigners claims aid and loans to the continent are outweighed by financial flows to tax havens...
Scientific African
by Emmanuel Akinwotu
(first published Tue 10 Apr 2018)
Africa's unsung scientists finally get their own journal to spread research
Publication will highlight pioneering work of scientists...
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