“ how can we create something that highlights and empowers growth of the Black community in our province,” co-founder France Bahati told Global News.Black-owned business directory to come online in Manitoba
“You can go to Google and say I want to find a Chinese restaurant, but it was so hard to say I want to find a Black-owned business,” co-founder Odette Bahati said. “So our directory is able to help you do that and it’s for everybody.”“It is friendly Manitoba for sure, because we’re seeing how much people are using the resources that are being put out there,” she said.
Merri Tekle runs Ambience Hair Studio in downtown Winnipeg. She says the website has brought in new clientele.“I think for a lot of African American hair, there’s not a lot of options of places to go to to get your hair done. In the last five years there’s this trend that you don’t have to get your hair straightened, you can just wear it naturally,” Tekle said.
So what , why’s everything gotta be about skin colour !