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Ethiopian artist Julie Mehretu sets new African art record for second time with $10.7m sale
Julie Mehretu creates large-scale works, which combine different media and surfaces to create abstract landscapes, drawing inspiration from a variety of sources including architectural drawings, photographs,...
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Besides leading a Fortune 500 company, here are 5 businesses associated with history-maker Mary Winston
Get to know Mary Winston; she is widely known as the second Black woman to helm a Fortune 500 company. This was after she was named the interim CEO of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., an American chain of domestic...
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Nigerian fintech Shekel Mobility lands big investment to reshape the $30bn African used car market
Car ownership is rising across Africa although they are usually used cars. Figures show that car ownership on the continent is less than 45 cars per 1000 people, which is in sharp contrast to the global...
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The only woman to have led the Black Panthers is now behind an $80M affordable housing project in Oakland
Meet Elaine Brown. She is an activist, writer, singer, and former chair of the Black Panther Party. Now 80, the activist has reinvented herself as a real estate investor, leading an $80 million affordable...
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Terrence Howard claims Paramount still owes him money for starring in 2005 box office hit ‘Hustle & Flow’
Terrence Howard is a Hollywood actor who is famously known for his role in “Hustle & Flow.” The movie, which undoubtedly brought him into the limelight, saw him play the role of a Memphis,...
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Meet Senegalese-American Aicha Evans, who spearheaded the $1.3bn acquisition of Zoox by Amazon
Aicha Evans is a Senegalese-American executive with an incredible footprint in the tech space. In 2019, she became the CEO of Zoox, a pioneering autonomous vehicle technology company founded in 2014. According...
