Business

You've Got Curls and Hair Loss Center just expanded its brand to include beauty vending machines on college campuses.

Each year, Columbia University's Business School and School of International and Public Affairs come together for the annual Africa Economic Forum (AEF). This year marks the university's 18th conference scheduled for Friday, April 22nd and Saturday, April 23rd. The event takes place at the new Manhattanville campus and will be the first AEF in-person conference after a 3-year virtual format due to the pandemic.

Today, Dallas-based company, Smashed Studios, launches its first product -- the hilarious card game for friends, Never Say Never. Founder, Prince Chijioke, started Smashed Studios in August with the intention to create several new table-top games, a unique endeavor for the pharmacist.

The Newark, New Jersey-based, Black-owned startup PeduL, recently launched its #StepUp20 Challenge. The challenge is a $10 million scholarship campaign focused on linking brands and companies to diverse talent and providing diverse students with easier access to job opportunities through paid internships.

It was 2018 and Nneka Egbujiobi was at home one night reading a few direct messages she received on Instagram. Not finding any of them interesting, she wondered why there wasn't a dating app exclusively for sophisticated Africans. Her irritation toward the unwelcome messages led her to create Hello Africa.