Black women entrepreneurs

Black women have certainly emerged from their old stereotypes like nannies in a family household or farm workers in large ranches and estates, as they were often portrayed in movies. Now, the rise of the black woman entrepreneur is definitely becoming a worldwide phenomenon, with strong black women role models providing inspiration and encouragement to women of all races.

Notable black women entrepreneurs include Adenike Ogunlesi, the founder and CEO of a popular children’s clothing line in Nigeria called Ruff ‘n’ Tumble. What started as a small shop with only Adenike and her mother as employees grew into one of today's well-known manufacturers of children’s clothing.

Another admirable black woman entrepreneur is Dr. Amina Odidi, the founder, president, director and chief scientist of IntelliPharmaCeutics, one of the forerunners of the pharmaceutical industry in Canada. Dr. Odidi had a B.S. degree in Pharmacy, an M.S. Degree in Biopharmaceutics and a Ph. D. in Pharmaceutics. These are education profiles which she used to realize her dream. The many roles she play in her firm reflect her multi-faceted talents which her employees admire and emulate.

Black women who wish to attain the success of Adenike Ogulansi and Amina Odidi are lucky to have available resources to help them on their way to entrepreneurial success. There is the organization called Black Women Mean Business (BWMB), founded 10 years ago by Great Britain's first black woman MP Diane Abbot to help women get into their own businesses and provide networking and financial sources for them.

Meantime, www.blackwomenconnect.com is an online community for black women professionals, businesswomen and entrepreneurs. The site celebrates the rise of the black businesswoman who are now considered a wealthy and influential market demographic, with their own money, their own works, and their own lives being used to help their fellow women and their communities.