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The First African-focused Mutual Fund

By now, nearly every American investor knows about the potential opportunities in the emerging markets of BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and Latin America. What’s driving the growth potential, economists argue, is that countries with large populations and abundant natural resources are generating economic growth and nurturing consumer advancement toward the middle class. That movement, in turn, feeds outsized economic expansion. The very same dynamics are unfolding on the African continent, but rarely—if ever—are African countries mentioned as a place for U.S. investment. Larry Seruma wants to change that.

1987

1987 Clifton Wharton, Jr. becomes the first Black CEO of one of the nation’s largest publicly traded corporations when he is appointed to the helm of TIAA-CREF, which managed the...

Buy, Sell & Rent

Steven Perkins had been in court the day before. “I was involved in a dispute involving my rental property in Southfield,” he recalled, referring to the Detroit suburb where he...

Kevin Liles: More Than Music

Kevin Liles: More Than Music

How the former Def Jam music man has expanded his brand beyond the industry and changed the lives of many in the process

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