by Jamaica Gayle | Aug 14, 2020
Historically, people of color have experienced underrepresentation in the beauty industry, from difficulties finding matching makeup shades to a scarcity of products that cater to diverse hair textures. In 2017, Kimberly Smith founded the e-commerce site, Marjani...
by Jamaica Gayle | Jul 9, 2020
“Be an accessory to change” is the mission of Her Braids, a Canada-based e-commerce site that sells beaded pendants to raises funds and awareness for the Indigenous water crisis. The founder of Her Braids, Sunshine Quem Tenasco, is Anishinabe from...
by Jamaica Gayle | Jun 12, 2020
Rupa Ganguli, Founder and CEO of Inclusive Trade, a United Kingdom-based e-commerce platform that allows consumers to shop by impact to benefit social, environmental and development goals. Using sustainable trade guidelines from the United Nations Sustainable...
by Jamaica Gayle | May 29, 2020
The drone industry is growing at an accelerated rate, and the Global Air Drone Academy is committed to building the next generation of professional drone pilots. Since 2016, the FAA-licensed drone academy has provided STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts,...
by Jamaica Gayle | May 26, 2020
In 2009, Rana El Chemaitelly, an instructor at the American University of Beirut at the time, founded The Little Engineer. The education institution was created after El Chemaitelly grew concerned that her three children were spending too much time glued to...
by Jamaica Gayle | May 18, 2020
As a digital healthcare company, Portal Telemedicina is witnessing the pandemic firsthand. The Brazilan startup provides reliable, fast and low-cost healthcare to over 30 million patients using IoT telemetry and an AI-assisted diagnosis platform that runs in the...
