$5,000 CANIE MICRO-GRANTS brought to you with our Micro-Grant partner, UPS Welcome to the application process for the CANIE Micro-Grants. We have heard your frustrations around accessing funding and set up our application process to be as easy and quick as possible. Our goal is to get $5,000 to...
Read More❝Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.❞ — Maya Angelou “When bankers refused to serve her neighbors in rural India, Chetna Gala Sinha did the next best thing: she opened a bank of her...
Read More“Mouthwatering, visually stunning, and intoxicating, BLACK FOOD tells a global story of creativity, endurance, and imagination that was sustained in the face of dispersal, displacement, and oppression.” — Imani Perry, Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. ABOUT BLACK FOOD A beautiful, rich and groundbreaking book exploring Black...
Read MoreJoint Loan Program Eligibility Criteria: Community Microfinance and BDC Eligible Groups Black entrepreneurs – Applicants must self-identify as being of African or Caribbean heritage and must have at least 51% ownership interest in the business Social (for profit) entrepreneurs – engaged in a business that uses a creative and...
Read MoreThe Ontario Greenbelt Organization beamed a spotlight on a member of the BWPW Co-op Community: Buchi Onakufe. (Culled from Ontario Greenbelt) “Meet Buchi Onakufe! ⬇️ Microbiologist, owner, and lead farmer of Akachi Farms: a sustainable near-urban agriculture enterprise in the Ontario Greenbelt. Every day, Buchi plays an important role...
Read MoreWritten by Samuel Abuya (Culled from African Global News). It is widely said, and agreed, that iron sharpens iron. This can be said of a Kenyan women group which pooled their cash to put up an apartment with at least 100 rooms and are now Landladies. This group from...
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