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TEDCO EXPO 2025: Maryland’s Innovation Engine Drives Global Partnerships & Local Growth

On October 21, 2025, over 1,000 entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and ecosystem supporters convened at The Hotel at the University of Maryland for the highly anticipated TEDCO EXPO 2025—the 11th annual gathering of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO). The event, widely recognized as the state’s flagship platform for innovation-driven companies, delivered a…

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Ami Colé’s Diarrha N’Diaye Named EVP of Beauty and Fragrance at Skims

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After closing her acclaimed Ami Colé beauty brand in September 2025, Diarrha N'Diaye has been appointed as Executive Vice President of Beauty and Fragrance at Skims, leading the brand's expansion into the beauty market. The hire signals a major strategic push by Kim Kardashian's shapewear empire into cosmetics and fragrance.…

TEDCO EXPO 2025: Maryland’s Innovation Engine Drives Global Partnerships & Local Growth

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On October 21, 2025, over 1,000 entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and ecosystem supporters convened at The Hotel at the University of Maryland for the highly anticipated TEDCO EXPO 2025—the 11th annual gathering of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO). The event, widely recognized as the state’s flagship platform for innovation-driven companies, delivered a vibrant showcase of Maryland’s entrepreneurial spirit, technological advancements, and expanding international reach. This year’s Expo featured more than 100 exhibitors representing tech, life science, and emerging industries; keynote addresses from Governor Wes Moore and TEDCO CEO Troy LeMaile-Stovall; and four significant global partnership announcements with Jordan, Taiwan, and…

Adeayo Fashanu O, Cofounder, CEO TANTV | Syndex, Left, Sara Lomax, Cofounder URL Media & President and CEO of WURD Radio, right

TANTV Joins URL Media Partners Benefiting from $5 Million Knight Foundation Investment for Sustainable News Infrastructure

Washington, D.C. — December 4, 2025 — TANTV, a local-first, national-impact news media and technology platform, today announced it is among 37 trusted publishers benefiting from URL Media’s transformational $5 million Knight Foundation grant. This investment accelerates TANTV’s mission to deliver credible news while building sustainable infrastructure for the modern media landscape.…

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The System Is Rigged: Why a Borderless Black Economy Is Our Last Best Hope

By Lwazi Lungile Mhlambi The promise of entrepreneurship is a universal dream: to build something from nothing, to serve a community and to create generational wealth. Yet, for Black entrepreneurs on both sides of the Atlantic, this dream is often tempered by a harsh reality: the “black economy” remains largely…

How Price Increase Is Affecting Black Consumers

Inflation is causing significant changes in how Americans, especially black consumers, shop. The impact of these shifts in consumer behavior is becoming a crucial factor in curbing inflation. High inflation rates for everyday necessities like shelter and food have risen sharply. Shelter has increased by 30% and food prices have…

Liberation Day Is Over: The Supreme Court Rules “No Taxation by Decree!”

By LaBode Obanor One year ago, Trump’s Liberation Day was billed as a bold rupture from economic orthodoxy, a declaration of American economic independence, designed to shatter trade imbalances and energize domestic production. In practice, however, it was something else: a massive sweep of unilateral tariff power, rolled out under…

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