NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to a recent story by CNBC, there are about 2.6 million Black-owned businesses in the United States, equating to approximately 9.5 percent...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — 58% of Black-owned businesses reported being financially distressed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From February to April 2020, Black business ownership dropped by...
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — According to the Small Business Administration (SBA): “The federal government’s goal is to award at least five percent of all federal contracting dollars...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Among states, Georgia had the largest total number with 256,848 black-owned businesses and accounted for 9.9 percent of the nation’s black-owned businesses, according...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — NBCC is the biggest Afro business association in the world, established in 1993. It has more than 120 local headquarters in 40 states...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — During a recent press conference held at the Environmental Protection Agency, acting EPA Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, announced more rollback...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…technology without people and workers is useless. Housing without technology is just another housing project or Digital Desert. It is the combination that...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I will be 67 years old next month. For nearly half of those years my wife, Kay, and I...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The idea hit me last week during the international panel at our 22nd annual conference in Chicago. Speaking on the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist There is probably no poverty pimp that is lower than a leech. This type of hustler wants to suck up...
