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Author: Nekesha Burrell (Nekesha Burrell)

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Black-owned herbal brand enhances long time product, Alpha RX Plus, to overcome ED

Black-owned herbal brand enhances long time product, Alpha RX Plus, to overcome ED

Live Natural, formally Alpha RX Plus, the Black-owned herbal products company providing solutions that keep harmony in the bedroom since 2012 has enhanced the efficacy of their long-time product Alpha RX Plus for men needing to overcome Erectile Dysfunction. JR Scroggins and his family launched the company in 2011 and begin marketing and selling their...

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Entrepreneur and iconic singer Jody Watley releases surprise new dance/club remix album on her avitone recordings label imprint

Entrepreneur and iconic singer Jody Watley releases surprise new dance/club remix album on her avitone recordings label imprint

The new Jody Watley Dance/Remix EP has arrived, just in time for the holidays, and a ‘must-have’ in your playlist! Watley recently dropped a special collection of Alex Di Ciò Dance/Club remixes to the surprise of her fans under the umbrella of her very own Avitone Recordings label imprint. Alex Di Ciò is a world-renowned...

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Black entrepreneur invents patented hair shield that protects weaves, wigs, and extensions

Black entrepreneur invents patented hair shield that protects weaves, wigs, and extensions

The Hair Shield helps women protect their investments Meet Delanise Carter, the founder and inventor of The Hair Shield, a product that she launched in 2018 as a solution for women who appreciate the beauty and quality of their wigs, weaves, and extensions and would like to maintain their pieces longer than previously possible ultimately saving...

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Meet the founder of an institute that aims to elevate the thinking of African Americans.

Meet the founder of an institute that aims to elevate the thinking of African Americans.

 The Boukman Institute is a public education and development organization set up to establish social institutions and galvanize a new conversation on the human rights of African Americans, with an emphasis on non-territorial autonomy (NTA) and its application to the African American situation. Robert L. Hollis is President, Chief Executive Officer, and historian at the Boukman...

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Twin lawyers, sauce-preneurs team up on a new kind of case to keep their grandmother’s legacy alive

Twin lawyers, sauce-preneurs team up on a new kind of case to keep their grandmother’s legacy alive

Alice and Alicia Crowe are identical twin lawyers turned sauce-entrepreneurs who are now working on a different type of case, bottling and selling Emmaline’s All-Natural Hot Sauce, a family-owned line of hot sauce that is three generations old and is made from their grandmother’s original recipe. As proud graduates of Howard University School of Law, the...

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Founder of Detroit-based black-owned firm to join Apple’s impact excelerator for innovative businesses

Founder of Detroit-based black-owned firm to join Apple’s impact excelerator for innovative businesses

 RFG/MPW Environmental & Facility Services has announced that it has been selected to join the Apple Impact Accelerator, a new program for minority-owned businesses that are creating environmental solutions focused on climate change, resource conservation, and smarter chemistry. RFG/MPW Environmental & Facility Services is one of 15 businesses selected for Apple’s first Impact Accelerator cohort. “We...

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Target inks deal with black doll company, Orijin Bees, founded by a 7-year old and her mother

Target inks deal with black doll company, Orijin Bees, founded by a 7-year old and her mother

Multicultural toy company, Orijin Bees, announced today that they launched their Baby Bee Doll Collection on Target online on October 5th, showcasing not only the variety of beautiful skin tones we have in our Black and Brown skin but also the array of curly hair patterns. The company striving to improve racial equity through play was...

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Founder of award-winning nonprofit honored by a prestigious group of black women scholars

Founder of award-winning nonprofit honored by a prestigious group of black women scholars

M. Starita Boyce Ansari, Ph.D., founder of TheNew3Rs.org, has been honored by the “2021 Black Woman Give Back List” for her nonprofit’s work in helping to educate and train the next generation of philanthropists. Boyce Ansari was chosen out an impressive group of Black women whose philanthropy is improving lives in Africa, the Caribbean, and the...

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HBCU grad launches fastest-growing online marketplace for black-owned food brands

HBCU grad launches fastest-growing online marketplace for black-owned food brands

Meet Keisha Spivey, the founder, and CEO of SB Market, Inc. who has created a specialty marketplace called ShoptheBlackFoodMarket.com – the fastest growing online platform to sell and promote Black-owned food brands. The African American community has enormous purchasing power. The University of Georgia reported on August 11, 2021, that the spending power of African Americans has...

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6-year old author reveals memory tricks to help children learn and review the alphabet

6-year old author reveals memory tricks to help children learn and review the alphabet

Six-year-old Corban Stephenson has written a new book entitled Alexander’s Hide and Seek Alphabet. While there are many alphabet books out there, this book has a different spin. Corban’s book uses a fun learning technique called the “Loci Method” to help kids, ages 4-6, learn and review the alphabet. The method is a memory tool that...