Can Black businesswomen save the US economy?
Al JazeeraAs Black History Month kicks off in the US, The Take is turning its attention on Black female entrepreneurs. Black women face some of the highest hurdles when trying to start their businesses, and when the COVID-19 pandemic derailed thousands of firms around the United States, they received some of the least support from the government. In this episode: Anna Gifty Opoku Agyeman, economist and co-founder of the Sadie Collective; Nikki Porcher, founder of the nonprofit Buy From A Black Woman; Shanae Jones, founder of Ivy’s Tea Connect with The Take: Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Subscribe: New episodes of the show come out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The team: Priyanka Tilve produced this episode with Patricia Sabga, Dina Kesbeh, Negin Owliaei, Alexandra Locke, Ney Alvarez, Amy Walters and Malika Bilal.
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