ECONOMY 29-Year-Old Tade Oyerinde Raises $29M To Help Adjunct Professors Earn More And Students Cut Costs By Admin May 1, 2023 A Black founder and entrepreneur has received an investment toward combating expensive college tuition and low wages for part-time professors. Back in 2018, Tade
ECONOMY Two 21-Year-Old College Dropouts Just Raised $5M To Rival Ticketmaster With Its Live Events Platform By Admin April 27, 2023 Two Black founders, 21, dropped out of New York University (NYU) because they were confident in their ability to improve the event planning industry,
ECONOMY Black-Owned Management Technology Platform Eventnoire Raises $1M To Date By Admin April 21, 2023 Back in 2018, Femi Masha and Jeff Osuji founded Eventnoire to create an efficient way for people to be aware of events created by
ECONOMY Naomi Osaka’s Media Company Hana Kuma Raises $5M In A Funding Round By Admin April 20, 2023 Naomi Osaka has made herself known as not only a professional athlete but a boss with numerous business ventures. Within her creative bubble, the
ECONOMY Streaming Platform Mansa Raises $8M In Seed Funding Round By Admin April 18, 2023 Mansa, a streaming platform putting the spotlight on Black culture globally, has reached a new milestone. On April 18, after a year of beta testing,
ECONOMY NBA Player Terance Mann Continues To Expand His Portfolio Outside Of The NBA, Invests In Slate Milk’s $10.5 million Series A Round By Admin April 14, 2023 Terance Mann continues to expand his portfolio. As previously reported by AfroTech, Mann has a passion for much more outside of just basketball. In
ECONOMY Lil Yachty Settles Lawsuit With NFT Platform That Raised $6.5M In Venture Capital Funds Using His Likeness By Admin April 12, 2023 An NFT platform is being held accountable for using the name and likeness of Lil Yachty. As AfroTech previously told you in 2022, Lil
ECONOMY Former NBA Player And Memphis Head Basketball Coach Penny Hardaway Becomes Investor In Tradeblock By Admin April 10, 2023 Former NBA player and Memphis head basketball coach Penny Hardaway is teaming up with Tradeblock. As AfroTech previously told you, the tech startup created by
ECONOMY Market Intelligence Startup Rwazi Raises $4M In Seed Funding Round By Admin March 31, 2023 Investors have backed an African startup that is helping brands source critical data before entering into markets. Rwazi, a market intelligence startup, raised a
Fade to Black: How Ryan Coogler’s Hit film “Sinners” Speaks on the Economic Racism of Sharecropping July 19, 2025
