Woods registered close to 60 patents in his lifetime, including a telephone transmitter, a trolley wheel and the multiplex telegraph in which he defeated Thomas Edison's lawsuit. (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...)

Charles Drew discovered that there was a possibility of storing blood plasma for up to two months or more. An yet, it is popularly told and even transcribed in fiction, such as M*A*S*H TV series, that Drew would have died due to a refusal of a blood transfusion because of his skin color. (Read more...)

Dr. Gladys Mae West has been recognized as the mathematician who laid the groundwork to invent the GPS, due to her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth and her work on the development of the satellite geodesy models that have been incorporated into the GPS system. (Read more...)

Agboola is the founder of Flutterwave who currently bears the title, "African Prince of Fintech" (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...)

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...)

Paul Kagame, convinced of Africa's potential, with other Heads of States came together to form the SMART Africa Alliance. (Read more...)

Nahum manufactures and markets medical robots for surgery, the latest of which is a robotic solution for the minimally invasive treatment of liver cancer. (Read more...)

If you have ever used FaceTime, Skype or WhatsApp to communicate, then you should thank Marian Croak. The so-called "Ma Bell" made it all possible, thanks to her leadership and forward-thinking vision. (Read more...)