Tech accelerator 88mph has announced that it will invest US1.5 million in a selection of start-ups in Nigeria and will open an accelerator in Lagos. Interestingly they are also looking at raising what they call “baby series A funding” to help more of their start-ups to get out of the starting blocks. I spoke this week to Dan Bowyer, Programme Director at 88mph in Cape Town.
88mph has created two accelerators in Africa: one in Nairobi and the other
Finance experts are elated as Joya O. Johnson, CEO of Positive Minded Sisters (PMS) Financial Services, LLC has finally rolled out her much anticipated Business Finance Suite to help African-American owned businesses obtain funding.
Positive Minded Sisters (PMS) Financial Services, LLC has released a first of its kind ca
LBJ's "War on Poverty" Hurt Black Americans
Five Decades After: Black Progress Hurt by Expansion in Government, Welfare
Black Activists Criticize Handout Mentality that Destroyed Traditional Families
Fifty years ago today, before a joint session of Congress, President Lyndon Baines Johnson announced an "unconditional war on poverty in America." Today, black activists with the Project 21 leadership network are critical of how that war has been waged. They note the expansion of government and a
Saafara West African Herbal Teas Crowdfunding Campaign
San Francisco-based Saafara Herbal Teas has launched an Indiegogo.com crowdfunding campaignto gain community support in their goal to become a premier “Brand Recognized” name in the herbal tea market. Saafara seeks to innovate the herbal tea market by providing delicious, caffeine-free herbal teas, from the refreshing and stress-busting Savanna Mint, to the citrusy after-meal soother White Hibiscus and powerful healing superfood Seh-Ha
This piece was initially written as an email to two Elders who have often bemoaned the lack of unity that we as African people have demonstrated over these many generations since the Ma'afa (a Twi word meaning "great disaster", used by Pan-Afrikan historians and activists to describe the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, the Arab Slave Trade, the Scramble for Africa and the suffering African people have endured as a result). I meant it as a helpful response to their question (which was probably rheto
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Junious Ricardo Stanton
International Bankers Are the Blame For the US Financial Implosion
“The latest stage in the bankruptcy hearings has highlighted the role of the banks in wrecking municipal and family finances across the country. Detroit had one of the highest percentages of subprime loans—many from Countrywide, which was taken over by Bank of Am
Atlanta Prepares for National African-American History Month Celebration
An annual celebration of black history that brings together people from all over the world. Held in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr./ Sweet Auburn District a National Historic Landmark located in Atlanta, Georgia.
The city of Atlanta is home to many African-American events, legends, history and most notably home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. One of the major events that is held in Atlanta is a cultural celebration that encompa
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) today announced the 2014 folk and traditional arts apprenticeships for Pennsylvania. The grants will support twelve apprentices working with master artists in four counties. "We are proud to foster the passing down of traditional knowledge by a master artist to an apprentice. This allows traditional arts and skills to thrive," said Phillip Horn, PCA executive director. "Through their commitment to their craft, folk and traditional artists sustain our st |
“Ubuhle Women…recognizes the powerful cultural currents and back stories from the artists as central to their every stitch. …Art is often what happens when our life experiences become too big for our words,” notes Lonnae O’Neal, Washington Post, 12/27/13
Washington, D.C., December 31, 2013 / PRNewswire / — The intersection of artistic ingenuity and women’s empowerment is explored in two new exhibitions, “Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence” (main gallery) and “Home Sewn: Quilts f
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How many of us truly possess the divine knowledge, wisdom and understanding of what a relationship is and what
XVIII Festival Mundial de la Juventud y los Estudiantes, organizado por la Federación Mundial de la Juventud Democrática (FMJD), Quito, Ecuador, del 8 -13 de diciembre de 2013.
1. Dr Kwame Nkrumah. ANTECEDENTES:
Kwame Nkrumah probablemente nació el 21 de septiembre de 1909 en el pueblo ghanés de Nkroful, Costa de Oro. Fue bautizado con el nombre de Francis por la Iglesia católica apostólica romana. Fue hijo único por parte de su madre. Estudió durante 8 años en la escuela católic
Paper for the 18thWorld Festival of Youth and Students, convened by World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), held Quito, Ecuador, 8 – 13 December 2013
by B.F. Bankie
The Youth
Forums such as this convened by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) are important spaces to remind, mobilize and energize young people around the world, as well as the progressive forces globally, of the responsibility they have to transform society. The technology today in the form of the internet and so
From the 2013 Native American Music Awards, Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor, a soul- funk- jazz musical artist and member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe took home two Top Nominee medals and an offer from Donald Blackfox to join the Spirit Wind Records family of traditional and contemporary Native American recording artists.
Mwalim, a veteran songwriter, producer, session and touring musician has been recording and releasing albums on his own LMMGM label since 1990, interrupted by a stint at a major la
The Budget Deal of December 2013: The 1%, Pentagon & Military Complex Win; Workers, Unemployed, Retirees, Veterans, and Consumers Lose
Who we are and what we doIn 1969, a coalition of young people formed the Venceremos (We Shall Overcome) Brigade, as a means of showing solidarity with the Cuban Revolution by working side by side with Cuban workers and challenging U.S. policies towards Cuba, including the economic blockade and our government’s ban on travel to the island. The first Brigades participated in sugar harvests and subsequent Brigades have done agricultural and construction work in many parts of |
by C. Earl Campbell DA 3rd ~
President Obama has pardon more Thanksgiving Turkeys than Political Prisons, who were victims of the US Government's Counter Intelligence Programs (CoIntelPro), started under FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Even Russian President Putin had the courage to correct one of his mistakes this week by releasing a political prisoner. Black African Americans were overwhelmingly the targets and victims of the US Government attacks under that program and President Obama should
Christmas is a great time to introduce energy saving habits into a household as many easy and simple changes in the way we live can end up putting extra money into your pocket. Higher electricity prices in South Africa have become an increasing strain on consumers’ monthly expenses.
“As consumers we have a lot of decision making power when it comes to how we use and save energy,” says Russell Hughes, who is the event director of the annual African Utility Week and Clean Power Africa conference
Conquerors
Authoritarians
Dictators
Oppressors
Despots
Exploiters
Usurpers
Occupiers
Persecutors
Tyrants
Murderers
Tormentors
Liars
Slavers
These are the people who lack honor, respect for themselves, and decency. Descendants of Slaves can stay among Rulers who think nothing of us and our children, or we can return to the GOD that can bring us out of this captivity and live in HIS Righteous Ways for our Redemption.
Can the mentality of such people really bring joy to the Most High CREATOR GOD? Or would the R
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