Feira Preta, Brazil’s ‘Black Expo’, announces marketplace for e-commerce to leverage black entrepreneurship
Note from BBT: This is pretty big news. The annual event known as Feira Preta has been the biggest black cultural event in all of […]
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In Brazil, black entrepreneurship gaining strength: In Minas Gerais black women release Niari Cosméticos for black hair textures
Note from BBT: In Brazil, black entrepreneurship is exploding! It’s not something that I can verify just from the articles coming out about Afro-Brazilian emtrepreneurs, […]
The black entrepreneurial spirit: 18th annual Feira Preta
The black entrepreneurial spirit: 18th annual Feira Preta (Brazil’s black expo) Note from BW of Brazil: Well, another edition of Feira Preta has come and […]
“Black women don’t sell”: Black entrepreneurs share their experiences in a round table
Note from BW of Brazil: In my ongoing analysis of the situation of Afro-Brazilians, I can confirm that there are and have always been a […]
With the objective of promoting networking and business expansion, Afro Hub, an acceleration program for black entrepreneurs, is launched in São Paulo
Note from BW of Brazil: The rise of the black entrepreneur in Brazil has been one of the most intriguing developments in the past few […]
“Um Baile Bom”: In one of Brazil’s whitest cities, young black organizers are putting on ‘a good dance’, in “little Africa”, & developing black entrepreneurship
Note from BW of Brazil: Curitiba is the capital city of the southern state of Paraná. It is one of the whitest cities in one of […]
In Brazil, the black entrepreneur is denied credit three times more than a white entrepreneur
Note from BW of Brazil: Repeat after me. In Brazil, “somos todos iguais” (we are all equal)! You believe me, don’t you? Of course, the […]
Afropreneurship: Although racism is the principle obstacle for black entrepreneurs, Brazil’s tax system also puts them at a disadvantage
Note from BW of Brazil: In recent years, we’ve seen a lot of research and investment being devoted to “Afropreneurship”, referring to Afro-Brazilian entrepreneurs. And even […]
Discrimination still hinders black entrepreneurs, says Inter-American Development Bank; program will invest $500 million in Afro-Brazilian entrepreneurs
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s a market that had yet to reach its full potential. And as the politics of racial identity continue to […]
Black entrepreneurs focus on the Afro-oriented market potential in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: The idea of Afro-Brazilian entrepreneurial enterprise is one that has taken off in recent years with a number innovative […]
For the first time, the number of black entrepreneurs has surpassed that of whites in Brazil
Note from BW of Brazil: Brazil was once (and many ways still is) a country that refused to acknowledge that the existence of differences within […]
‘Ethnic Consumption’ heats up business among black entrepreneurs
Note from BW of Brazil: In the past few decades, a rise in black consciousness throughout Brazil has led to a number of black-oriented products […]
Event promotes the expansion of black entrepreneurship targeting small business owners and prospective owners in 12 states
Note from BW of Brazil: The surge of more black Brazilians into Brazil’s new middle class has opened the door for the expansion of entrepreneurial […]
“We can’t lower our standards to hire blacks”: Fintech startup NuBank co-founder apologizes after controversial statement
Note from BBT: Today’s report is another throwback to a controversial incident that went down a few months ago, in October of 2020. As I […]
