In 2008, Opeke raised $240 million for a fiber optic cable stretching from Portugal to Nigeria. (Read more...)

Born a slave, married at 14, mother at 17 and widowed at 20. (Read more...)

Daymond John is a savvy American business man who has become a household name with the creation of his clothing brand, FUBU. (Read more...)

In 1998, Johnson and his partners, sold BET Holding to Viacom, a giant media group. Though it was sold at $3 billion, Johnson still remained the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BET until 2005. That sale made Johnson America's first Black billionaire. (Read more...)

Tony Elumelu sought the expansion of Africa through the rise of entrepreneurs in the continent. He strongly believed the private sector must play a leading role in the growth and development of Africa. This philosophy of Tony Elumelu is what he coined Africapitalism. (Read more...)

Sara Menker is working to solve the food crisis with Gro Intelligence, a platform that connects food markets around the world. (Read more...)

Thanks to the Cardiopad, the populations in rural areas can have their heart conditions monitored, by the best heart specialists in the country, without physical displacement of the latter. (Read more...)

Garrett received a patent in 1923 and the rights to the invention were eventually purchased by General Electric at $40,000. This was a huge sum at the time, especially for a Black, being the son of two former slaves and aged just 46 years old. (Read more...)

Despite the overall deplorable medical infrastructure in Cameroon, Alain Nteff’s passion to save mothers and children is materialized in the App GiftedMom. (Read more...)

William Kamkwamba came to the lamplight in 2001, when he single handedly build a Windmill in his community by observing a picture from a library book. (Read more...)