21 Black Women in Tech to Know
The tech community may be less than hospitable to women of color, but Black women continue to make inroads in the tech world. This group of women are at the forefront of innovation. They write. They code. They create. Check them out, and support the work that each of them are doing.
Angela Benton - Founder and CEO of NewME Accelerator - @ABentonThe former publisher of BlackWeb20.com founded NewME Accelerator in 2011. NewME's mission is to educate, accelerate, and empower underrepresented tech entrepreneurs throughout the world.
Black Girls Code introduces a new generation of young black and brown girls to technology and coding. Black Girls Code holds workshops across the country, and hopefully they'll inspire more Women of Color to enter the field.
After meeting her co-founder at Chicago Booth business school, Charisse developed a platform for cash management geared specifically toward Millennials.
Tara is a 2013 Media Ideation fellow. She is building a Textline for Court-Involved Youth, an anonymous, SMS-based hotline that will serve young people involved in welfare, juvenile court, and foster care systems in New York City.
After creating the wildly popular blog The Budget Fashionista, Kathryn Finney set her sights on building a robust network of Black women tech founders with Digital UnDivided (DID). DID hosts a yearly conference that connects founder with investors and digital managers.
PlusNavigator educates full figured women about their apparel options.
Sidewalk District is a multi-channel retail marketplace for local independent retailers, leveraging e-commerce & mobile-commerce to give local retailers a cyber sidewalk.
Nichelle is building BOLD Guidance - a web platform that streamlines applying to college through students’ mobile phones and allows counselors and parents to track their progress online.
From web designer to digital organizer, Shireen's vast experiences in the tech world allow her to reach underserved communities at all levels. She's been featured by Fast Company for her work with Digital Sisters, an organization that connects women to technology.
Kollective Mobile is a mobile development agency that helps and start-ups design and grow their mobile business by providing strategy consulting and building great apps.
Jumply helps women entrepreneurs grow their businesses by matching them with mentors and resources.
Corvida runs the award-winning blog SheGeeks where she talks tech news, social media, gadgets and more. She's also been a brand ambassador for the top brands in tech.
This tech evangelist spreads the word about emerging technologies, and her reach extends beyond Silicon Valley. She regularly speaks at tech conferences and blogs regularly at ButYoureAGirl.com.
Her background is in front-end web development with a focus on large, scale web applications and sites. She's worked for Pop Art, The New Group, The Huffington Post, New York Road Runners, and Method. She's lead front-end development for sites such for FEI.com, Charlie Rose, PBS, Scholastic, Count Me In, and LocalVox.
Amanda Spann - CMO of Blerdology - @AmandaSpannAmanda Spann is is the CMO of STEM social enterprise Blerdology (formerly known as #BlackGirlsHack) and has been honored as one of the DMV’s 30 Under 30, one of BET's 2013 “Blacks on the Brink of Greatness” and as one of 5 future leaders in technology by Black Enterprise Magazine.
Kristy Tillman is 2013 Media Ideation Fellow. She is building Project Phonebooth, a mobile app that aims to make applying to local government jobs easier for those who rely on mobile technology to access the Internet.
The former investment banker co-founded Smarteys, a paycheck management and personal finance site for Millennials.
Keejul brings multimedia digital content to the African continent through mobile technology. Keejul primariy property Decoded publishes African song lyrics.
Zuhairah is putting her Harvard JD/MBA to use at her own startup. Kahnoodle is a mobile game that makes it fun and easy for busy couples to shake up their relationship routine.
Jenna covers how companies are using the Internet to change the way we work and live, Web start-ups, emerging Internet business models and tech culture for The Times's Bits blog and the internet page on NYTimes.
Christen marries her love for all things glamorous with thoughtful insight into the tech world. Her blog Divas and Dorks was featured by Black Enterprise last year as blog you should know.
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