Q&A With Andrew Bonsu and Phil Simpson Owner of Phlavz “Urban Jerk” Bar & Grille
byOriginally meeting through mutual connections in the music industry, Phil Simpson and Andrew Bonsu became fast friends and eventually decided to go into business…
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Q&A Melody Spann-Cooper VON-TV
byN’DIGO: How has your business been affected by COVID? Spann-Cooper: Our business has actually grown in COVID. People have been enthralled in information regarding…
Sharial Howard, A “People Person” Realtor
bySharial Howard, a licensed realtor with @properties, is a competent, resourceful, and skillful negotiator who resides in the Bronzeville area of Chicago. She met…
Keeana Barber of WDB Marketing
byKeeana Barber is the current CEO of WDB Marketing, a design and printing agency. She began her career in promotions and graphic design, but…
WDB Legacy Awards Gala Honors Black Entrepreneurship – By The Black Foodies
byWe’re in the middle of February 2020 and one of the crown jewel events of Black History Month in Chicago is coming up soon….
Kobe, The Black Mamba!
byI attend a business conference annually in December. In 2019, Kobe Bryant was one of the keynote speakers. I am not a sports fan…
N’DIGO At 30: On TV, Online, And Podcast
byN’DIGO celebrated 30 years last month. That’s quite a milestone…for any endeavor. We started as a monthly newspaper in December 1989, with the late…
What Happened In 2019
bySo here we are in a new year, a new decade, 2020. A retrospective on year 2019 is in order. 1. Politics has been…
Meet Black United Fund Of Illinois’ New Chair Carl West
byMedia businessman Carl West, publisher of Truth Be Told News Service, was recently named Chairman of the Board of the esteemed Black United Fund…
Joan Johnson: An Admirable Woman
byJoan Johnson was quite a lady. Chaka and Whitney might have really been singing her life as they sang I’m Every Woman. A hard…
The Saga Of Dr. Leon Finney Jr.
byThe Chicago Sun-Times wrote a series of articles about the Rev. Dr. Leon Finney Jr. beginning September 6, 2019, revealing court bankruptcy proceedings on…
Dr. William Towns Benefits Chicago
byDr. William Towns is the executive director of the impact investment fund Benefit Chicago and an Adjunct Lecturer of Social Impact at the Kellogg…