By Kam Williams: Black News Dr. Randal Pinkett has established himself as an entrepreneur, speaker, author and scholar, and as a leading voice for his generation...
In the 1940s, African-American psychologists Kenneth Bancroft Clark and his wife, Mamie Phillps Clark, designed a test known as the “doll test” to see how children...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Kenya on Tuesday to step up its fight against graft to help lure investment from her country, which is seeking to...
The airline’s management and unions have reached agreement on the month-end closure of the offices all across the region.
The Auditor General reports poor management and political interference in the government’s procurement practices.
A Senate committee has been set up to look at breaking the monopoly held by the Jamaica Public Service Company.
Oprah Winfrey will become CEO title of OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network, her cable network joint venture with Discovery Communications, the Wall Street Journal reports...
Africa optimism rising Africa offers among the world’s best investment prospects as emerging markets grow ever more important, although its economies risk being destabilized by the...
A branch of Ecobank in Nairobi, Kenya. As the aircraft floats across the landscape of West Africa, one notices ruler-straight earth roads stretching as far as...
Each year, BLACK ENTERPRISE welcomes new companies to its BE100s lists, which chronicle the most successful African American companies across the nation. Through uncertain economic times,...
BALTIMORE (AP) - For the black community, where unemployment continues to rise, job loss has knocked them out of the middle class and back into poverty...
Fledgling nation forms cabinet and details plan for release of new money, two days after independence from North Sudan.
The President of the South American nation says he wants to give special importance and priority to the needs of the Caribbean.
The two will sign an enhanced Bilateral Cooperation Agreement which covers a wide range of areas.
The Barbados-based carrier has applied to Jamaica's Fair Trading Commission in another effort to get into that market.
President Mwai Kibaki on Friday launched a key website making Kenya the first country in sub sahara Africa to offer loads of government data to its...
Ebony and Jet publisher Johnson Publishing has sold a minority stake to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Johnson will put the funds toward its growth plan...
It provides the framework for airlines to operate services between the two countries.
President Martelly calls on the region's businessmen to invest in Haiti.
Government intervenes after the St Lucia Banana Corporation goes into voluntary liquidation.
The region's hotel and tourism association says Jagdeo doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to how hard taxes are hitting the sector throughout...
President Obama signs bill that gives our financial services firms a seat at the table. But is it enough? Gerald Smith, chairman and CEO of Houston-based...
The insurance industry in Africa, contrary to general expectations, contains some of the most advanced and sophisticated systems in the world but, on the continental level,...
Regional leaders say they've shortlisted five candidates and will name a replacement for Sir Edwin Carrington soon.
He points to four non-Eastern Caribbean countries within CARICOM as being the ones who must provide focused leadership on integration.
Don’t ever tell Hans Goff that the personal isn’t political. For him, it’s most definitely personal—as well as increasingly professional. Goff, 28, is the founder of...
Custom made jewelry, handcrafted glow in the art pottery, authentic Jamaican footwear, clothing and accessories were just some of the numerous businesses on display that impressed...
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks, has charged the membership of the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AmCham) to seize the window of...
The country known for genocide is now giving the world $140 sundresses. In the hilly Rwandan capital of Kigali, 300 female survivors of the 1994 mass...
In Uganda, where grasshoppers are regarded as a delicious seasonal snack, the appetite for the crispy critters has created a booming informal trade that has turned...
Carver Bancorp, Inc. the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank, the largest African- and Caribbean-American run bank in the United States, announced this week financial...
Good news for Nigeria. A wake-up call for South Africa. A new Morgan Stanley report, predicts that Nigeria’s economy will overtake South Africa’s as Africa’s largest...
Finance Minister Audley Shaw says Jamaica is planning to return the bailout funds it got from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as he moves to re-engineer...
Abdirashid Duale, CEO of Dahabshiil, one of Africa’s largest money transfer companies, gave the keynote address at a conference hosted by Oxford University from 29-30 June....
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s national carrier is flying the Mandela Day message around the world. Monday, South African Airways, supported by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, unveiled...
The Barbados Prime Minister says he can “play the game as well as they can”, in response to Trinidad and Tobago refusing to grant REDjet permission...
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Africa may be growing quickly, but it still offers less opportunities than more robust emerging markets such as China and India, the CFO of U.S. car...
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Working-age beneficiaries of the country’s conditional cash transfer programme, PATH, have been given access to millions of dollars to start up their own businesses.
The two move to further integrate operations following last month’s signing of the agreement finalizing Caribbean Airlines’ acquisition of Air Jamaica.
The Barbados-based businessman gets recognition in the premier business awards programme in the United States.
Ford Motor Company this week announced the completion of a two-year, US$500-million upgrade of its manufacturing and assembly plants in South Africa to enable it to produce and...
Motorists will get an ease on their pockets when they visit fuel pumps this week. The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica has announced that the prices of...
The debate about nationalisation of South Africa‘s mines could hit companies’ ability to raise capital for sustaining or growing output, the Business Day reported on Wednesday....
Fred Mwangaguhunga, founder and owner of the urban gossip site “Mediatakeout.com,” recently sat down with us to share his ongoing passion for business. Mwangaguhunga told us...
The new Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica is to assist in establishing the air link between the two countries.
The Government is trying to decide whether to join some of its Eastern Caribbean neighbours in offering Antiguan citizenship to those who can afford it.
LONG a symbol of stagnation, the African continent is experiencing a reawakening. Poverty and hunger are still widespread problems, but Africa’s growing middle class is creating...
The United States’ newest big jet, low-cost carrier Vision Airlines will begin direct air service between Grand Bahama Island and at least five US cities in...
Howard University is stepping even further into the digital age. The Historically Black College and University (HBCU) has announced the launch of its first online degree...
Economic recovery in the Caribbean from the global financial crisis is lagging, says Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams. This most recent slide, he observed, was part...
Concerned Nigerians and families of contractors who claimed to have done jobs for MTN Communications Nigeria Limited, gathered at Folomo roundabout, Awolowo Way, Ikoyi, Lagos, by...
Safaricom subscribers can now search for and reconnect with their loved ones using their mobile phone via an application provided by Ericsson and Refugees United. The...
In a bid to ease the activities of the judicial sector in the country, courts will, from next month, be digitally interlinked. In an interview with...
The Barbados-based company has reached a major deal with a US film distributor to promote Caribbean culture to audiences across the world.
The United Nations adds Bridgetown, including the historic Garrison Savannah, to the list, the first every entry for Barbados.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s prime minister has paid more than $37,000 in back taxes to abide by a new constitution that requires lawmakers to pay taxes...
THE PRESENT Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration is still seen by Jamaicans as the more corrupt of the two major political parties, but the number of...
To be a successful entrepreneur in Africa, you must have raw courage, and blind perseverance to overcome mind-boggling bureaucracy and limited access to credit. In spite...
Despite having received only one finalist nomination, Ghana shone at the African Business Awards 2011 because of one business leader and a young but dynamic company....
Africa is starting to change for the better and Kenya is becoming the leader in this long overdue movement offering African-American entrepreneurs an opportunity not only...
THE US Department of State yesterday announced the creation of the Caribbean IdEA Marketplace (CIM), partnering with Scotiabank, the bank with the largest commercial footprint in...
Zimbabwe is given the green light to sell diamonds from its rich Marange diamond fields, in a controversial decision that splits industry regulators in the Kimberley...
Cathy Nash, CEO of Citizen Bank The lawsuit against Citizens Republic Bancorp and its subsidiary Citizens Bank of Flint, Michigan, stemmed from allegations that the banks...
A maverick entrepreneur and self-made millionaire, Sina Gerard is probably Rwanda’s most famous businessman. Having established a business empire from the bottom up, he’s now training...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The release from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve will be the largest ever, amounting to half of a 60 million-barrel international infusion of...
The Jamaica Promotions Corporation aim is to engage key business interests and present the island as a viable investment destination.
For the second time in a month, a senior Grenada government official has appealed to the region to “fully embrace” Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a...
From: CNN India has ramped up its economic push into Africa, announcing Wednesday a slew of investment and trading agreements with countries across the continent. Speaking...
African migrants send home billions Mashonaland, Zimbabwe (CNN) — They might have left their countries to earn themselves a living abroad but for millions of Africans...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Thursday June 16, 2011 – Amidst rumours that consumers would again have to pay more for gas and diesel, Finance Minister Harold Lovell...
Clinton arrives today - United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will today reaffirm her nation's commitment to the region when she visits Montego Bay, St...
Telecommunications firm Digicel has vowed to bring a heightened sense of innovation and greater focus on environmental awareness to patrons attending the annual Denbigh Agricultural and...
The Barbados-based airline says the integrity of its safety has been unfairly maligned.