As Black History Month kicks off in the US, we’re turning our focus to one subset of the community: black female entrepreneurs. They face some of the highest hurdles when trying to start their own businesses, and when the COVID-19 pandemic derailed thousands of firms around the US, they received some of the least support from the US government. Today, we’re talking about why that was the case, and what some women are doing to change the system.

In this episode:

Anna Gifty Opoku Agyeman (@itsafronomics), economist and co-founder of the Sadie Collective; Nikki Porcher, founder of the non-profit Buy From A Black Woman (@BFABWInfo); Shanae Jones, founder of Ivy’s Tea

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As Black History Month kicks off in the US, we’re turning our focus to one subset of the community: black female entrepreneurs. They face some of the highest hurdles when trying to start their own businesses, and when the COVID-19 pandemic derailed thousands of firms around the US, they received some of the least support from the US government. Today, we’re talking about why that was the case, and what some women are doing to change the system.In this episode:Anna Gifty Opoku Agyeman (<a href="https://twitter.com/itsafronomics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@itsafronomics</a>), economist and co-founder of the <a href="https://www.sadiecollective.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sadie Collective</a>; Nikki Porcher, founder of the non-profit Buy From A Black Woman (<a href="https://twitter.com/BFABWInfo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BFABWInfo</a>); Shanae Jones, founder of Ivy’s TeaConnect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AJTheTake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>)

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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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