The African fintech unicorn has so far proven to be a standout investment for five-year-old Oui Capital. When it launched its first fund, it invested $150,000 in the Nigeria-based company, an early bet that has since generated an $8 million return—enough to pay back the fund. Specifically, last October, when Moniepoint raised $110 million in funding […]
The African fintech unicorn has so far proven to be a standout investment for five-year-old Oui Capital. When it launched its first fund, it invested $150,000 in the Nigeria-based company, an early bet that has since generated an $8 million return—enough to pay back the fund. Specifically, last October, when Moniepoint raised $110 million in funding […]
National Financial Literacy Month, observed annually in April in the United States, aims to promote financial education and literacy among all age groups. However, systemic inequalities pose a significant barrier for Black, brown and low-income communities in regard to accessing monetary resources and opportunities. Financial coach Shanisha Dixon-Tyrell is spearheading efforts to change this narrative, […]
The Shop is back with Season 6, and it did not disappoint! The new season screened early during a watch party at UNINTERRUPTED’s New York City headquarters. What viewers witnessed during the evening was the most refined version of the show. The Shop’s hosts, Maverick Carter and Paul Rivera, have listened to the masses and delivered […]
A employee at a Indiana McDonald’s accidentally gave a customer a bag of cash instead of their order in the drive-thru. The customer since identified as Josiah Vargas, got thousands of dollars in cash instead of the sausage McMuffin he had ordered, according to a video he posted on TikTok. In the video Vargas is seen […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to return ownership of prime California beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Americans but were stripped of the land in the 1920s. The board voted 5-0 on a motion to complete the transfer of […]
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles county officials may return a beachfront property that was seized from a Black family nearly a century ago. Manhattan Beach used eminent domain in 1924 to force Willa and Charles Bruce, the city’s first Black landowners, off the land where they lived, KABC-TV reported Friday. They also ran a resort […]