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Rosemary Ugboajah receives Multicultural Marketing Achievement Award
One of a handful Minnesota women that run their own full service advertising agencies, Rosemary Ugboajah, was honored with the Multicultural Marketing Achievement Award at the 23rd annual Multicultural Marketing…
Carson Brooks is Minneapolis Realtor of the Year
Longtime Minneapolis real estate broker, Carson Brooks was presented with the prestigious 2019 Realtor of the Year Award at the recent Minneapolis Area Realtors’ Leadership Installation and Awards. The award…
Mavin Records and Kupanda Holdings announce partnership
Lagos-based music label, Mavin Records, has joined in a multi million dollar investment partnership to create more opportunities for African music. The new venture will be called Mavin Global, a…
Spouses of H-1B visa holders face new uncertainty
A proposed rule to ban the spouses of H-1B visa holders from working in the U.S. could now be released by the end of the year. The rule targets H-4…
President Kenyatta officially launches Kenya Airways Nairobi to New York non-stop flight
NEW YORK – Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta attended the official launch of the much-anticipated Kenya Airways non-stop flights between Nairobi and New York during a dinner atop the Rockefeller Center…
The African Awards Gala – 7th Edition The African Awards Gala – 7th EditionSaturday, October 13th, 2018Tickets @ www.africanawards.org Posted by Mshale on Sunday, September 9, 2018…
Jambo Africa opens second location in Brooklyn Center
Jambo Africa Restaurant has opened a second location about a mile south of its current location on 1601 Freeway Blvd, Brooklyn Center. The new location is the former Oriental Market.…
2017 Remittances: Nigeria tops in Africa at US$22 billion
Remittances to low- and middle-income countries rebounded to a record level in 2017 after two consecutive years of decline, says the World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief. The Bank…
Expedited H-1B visa processing suspended
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Tuesday that it will temporarily suspend fast processing for H-1B visa applications from for-profit companies until Sept. 10. This means the agency…
With Ahrvo app, investors are in control
While in college at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Appo Agbamu was the student director of Bulldog Fund LLC, a student-run $1.2 million hedge fund. Becoming a director at the hedge…
Ethiopian Airlines to start non-stop service between Chicago and Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Airlines is set to become the first Africa-based airline to have a direct flight from Africa to Chicago starting in June, the airline announced in a news statement to…