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It’s no secret that Destiny’s Child is not only one of the biggest girl groups of all time but also at the top of the best-selling. Before officially saying goodbye to their fans in 2006, the legendary group sold over 60 million records, according to Capital Xtra. While the trio of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams were a force together, they each went on to pursue successful careers in their own lanes. However, during Williams’ journey, she briefly hit a turn. In an interview with UBS, the Grammy-award winner shared that a lack of communication and misunderstanding with her financial advisor turned into a “substantial investment loss.” “Knowledge is powerful. Ask questions. It’s your money—you have a right to know what’s being done with it,” Williams told the outlet. But, we already knew that she was a survivor . Bossing up after the initial setback, Williams’ net worth sits at $10 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Now, here’s a look inside all...
A 10-year-old Nigerian-American is now a United States National Chess Master. Nicholas Kristof, who has been covering Tanitoluwa Adewumi’s story for The New York Times for many years, broke the news on his Twitter page. “Remember Tani Adewumi, the Nigerian refugee kid I wrote about 2 years ago who won the NY State chess championship while in a homeless shelter? Now well housed (thanks to you readers!), he just won a championship and is officially a National Chess Master as a 10-yr-old 5th grader!” he wrote. Things could have gone many ways for the 10-year-old Nigerian-American. While his family was living and thriving in Nigeria, they were threatened with violence from the Boko Haram terrorists. The threat of violence forced the Adewumi family to flee from Nigeria in 2017, according to NPR. A kind pastor in Queens, NY, provided them temporary housing, but ultimately referred the family to the NY Department of Housing Services, where they were referred to a homeless shelter. To make...
Lanre Ajakaiye is a Rhode Island entrepreneur who is the son of Nigerian immigrants and is ready to create a cultural revolution in his home state. According to Black News, Ajakaiye has just bought a whole city block — totalling 15,000 square feet — to make his dream come true. Titled 25 Bough Street, this state-of-the-art facility is located in the heart of Providence and features 3-D Black history exhibits, a new-age financial literacy and career center, a world-class multi-purpose function hall, and innovative co-working entrepreneurial spaces. “The mission for the 25 Bough Street Initiative spans education, career awareness, health & wellness and financial empowerment for youth and the community at large,” reads the mission statement on the 25 Bough Street website. “The 25 Bough Street development will transform and re-develop a currently blighted property – in what was once a thriving jewelry manufacturing hub in the historic Olneyville section of Providence, Rhode Island -into...
This Nigerian student has made history. Ufot Ekong is an engineering student currently at Tokai University in Tokyo. He’s multi-lingual — fluent in English, Japanese, French, Yoruba, and Ibibio — and has scored the best grades in the school’s history. Ekong is also the recipient of the President’s Award, and he’s the first Nigerian recipient in the school’s history. During his tenure at the university, he also earned six awards for academic excellence, including the Overall Best graduating student award. The Nigerian student also has a master’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a doctorate in Power Electronics and Motor drives. Both of these degrees are from Tokai University. But now, what about that 30-year-old math equation? “It is an electrical problem involving mathematics and my entire research team is not allowed to discuss details of academic research, patents, and trade secrets as it regards electric vehicles. We are constrained by a confidentiality...
The rise of fintech is here, and Nigerian startup Cowrywise is proof of that. The digital wealth management and financial planning solutions platform just closed a $3 million pre-Series A funding round — led by Quona Capital — in addition to its previously raised $500,000 through equity financing and grants, to help expand its company growth, according to TechCrunch. Other participating companies and individuals in the funding round include the Tsadik Foundation, Gumroad CEO Sahil Lavingia, and a syndicate of local Nigerian angel investors in the diaspora. Cowrywise’s mission aligns with “digitizing investment management for Africans and enabling access to savings and investment products securely,” according to the company’s website. The fintech startup prides itself on helping the underserved such as Africa’s middle class individuals and millennials to better manage their wealth. CEO Razaq Ahmed came up with the idea to found Cowrywise after noticing that existing investment...
Product inclusion means to ensure equitable product experiences. It’s about factoring empathy into the invention and design process by engaging with the spectrum of potential users. My job is to bridge the gap between the product teams creating and the users across the world who look, think, and act differently from them. For our products to be helpful for all, we must build with those underrepresented users in order to understand and meet their needs. As a Haitian-American, left-handed woman, I’ve experienced when a product was not designed with me in mind. I’ve used social media filters that automatically lighten my skin tone, and I’ve held products that felt uncomfortable because they were made for right-handed people. I’ve experienced trying to take a photo and having members of my family not show up and had speech recognition services not understand the accents of my friends. Those design flaws were not intended, but they show how a siloed creation process leaves certain groups...