Business News – Caribbean Life

Samilia Clarke, known professionally as Lily Mulann, poses inside her Brooklyn studio with celebrity client Lea Robinson, where she has built a six-figure hair business rooted in her Caribbean upbringing.

St Lucia

St. Lucian entrepreneur styles path to six-figure success

By Tracey Khan

From left, Loycent Gordon, recipient of the Claire Shulman “Spirit of Community” Award, is honored alongside Richard S. David, Patricia Ornst and Ben Guttmann, recognized as “Chefs of the Year,” during Queens Centers for Progress’ annual Evening of Fine Food.

Business

Honorees celebrate as QCP’s 30th ‘Evening of Fine Food’ draws strong community support

By Tracey Khan

Business

Locsanity: Jamaican-born CEO Charmaine James builds $20M natural hair empire rooted in identity and empowerment

By Tracey Khan

Exxon Mobil Corp country chief in Guyana Alistair Routledge speaks at Guyana's International Energy Conference in Georgetown, Guyana, February 15, 2023.

Guyana

Guyana set to rake in hundreds of millions in oil revenue

By Bert Wilkinson

Josue Pierre, district leader and co-founder of Rogers Burgers (left) with Jonathan Pierre Lafleur, executive director of Atelier Artist and co-founder of Rogers Burgers.

Brooklyn

Caribbean-owned Rogers Burgers lands residency at Brooklyn Children’s Museum

By Nelson A. King

Sarita Nauth founded Islands of Influence to create space for Caribbean women to be recognized as founders, innovators and decision-makers within the beauty industry.

Business

Sarita Nauth creates space for Caribbean Women in Beauty with ‘Islands of Influence’

By Tracey Khan

Guyana

Yuvana Beauty fills a long-ignored gap in makeup for aging Black and Brown skin

By Tracey Khan

Judith Jacques speaks at the Black Women of Long Island’s PowHer Dining Experience, which she described as a symbolic gathering of Black women from diverse professional backgrounds in community and leadership.

Business

From 50 to 4,600: LI network empowers Black women

By Tracey Khan

Shanna Lord, founder of SLS Hair and Scalp Wellness, stands inside her Bedford-Stuyvesant studio, where she integrates Caribbean herbal traditions with modern trichology.

Business

Rooted in Caribbean tradition, Shanna Lord redefines Black hair wellness through trichology

By Tracey Khan

Fresh fruit desserts, including durian, mango pancakes and a mango strawberry smoothie, are displayed at the Mango Mango café in Astoria.

Business

Fresh-fruit creations sweeten New York City’s dessert scene

By Tracey Khan

Melesia Adderley, founder and president of Women’s Haven, poses with products from her Caribbean-owned organic feminine care line, now available in 15 countries.

Business

Caribbean startup redefines feminine care

By Tracey Khan

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Business

New immigration rules bar Green Card holders from SB loans

By Dawn Plummer

Business

More than heat: West Indies Peppa Sauce preserves Caribbean culinary heritage

By Tracey Khan

Jackie Summers, founder of Jack from Brooklyn, holds a bottle of Sorel Liqueur, a hibiscus-based spirit inspired by traditional Caribbean sorrel and now the most awarded American-made liqueur.

Barbados

Jackie Summers bottles Caribbean heritage with Sorel Liqueur, America’s most awarded spirits

By Tracey Khan

An employee makes Empanadas in the Bronx CookSpace kitchen.

Business

From Bronx to Business: Nonprofit boosts Caribbean food startups

By Milette Millington

Jamaican-born entrepreneur Jermaine Parker.

Business

Jamaican Jermaine Parker opens state-of-the-art recording studio in the Bronx

By Nelson A. King

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