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Black culture moves markets.
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Briefings on wealth, ownership, labor, AI, policy, sports,
entertainment, media and business shaping Black economic futures.

African technicians assemble solar panels in a factory while imported solar cells and high-value components highlight Africa’s upstream manufacturing ownership gap.

Diaspora Markets

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Africa Solar Manufacturing Grows, but China Still Controls the Supply Chain

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Black professional working with AI productivity systems as rising output contrasts with workers receiving a smaller share of economic production.

August 7, 2026

America Is Getting More Productive. Workers Are Getting a Smaller Share of What They Produce.

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Black professional reviewing a layoff notice, student-loan statement, household bills and declining savings beside a college degree and work credentials.

August 6, 2026

Black Adults Are in Their Weakest Financial Position in Nearly a Decade

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African investors review the planned $5 billion Dangote Refinery IPO as the Lagos refinery and an ownership-versus-control diagram appear behind them.

August 5, 2026

Dangote Refinery Plans $5 Billion IPO That Could Become Africa’s Largest Listing

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Football executives and private investors negotiate minority equity in a proposed $20 billion World Cup company while a packed global final continues inside the stadium.

July 29, 2026

FIFA Wants to Turn the World Cup Into a $20 Billion Company. Who Owns Global Football After That?

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Culture Economy

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Culture Economy

July 14, 2026

Khaby Lame’s $975 Million Deal Shows the Creator Economy Is Moving From Followers to Ownership

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Jay-Z performing before a packed Yankee Stadium audience with economic modules highlighting ownership, audience, upside, and distribution.

Culture Economy

July 12, 2026

JAŸ-Z’s Yankee Stadium Record Shows the Business Power of Owned Legacy

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Editorial image showing a framed portrait of a young Black student-athlete beside an evidence bag, autopsy report, legal notes, invoices, and a Mississippi Gulf Coast map.

Culture Economy

July 11, 2026

The Cost of Getting Answers: Nolan Wells, Private Autopsies, and the Price of Justice

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Wealth & Ownership

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Dangote Refinery Plans $5 Billion IPO That Could Become Africa’s Largest Listing

Editorial graphic showing a Nigerian investor, the Dangote refinery, and a notice that the public offering has not been approved.

Nigeria’s SEC Halts Unauthorized Marketing of Dangote Refinery IPO

AI & Work

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America Is Getting More Productive. Workers Are Getting a Smaller Share of What They Produce.

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Two proposed hyperscale data centers near Cape Town with electrical infrastructure, water meters, utility plans and residents examining the project’s public resource cost.

Cape Town Approved a 170-Megawatt Data-Center Project. The Community Still Does Not Know the Full Resource Cost.

July 29, 2026 No Comments

Policy to Pocket

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Lina Khan (illustrative likeness) reviews New York City land, development contracts, and infrastructure plans with Black contractors, workers, and community representatives.

Lina Khan Is Entering New York City’s Development Machine. Who Gets the Land, Contracts, and Upside?

July 22, 2026 No Comments

Black professional stands outside a corporate conference room as workplace race data disappears from an employer workforce dashboard.

If Workplace Race Data Disappears, Discrimination Becomes Harder to See—and Harder to Prove

July 22, 2026 No Comments

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Africa Solar Manufacturing Grows, but China Still Controls the Supply Chain

Africa is producing more solar equipment, but much of the higher-value technology and component supply still comes from China. The bigger question is whether the continent can turn rising…

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African officials and global investors negotiate over diamond ownership as mining, capital, control, and luxury retail shape the De Beers value chain.

July 17, 2026

De Beers Sale Tests Africa’s Ownership of the Diamond Value Chain

Anglo American’s De Beers sale is more than a corporate deal. It could determine whether African diamond-producing states gain more control over pricing, branding, distribution, and long-term value.

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South African township commercial street with shuttered shops, workers, delivery bikes, invoices and remittance receipts showing migrant labor’s economic role.

July 10, 2026

South Africa May Drive Out Migrant Workers—and Weaken the Economy It Claims to Protect

Anti-migrant campaigns are framing African workers and entrepreneurs as economic threats. Economists warn the backlash could reduce labor supply, disrupt informal commerce and damage regional…

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Zimbabwean and Chinese delegations discuss mineral-backed infrastructure financing with railway plans, lithium samples, maps, and revenue charts on the table.

June 26, 2026

Zimbabwe Wants Roads and Rail. China Wants Mineral-Backed Repayment. Who Owns the Upside?

Zimbabwe is exploring a deal that could use future mineral revenue to finance transport infrastructure. The opportunity is faster development. The risk is committing tomorrow’s lithium and…

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