The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is set to launch on 30th May. If every African country joins, it’s expected to be one of the world’s largest single markets, accounting for $4 trillion in spending and investment across the 54 countries. The AfCFTA will give entrepreneurs across the continent access to a much larger […]
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Kenyans Say Chinese Investment Brings Racism and Discrimination | The New York Times
RUIRU, Kenya — Before last year, Richard Ochieng’, 26, could not recall experiencing racism firsthand.
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Africa’s female rising stars of business are still seen as second-class citizens | The Guardian
Despite the compelling narrative about African women becoming titans of industry, sexism and inequality make scaling up impossible for many entrepreneurs.
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‘Can You Dig It?’ Africa Reality Show Draws Youth to Farming | Atlanta Black Star
As a student, Leah Wangari imagined a glamorous life as a globe-trotting flight attendant, not toiling in dirt and manure.
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22 Black Owned Alternatives to H&M | Shoppe Black
It shouldn’t take something like this to remind us that there are MANY other Black owned fashion brands that make casual wear and that actually appreciate your money.
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How This Black-Owned Coffee Company Is Educating Sudanese Refugees One Cup at a Time | Atlanta Black Star
Infighting. Ethnic cleansing. Civil war. Famine.
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Start-Up Bets on Tech Talent Pipeline From Africa | The New York Times
When Tolulope Komolafe first heard the pitch, she was skeptical. A fledgling company in Lagos, Nigeria, would pay her to learn how to write modern computer code and then offer her a good job in the high-tech economy.
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This 17-Year Old Black Entrepreneur’s Beauty Brand is Worth Almost $500K — And She Has More Than 40 Different Products! | Black Business.org
Zandra Cunningham, the founder and CEO of Zandra’s Beauty, an all-natural skincare line, started her company when she was just 9-years old. Now, at age 17, her Buffalo, New York-based company has more than 40 products and is worth almost $500,000.
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In Conversation: The Founder of Afrobytes Tells Us Why the World Needs to Focus on African Tech – OkayAfrica
PARIS—Afrobytes is a technology conference for Africa co-founded by Haweya Mohamed and Amin Youssouf with the ambition of being a technological innovation hub between Africa and the rest of the world and to extend a marketplace for African technologies.
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Meet Tonjé Bakang, the Cameroonian Creator of Africa’s Netflix – Okay Africa
DIASPORA—Tonjé Bakang is the Cameroonian tech entrepreneur who created Africa’s Netflix, Afrostream.
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