Photo by BoliviaInteligente on Unsplash The Week Ahead MARKET WATCH: December 28, 2025 – January 3, 2026 The "Reset" Week By BEB Editor • 3 min read
The Pulse Trump's DEI Rollbacks Slash Black Business Opportunities + Morocco's Promamec Raises $8.5M + Sweden Commits $20M to African Greentech Black contractors report losing 30-40% of opportunities as DEI requirements disappear. Meanwhile, Morocco's Promamec secures $8.5M for healthcare expansion | Tuesday, December 23, 2025 By BEB Editor • 11 min read
The Pulse Wisconsin's First Black Radio Station Changes Hands + UAE Opens $100M AI Accelerator + Egypt's Nawah Raises $23M After 61 years, Dr. Jerrel Jones' family transfers WNOV radio + Milwaukee Courier to Civic Media in rare Black media succession. UAE's Presight AI Accelerator opens | Monday, December 22, 2025 By BEB Editor • 11 min read
The Week Ahead MARKET WATCH: December 21–27, 2025 Year-end tax planning, African tourism records, and cooperative economics for 2026 By BEB Editor • 3 min read
The Pulse Black Farmers Take Federal Government to Supreme Court + Ghana Launches Africa's $1B AI Hub—Two Battles Defining 2025 Black Farmers Association rejects Trump's $12B program as "racist," plans Supreme Court challenge. Meanwhile, Ghana + UAE announce Africa's largest AI hub | Friday, December 19, 2025 By BEB Editor • 7 min read
The Pulse African Founders Prove It: $1.2M Seed + 5x Follow-On Capital + $70M Government Backing—The Continent's Real Momentum Today Rwanda's Kayko secures $1.2M for SME digitization, Innovate Africa Fund's portfolio unlocks 5x follow-on capital at concept stage | Thursday, December 18, 2025 By BEB Editor • 7 min read
News Bootstrapping Billions: How Black and African Entrepreneurs Are Building Outside the VC Machine Cassels grants $700K to Canadian Black founders, ClapMi raises $20K for African creator economy valued at $29.8B by 2032, Fanbase closes equity crowdfunding round | Wed., December 17, 2025 | Issue #4 By BEB Editor • 12 min read
News Connectivity Revolution and Capital Gaps: Africa's Infrastructure Leap Amid US Disengagement Starlink-Airtel partnership reaches 174 million users, African Development Bank secures $10.5B as Black unemployment surges—what leaders need to track this week. By BEB Editor • 7 min read
News Gold Mines to Insurance Seats: How African Leaders Are Redefining Economic Power Record mining ventures, insurance leadership gaps, and legal pushback against discriminatory lending—what business leaders need to know today. Monday, December 15, 2025 · Daily Pulse · Issue #2 By BEB Editor • 9 min read
Podcasts (Audio) Bridget “Biddy” Mason: From Enslavement to Building Los Angeles By BEB Editor • 1 min read
Today's Builders Virginia Ali: The Matriarch of Black Broadway and Keeper of Community Through Six Decades of Change From Segregated Rural Virginia to National Icon: How One Woman's Commitment to Kindness, Quality, and Community Built Washington D.C.'s Most Enduring Cultural Landmark By BEB Editor • 19 min read
Source: Amerivet Securities Today's Builders Joseph Benjamin Anderson Jr.: From Combat Leadership to Corporate Excellence A Distinguished Military Officer, Manufacturing Pioneer, and Entrepreneurial Trailblazer Whose Career Spans Six Decades of American Business and Service By BEB Editor • 11 min read
