Yes We Can

Abake Adenle is a Nigerian-American entrepreneur and the developer of voice recognition and speech synthesis software for African languages. At...

A four-year-old old’s knowledge of Yoruba culture supersedes his age. Olamilekan Iyanuoluwa Adebayo can recite more than 200 proverbs in Yoruba as...

As college students across the country return to classrooms for the fall semester, Georgia Tech is welcoming a 13-year-old teen...

Choosing the name of her company was the easiest aspect of Regina Honu’s journey. It only took her a few hours...

Nigeria-based OPay has secured $400 million in a new funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund, the venture capital arm of Japanese...

Mary Seats in 2011 founded a streetwear brand called Cupcake Mafia. The entrepreneur started the company with just $300 and five...

Meet Tiquette Bramlett, the first Black woman to be appointed to oversee a winery in the United States. She is...

Anta Babacar Ngom is a Senegalese entrepreneur who runs one of the biggest poultry production companies in Africa. She is...

Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old from New Orleans, Louisiana, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, becoming the first...

Meet Roberta Hoskie, a real estate millionaire, and an author. Hoskie was homeless and lived in abject poverty while growing...