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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...

  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 U...

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...