Black-owned businesses can now add a label to their profiles pages to inform customers they are buying Black. (Courtesy Photo) By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com In an effort to support Black-owned businesses, Instagram has rolled out a new feature for U.S. entrepreneurs to identify their profile page as […]
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Morgan State University awarded $6.25M from Google and Apple
Morgan State University, Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University, today announced two significant grants totaling $6.25 million from leading big tech companies, Apple and Google. Aiming to foster equity in computing education and tech proficiencies at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and meet the high demands to diversify the STEM talent pipeline, Google by way of its […]
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Nonprofit creates app to promote vaccination incentives
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member Msayles@afro.com Just a few weeks ago, Bright Mind Enrichment and Schooling (BME), a community wellness and education nonprofit, rolled out their mobile app and website: Vaccination Rewards, which aggregates incentives available to vaccinated individuals. “As we were looking more into this rapidly evolving world […]
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#WordinBlack: Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition connects city households with Emergency BroadBand Benefit for discounted internet access
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member Msayles@afro.com After Baltimore city schools were forced to shift to virtual learning as a result of the pandemic, it was clear the lack of internet access would be a recurring obstacle to education. Now, the federal government is stepping in to lessen the impact […]
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African American unveils game changing technology for the electric vehicle industry
Hardge Global Technologies, LLC announces test results Detroit, Michigan- June 1, 2021 – Following President Biden’s visit to the Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan, Hardge Global Technologies, LLC (HGT) announced the release of its new Black Box Technology. African-American inventor Lawrence Hardge, founder of Hardge Global Technologies, LLC / Hardge Global USA held a press […]
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A new generation of Black male teachers starts its journey in partnership with Apple
Rhys Richard’s mother, Astrya Richard, who spent her career in education, and his father, Hillary Richard Jr., deeply support their son’s journey to one day teach the next generation of students. (Black PR Wire) — For more than 100 years, teaching has run through Hillary-Rhys Richard’s family. Growing up in Katy, Texas, Rhys, as he’s […]
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Actor Hill Harper launches first Black-owned DigitalWallet, ‘The Black Wall Street
The Black Wall Street’s campaign, Crypto-curriculum and DigitalWallet will be led by Harper in partnership with Najah Roberts, a worldleading cryptocurrency exchange expert. The Black Wall Street technology & DigitalWallet will empower the financially-excluded and confront the racial wealth gap, in remembrance of the approaching centennial of the race-fueled Tulsa Massacre in Oklahoma’s Greenwood district […]
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Apple’s iPhone privacy clampdown comes after 7-month delay
The new privacy feature, dubbed “App Tracking Transparency,” rolled out on April 26, as part of an update to the operating system powering the iPhone and iPad. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File) By Michael Liedtke Associated Press Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down on Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow […]
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App lets users activate their own body cams when pulled over by police
James A. Samuel Jr. is a Black veteran and founder of ANJEL Tech, an app which enables users to turn their iPhones into bodycams during encounters with law enforcement. (Courtesy of blacknews.com) By Blacknews.com Meet James A. Samuel, Jr., a Black veteran who has launched a new app called ANJEL Tech that turns any smartphone […]
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DC CAN app notifies users of COVID-19 exposure
DC CAN will create By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the country and world, with “DC CAN,” the nation’s capital is joining public health authorities around the globe in using technology to expeditiously track and notify users who have potentially been exposed to the infection and reduce […]
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Bob Wallace: how to build wealth with STEM
Bob Wallace is a former Baltimore City candidate for mayor, the owner of multi-million dollar businesses and a firm believer in the power of STEM education. (Courtesy Photo) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Bob Wallace made quite a political splash running as an Independent for Mayor of Baltimore in 2020. In the general […]
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TEDCO Leading Innovation to Market for 23 years
By Beverly Richards Special to the AFRO In a “normal” year, the racial wealth divide in Black communities across the country consists of a profound and deep chasm. COVID-19 and the nowhere-near-normal 2020 categorically illuminated the health, economic and entrepreneurship inequities and disparities that plague Black communities. So much so, conversations about Black wealth and […]