Meet The British Woman Creating Waterproof Scarves For Black Swimmers
British inventor and entrepreneur Danielle Obe has designed a waterproof headscarf to encourage more black women to swim....
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Nigerian Inventor Creates Stove That Cooks Food And Charges Smartphones
Max Chinnah, a 26-year-old Nigerian inventor, patented a smokeless stove that cooks and converts heat energy into electricity to charge cell phones....
Inventions Made by Black Slaves Denied Patents
“One group of prolific innovators, however, has been largely ignored by history: black inventors born or forced into American slavery," says attorney Shontavia Johnson....
7 Facts You Should Know about Shirley Ann Jackson
Here's a list of seven interesting facts about Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, the black woman who invented Caller I.D. and Call Waiting....
Global Tech: Namibian Teen Shines as Inventor of ‘Free-to-Call’ Phone
A teenager in Namibia is gaining a lot of attention from the tech world for a mobile phone he invented. Simon Petrus created a phone...
The Road to TechConneXt: Ty Ahmad-Taylor
The Road to TechConneXt is a lead-up series to Black Enterprise's TechConneXt Technology Summit, profiling today's tech leaders and innovators. This week: THX, Ltd, CEO,...
Mississippi Could be the Next Silicon Valley
"... the state is ideal for creating innovation centers for drone manufacturing and also for business accelerators."...
The Inventress Lisa Ascolese Shares Insider Tips On Growing Your Idea
Learn how to protect, launch, and profit from your idea at the 2016 Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit....
Elevator Pitch Competition Tips, Straight from the Judges
BlackEnterprise.com has gathered advice from pitch competition judges so that you may have a trusty guide to follow for your submissions....
How Janet Bashen Became a Software Pioneer
If you Google “African American inventors and scientists, among the results is the name Janet Emerson Bashen. Bashen is cited across the Internet as the...