African American Entrepreneurs

Dec 19

BeHerSummit Presents: BeHer Talks (sponsored by Comcast RISE)

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BeHerSummit Presents: BeHer Talks (sponsored by Comcast RISE) by Kim M. Barfield We invite you to clear your calendar, and make space for a series of impactful conversations, geared specifically toward you and your business! BeHer Summit is back, and we want you to sit down with us, and a new lineup of accomplished women of color, as they share…

Sep 21

Fostering Community and Connectivity with Cricket Wireless

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Cricket Black History Now Fostering Community and Connectivity with Cricket Wireless It’s February, the annual 28-day, time-honored tradition where we *officially* engage in celebrating Black History, remembering the sacrifices, and reveling in the innovations from the past. But we high key celebrate Black History 365, knowing we are exploring, evolving, and elevating, right here, right now. As we look at…

Sep 21

WORST DECISION?? I MOVED TO NIGERIA AFRICA, FROM AMERICA: REGRETS AND TRIUMPHS | EfikZara

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WORST DECISION?? I MOVED TO NIGERIA AFRICA, FROM AMERICA: REGRETS AND TRIUMPHS | EfikZara Zara is back on CurlyNikki! She's a fabulous naturalista who shares her natural hair journey with her followers. That includes more than 170K subscribers (aka ZeeStarz) on her EfikZara YouTube channel! A couple of weeks ago we shared Zara's revelations on why she disappeared in Nigeria…

Jul 25

8-Year-Old Barber Celebrates Passing Barber Training By Giving Free Haircuts to the Community

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via MadameNoire by Marsha B. Neijae Graham-Henries has a philanthropic spirit that is to be admired. This past summer, the 8-year-old Philadelphia resident attended the Junior Barber Academy lead by P. Michael Boone. Boone created a six-week program to give young men the tools they needed to become a barber. View this post on Instagram Starting from the crown. ?credit:…

Dec 18

Black Women Lead The Boom in America’s Women-Owned Businesses

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Between 2007 and 2016, women entrepreneurship has grown dramatically with women-owned firms now numbering 11.3 million (11,313,900), employing 9 million (8,976,100) and generating more than $1.6 trillion ($1,622,763,800,000) in revenue. That’s according to the 2016 State of Women-Owned Business Report commissioned by American Express OPEN. The report also noted that it is minority women--namely Black women--who are spearheading this explosion…