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The Mastercard Foundation Partners With Ananse Africa to Elevate African Brands

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Ananse Africa  Ananse Africa is an extensive eCommerce platform that connects African creative brands with global consumers. Partnered with The Mastercard Foundation, their platform is the most comprehensive eCommerce website designed specifically for African creative brands.  Africa is currently experiencing a significant surge in creative industries. For example, Nigerian creative industries contributed more than $18 billion USD to GDP according to the World Bank in 2020 and this is only the beginning.  Ananse Africa is a full-service eCommerce platform that provides a simple solution to a glaring problem for African creative brands. In April 2021, they launched their comprehensive platform to provide African creative brands with a user-friendly system to showcase their products to global consumers. It’s a simple one-stop space to facilitate the process of purchasing products made by African designers and artists.  Combining tech with fashion and art, Ananse Africa connects African d
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Creative Minds Series: E's Element- Skin Out Szn Collection + More

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  E's Element Skin out Szn Collection  Here at Black Lives Global, we are passionate about highlighting Black-owned brands, especially creative Black businesses founded by amazingly cool and creative female founders. One such brand is E's Element. We have been following this brand for a while and we are obsessed, literally.  So, what is E's Element?  E's Element is a Canada-based athleisure wear and jewellery brand, it's the brainchild of successful Nigerian-Canadian style blogger Emmanuela Okon. Emmanuela is the true definition of "girlboss" and we are totally here for it!  Emmanuela launched the wickedly cool, creative athleisure and jewellery brand during the quiet and reflective moments of the global pandemic lockdown, the seedlings of the brand were planted in July 2020 and it was officially launched in January 2021.  Here is a quote from the stylish and talented Emamanuela Okon:  “I knew I always wanted to start a business once I graduated from Unive
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Have You Heard About the Black Card Lottery in the UK?

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The Black Card Lottery is an impactful, community-based initiative founded by UK-based retail expert and entrepreneur, Sophia Leach.  It is the first-ever Black-owned, fully licensed lottery in the UK.  The Black Card Lottery is the brainchild of award-winning retail expert and entrepreneur Sophia Leach. It is the first fully licensed and regulated, Black-owned lottery and it aims to tackle prevalent issues within the Black community in the UK.  The fundamental objective of the Black Card Lottery is to adopt a solution-driven approach to developing and supporting the Black Community by introducing and enhancing existing educational programs for Black students in the UK.  Also, facilitating the growth of Black-owned businesses nationwide.  The glaring wealth gap and lack of funding for community enhancement programs for black students, families and businesses suggest that non-profit organisations like the Black Card Lottery are crucial for the long-term progression of the Black communit
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One Million Black-owned Brands

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  We stumbled upon this website this morning and we are loving it. One Million Black-owned brands is a brand new initiative by Pink Intrigue, a content writing company based in the UK and Ghana. They create written content for Black-owned brands to build brand awareness and elevate businesses in the Black community worldwide.  Their mission is to contribute to building generational wealth within the Black community by providing a platform for growth and elevation.  The website will showcase one million Black-owned businesses in the next few years. The beauty of this project is that it costs £2 to list on the site and you get several cool benefits when you do sign up.  Your brand will be listed on the website with some well-written content and brand images  The site will be heavily promoted so listing on the site will boost brand awareness and online visibility  One Million Black-owned brands will mention several brands on each podcast or radio interview they are featured in  Brands wil
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Young Black Millionaire Series: Meet Alfred Nickson, He Went From Welfare to Millionaire at Age 25

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Alfred Nickson  Here at Black Lives Global, we are committed to showcasing impactful and transformative content about the Black community on a global scale. We don't play when it comes to that! Here is another example of Black excellence. The story of Alfred Nickson, the young network marketing mogul who went from welfare to millionaire at age 25.   Nickson came from humble beginnings, raised in Miami Florida, on welfare and struggling to find his way in life, he eventually found his feet in network marketing. Today he is one of the youngest network marketing millionaires in the United States.  Nickson started his network marketing journey at 19 years old, after three years, his earnings went from just enough to six whole figures. He became one of the highest young earners in the company at that point.  Alfred made his first million dollars at age 25, and his first investment was to give back to the church that he was raised in. He credits his massive success to his strong belief a
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In Living Colour: Telle Moi, The Luxury Nail Polish Brand That's Injecting New Life into Nude Shades

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Telle Moi nail polish  Telle Moi is a bold, unapologetic trailblazing brand. Of course, it's Black-owned and it's changing the game. Based in London, UK, Telle Moi was founded by Business and Law Graduate Natel Allen. Natel launched the brand in 2019 after searching high and low for the perfect nude shade to compliment her skin tone, she grew frustrated and decided to create her own perfect nude shade. She did just that and a year later, she launched her luxury, vegan and cruelty-free nail polish brand, Telle Moi.   The brand started with four nude shades, and to date there are more than 40 stunning shades to choose from. We love Telle Moi at Black Lives Global, they are proudly filling a gap in the market with a much-needed product.  The idea for the brand name is rooted in the French term 'Tel Moi' which means 'Like me'. Natel was inspired to name her brand Telle Moi because of her desire to create nail colours to cater for every skin tone.  All shades are cru
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