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MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $1.34 billion to HBCUs and HBCU-supporting organizations, making her one of the most generous philanthropists in the sector’s history.

When Scott divorced billionaire Jeff B...

Black-led startups saw their strongest fundraising quarter since mid-2022 in Q1 2026, driven largely by a handful of standout deals, according to new data from Crunchbase News.

For the first time in nearly four years, Bl...

United Arab Emirates-based electric vehicle firm Spiro has raised $215 million in equity to expand its services across Africa.

Founded by Gagan Gupta in 2022, Spiro operates across Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon, with more than 100,000 EVs on the road. With the latest investment, t...

After decades of quietly building wealth through real estate while practicing law, Medina Jett is stepping into her most ambitious chapter yet.

Last month, Jett, founder of TDS Builders, broke ground on Rosewood Ridge, a 52-home subdivision in South Fulton, Georgia. The Georgetown University-trained attorney turned full-time developer is doing something remark...

For generations, Sickle Cell Disease has been a devastating illness affecting millions of people around the world, particularly within Black communities.  Now, scientists and doctors are one step closer to a potential cure with two groundbreaking gene therapies: Casgevy and Lyfgenia.

In December 2023, the FDA approved the revolutionary treatments, both of which ta...