Monthly Archives: September 2020

Over the past two weeks, Pernell Cezar and Rod Johnson discovered they’d won the social entrepreneur of the year award from the Black-owned business directory and app Official Black Wall Street…

Portland, Oregon-based green coffee importer Sustainable Harvest has released a new online portal for coffee buyers. The company is also in the process of developing a similar web portal for…

Like a coffee-themed, COVID-19-compelled game of musical chairs, coffee companies are on the move. In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a space formerly occupied by Twin City Hive Coffee Lounge, which has…

After nearly three years of developing a vision for her North Carolina coffee company, Lori Jones officially launched Blackology Coffee Company (sometimes promoted as “Black•ology”) in July. A trained chef,…

The 2020 World of Coffee event has been officially canceled following an initial postponement and months of negotiations on the part of event organizer the Specialty Coffee Association. Attracting thousands…

Online third-party coffee seller Trade has announced a $9 million financing round led by Madrona Venture Group, and early investor in companies such as Amazon, Smartsheet, Rover, and Redfin. After…

Three international nonprofits with interests in the coffee sector throughout the African continent have teamed up for an estimated €12 million (approximately $14.2 million USD, as of this writing) plan…