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Successful businesswoman helps female entrepreneurs follow their dreams
New unscripted series “Mind Your Business with Mahisha”, featuring Curls CEO and creator Mahisha Dellinger, premiered August 11 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. The hour-long series follows OWN’s award winning reality series “Iyanla: Fix My Life,” (9 p.m. ET/PT) for an all-female led Saturday night lineup. OWN continues to top…
Read MoreCredit Union & Church Partnership Promises Mutual Benefits
By Barney Blakeney Nationally the African Methodist Episcopal Church has entered a partnership with some 19 Black owned banking institutions around the country to begin an innovative economic collaboration. In Charleston where Community Owned Federal Credit Union is the premier such entity, that process is in its infancy. C.O. Federal Credit Union President and…
Read MoreUpcoming 2018 Estate Workshops Offered by Charleston County Probate Court
Charleston County Probate Judge Irvin G. Condon conducts a monthly workshop regarding routine estate administration and the probate process. There are no costs or fees associated with the workshop. All workshops are held from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Charleston County Historic Courthouse in the Grand Courtroom on the second floor, located at…
Read MoreCharleston County DSS deputy director Darrell Morris named Employee of the Month
The South Carolina Department of Social Services’ Employee of the Month programs recognizes staff whose work exemplifies our core principles: Competence, Courage and Compassion. Darrell Morris, deputy director of Charleston County DSS, was recently named a July Employee of the Month. “I was surprised and honored to be selected,” he said. According to his nomination,…
Read MoreBusiness Profile: Smallwood Care Removal Services, LLC
SMALLWOOD CARE REMOVAL SERVICES, LLC Owner: • Anthony Smallwood, Timberland High School – Class of 2006 Service Rendered & Available: • 24/7 Removal Services – Inclusive of holidays • Services provided in all geographical regions pick-ups • Removal from homes, medical facilities, nursing home & others • North Charleston Business • License #LIC-12-16-159553 Mission Statement Our goal is to facilitate…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Federal Credit Union Hosting Free Document Shredding Event in Goose Creek
South Carolina Federal Credit Union is hosting a free document shredding event on Saturday, August 18, 2018 from 9 a.m. – 1p.m., at its Goose Creek financial center, located at 82 Bridgetown Road, Goose Creek, South Carolina. The credit union is working with Shred-It Document Management to aid members and the public in the fight…
Read MoreAfrican-American Technology Innovator Launches a Smart Business Platform Targeting the Mid-Sized Market
AtWork Systems Inc., a software company based in Northern Virginia, is a smart business platform with an ERP solution for SMBs that delivers mobile, flexible and highly accessible business intelligence to every business owner. It includes a Marketplace application for the GIG economy and a set of open tools that delivers BI/AI/ML-driven decision support to…
Read MoreThis Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, New Research Shows Too Few People Know Black Women Face Such a Large Pay Gap
August 7 is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which marks how far Black women had to work into 2018 to catch up with what white men earned in 2017 alone. On average, Black women are paid 38 percent less than white men and 21 percent less than white women. To raise awareness of the pay…
Read MoreWe’re Not a Dumping Ground for Used Cars, Says Rwanda Prez at New Auto Plant Opening
You’ll see plenty of Volvos, Mercedes, Hondas, Toyotas and even a Ford Windstar tootling around the booming cities of Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg. But these foreign cars were no spring chickens when they arrived in Africa after years of use. Often they had to be totally rebuilt in order to sell at top dollar. Only…
Read MoreNorton, Chavis Vow to Seek Legislation After GAO Report
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor In a blistering response to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that revealed federal agencies spend very little advertising dollars with minority-owned businesses, D.C. Democratic Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said that she would work with minority publishers to press her colleagues in Congress “to demand…
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