by Freddie Ra | Jun 1, 2015 | Business, Celebrities, Greatest Hits, News
While many entertainers are worried about their “Shine”, Akon continues to focus on harnessing the power of the sun’s shine for the betterment of African people. People are familiar with Akon’s Lighting Africa initiative whose goal is to...
by Freddie Ra | May 19, 2015 | Business, News
We love black business and black entprepreneurship here at Urban Intellectuals. Thus, when this story rolled off the press about a Nigerian born entrepreneur selling his company for $1 billion dollars, we had to present it to the readership. Chinedu Echeruo is the...
by Freddie Ra | Apr 7, 2015 | Business, Celebrities, News
Regardless if you like Jay Z the rapper, you have to admire his business acumen and the global influence he yields in business and hip hop. As he has said in his verses, “I’m not a business man, i’m a business, man. Let me handle my business.”...
by Freddie Ra | Mar 25, 2015 | Business, Celebrities, News
I love “Shark Tank”. The hit ABC venture capital show is a weekly hit in our home. Each week i’m sitting around watching with my children hoping many of the business lessons taught on the show rub off on them. Often times the lessons and the...
by Freddie Ra | Mar 24, 2015 | Business, Celebrities, News
In some pockets of the black community, mentors are not valued. This is a shame because mentors are a wonderful source for opening the eyes of our young people to worlds they might have never imagined or reached. A mentor isn’t why, at the time 12 year old,...
by Freddie Ra | Mar 6, 2015 | Business, News
Historically, the gap between white males and minorities has only grown when it comes to STEM. However, major efforts to push STEM in the black community seems to be gaining some ground. Specifically, this ground has been made in the segment of young black girls....
by Freddie Ra | Feb 13, 2015 | Business
If you have ever thought about starting a business and wanted to focus on on the continent of Africa, then now is your chance. With the stroke of his pen, Obama initiated his executive order to add to the Doing Business In Africa (DBIA) Campaign he started in 2012....
by Freddie Ra | Feb 11, 2015 | Business, News
Protesting, marching and making a statement about what matters to you is important. However, investing your time, money and talent into developing a solution is POWERFUL! This what a husband and wife duo did to make their mark on the black community. Moya and Mohammed...
by Furious | Jan 7, 2015 | Business, News
You probably have never heard his name before, but he has put together some of the most lucrative deals for major celebrities and business owners in the black community. We are talking the likes of Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey and more. On Monday, Hollywood agent to...
by Keith Green II | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog, Business, Culture, History
I was convicted in my soul to write this article. Let’s first understand where it was began. African Americans have a history in both major political parties of the United States. After the Civil War almost all Blacks considered them-selves Republicans. It was...
