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Uber Left Nigeria and Uganda. The Drivers Owned the Cars, Not the Market.

Uber’s exit exposes a central weakness of platform work: workers can finance the productive assets while another company controls the…

2 months ago

Black Athletes Earn the Capital. Who Influences Where It Gets Invested?

Philadelphia 76ers star Jaylen Brown says people surrounding influential athletes can discourage deeper investment in their communities. His argument raises…

2 months ago

Black Culture Builds the Crowd. The Bigger Money May Be in Who Controls Access to It

Live Nation Urban is expanding beyond live events into audience data, sponsorship, creators and IP. Live Nation’s financials reveal why…

2 months ago

Harrison Barnes Is Turning $25 Million of NBA Earnings Into Bank Ownership

The San Antonio Spurs veteran put $25 million of his own money into an Iowa community bank. The bigger story…

2 months ago

Roblox Built a Creator Economy. Steal an Egg Shows Who Sets the Rules

Five years after Roblox was celebrated for letting young developers turn games into businesses, its hottest viral controversy reveals the…

2 months ago

Bill Gates Says AI Could Replace Workers Across the Economy. The Bigger Question Is Who Gets the Money.

Bill Gates is warning that artificial intelligence could permanently reduce the need for human labor. The deeper economic question is…

2 months ago

MTN Wants to Control Credit. Gulf Capital Is Helping Build Its AI Infrastructure.

Africa’s largest telecom operator is exploring banking licences while building AI-ready data centres with a UAE-backed investor. Together, the moves…

2 months ago

Nigeria Attracted $10.37 Billion in Foreign Capital. Only 1.3% Was FDI.

Foreign money is returning to Nigerian markets, but 95% of Q1 inflows went into portfolio investments. The gap between financial…

2 months ago

BlackSun Raised $1 Billion for Sports and Media. Now Comes the Real Ownership Test

A Black-led private-equity firm is targeting some of culture’s most valuable assets. The bigger economic question is who supplies the…

2 months ago

Breaking Made the Olympics. The Culture Didn’t Control the Upside.

Breaking’s Olympic debut brought sponsors, bigger prize pools and global attention. Two years later, veteran breakers say much of that…

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