Bernard Garrett, as a black businessman, purchased a lot of commercial and residential properties until he became the owner of more than 175 buildings, including what was believed to be the tallest structure in downtown Los Angeles in 1961, the Banker’s Building.(Using white faces, Bernard Garrett built a banking and real estate […]
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When the news broke that, Akon is building a real-life “Wakanda” city in Africa which will operate an economy that depends highly on cryptocurrency, many thought the use of his brand name cryptocurrency AKOIN will be limited to this city. However, the musician targets a much wider usage scope. In […]
Not many people have the courage to leave their jobs to start a new venture. 25-year-old Sne Mthembu left her employment and started her own law firm. The 25-year-old who was born and raised in the small town of Eshowe in KwaZulu-Natal recently got admitted as an Attorney of the […]
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest man, has taken delivery of the World’s largest single Crude Distillation Column, at his refinery site in Lagos. The atmospheric tower arrived Ibeju Lekki, Lagos Nigeria after spending 4 months on the sea. On July 29, the equipment built by Sinopec slowly left a wharf in Ningbo, […]
We’re told after the private jet landed in paradise, Mike Tyson’s crew were escorted to a meeting and dinner with Prime Minster Gaston Browne, who has been in office since 2014. Sources familiar with the meeting tell The Blast, PM Browne was adamant about getting Tyson and his organization on […]
The founders of WeBuyBlack and the developers of the first ever Black-owned supermarket that will primarily sell products from Black farmers and other food manufacturers have reached their first financial goal of $425,000 to purchase the property! 13,881 people have contributed to the campaign so far, and the Atlanta-based store […]
The much anticipated Accra Sky Train project, which is a fully automated, high efficiency and extremely cost effective public mass transit system that will use air propulsion technology to drive lightweight, high passenger volume vehicles, today, the 11th of November, 2019, received a big boost with the signing of a […]
Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli has opposed a KSh 1 trillion loan from a Chinese company over tough conditions imposed on them by the investor. In 2013, Tanzania signed a framework agreement with China Merchants Holdings International, China’s largest port operator, to build a port in Bagamoyo and a special […]
Recently, it was reported that a North African country Egypt, is the largest producer of dates globally with the export of over 1 million tons annually. This puts Egypt ahead of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan. The volume produced by Egypt also doubles the total production of Sudan and […]
Natural Resources The United States Department of Defense has held talks with Malawi’s Mkango Resources Ltd and pentagon eyes rare earth miners across the globe about their supplies of strategic minerals, part of a plan to find diversified reserves outside of China, a department official said on Wednesday. The push […]
