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MAX Raises $8M to Expand Electric Mobility Infrastructure Across Africa
Nigeria-based mobility platform Metro Africa Xpress Inc, better known as MAX, has secured $8 million in debt financing from Netherlands-based impact investment manager Triple…
How Harris & Ford Built a $400M Global Supply Chain Business
By Tony O. Lawson Harris & Ford built a $400 million supply chain and ingredient distribution business operating across food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, industrial manufacturing,…
Black-owned Wealth Advisory Firms | Vol. 2
By Tony Lawson Vol. 1 of this series covered independent RIA practices building outside institutional structures. Vol. 2 extends that coverage to include multi-family…
Private Capital Has a Readability Problem
By Tony O. Lawson Private capital firms historically operated inside relatively closed financial ecosystems. Private equity firms communicated primarily through acquisitions, exits, LP relationships, and…
Mae Figured Out How to Get Doulas to Black Mothers Through Insurance
By Tony O. Lawson According to the CDC’s most recent data, Black women in the United States experienced pregnancy-related mortality rates approximately 3.5 times higher…
Four Black-owned Companies Running Airport Retail
By Tony O. Lawson Airport retail is organized through concession agreements, long-term contracts, and operating groups that control multiple units within the same terminal. Who…