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10K small business recovery program at Teranga restaurant at the Africa Center is an initiative to help 10,000 small businesses with at least half going to women and minority-owned businesses. Struggling restaurant owners will receive a revolutionary solar-powered pod for social-distanced dining to help get them through the pandemic and beyond, and technical assistance such as mentorship, accounting, and social media help.
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The company has launched an initiative to help 10,000 small businesses with at least half going to women and minority-owned businesses. Struggling restaurant owners will receive a revolutionary solar-powered pod for social-distanced dining to help get them through the pandemic and beyond, and technical assistance such as mentorship, accounting, and social media help. This will kick-off at Teranga at the Africa Center located at 1280 5th avenue. At Teranga each Privé pod will have an African inspired theme to give you a vibe of being in Africa on Fifth avenue.
“Not only are the Prive pods a functional need for Teranga’s customers, we are also excited to be associated with a brand that is environmentally conscious and proactively working to support minority-owned businesses. Minority and women businesses are at a disadvantage. Many small businesses are going out of business. While we all try to weather the same storm, but many of us don’t have the same access to resources”, Stanley Lumax.
SolarFi Cares is calling on large companies that have committed funds to racial equality and diversity such as banks, insurance companies and foundations that take economic development, sustainability, and racial equality seriously. For instance Bank of America has committed $1 billion to racial equality and diversity. Those interested in partnering should contact impact@solar-ficares.org Restaurants will be selected by a committee after they submit their application and video.
The initiative was launched by SolarFI’s creative director Antonio Dixon, an MIT-trained social-entrepreneur. What better place to start to make a difference then the African center? It is the gateway to Africa and will help bring awareness to provide access to solar education and health to people in Africa. The SolarFi Privé pods come equipped with solar power, hepa air filters and will feature art that promote local artists.
One of the reasons we picked Teranga is because of their commitment to their community, the African diaspora and into several countries in Africa. The owners are running basketball clinics, etc. Those values are important to us and we respect their mission Antonio Dixon, Creative Director says.
These two organizations took covid and made it a good thing, said H.E. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah a former Ghanaian Ambassador to the USA.
Companies like door dash have expressed interest as well as the deputy borough president of Queen’s, Rhonda Binda.