Commentary
It’s Time to Learn from Black Female Entrepreneurs
|
Black women continue to transcend the need for validation from those who do not embrace all they have to offer.
Women's eNews (https://womensenews.org/tag/female_entrepreneurs/)
Black women continue to transcend the need for validation from those who do not embrace all they have to offer.
Recently Google and Forbes both recognized African female entrepreneurs, highlighting the continent’s entrepreneurial energy. This publicity is a welcome alternative to Westerners’ dominant image of Africans as dependent people in misery.
Ramallah’s sole chain of coffee shops–ZAMN–was started by Huda El-Jack, who moved there in 2003 as a trailing spouse and saw a business opportunity when she couldn’t find a good cup of coffee. She’s now eyeing more towns in the West Bank.