“After we moved into our new condominium, we didn’t have any furnishings or a fridge, so we have been pressured to enter the neighborhood and discover.” Janique mentioned, “Why don’t you construct an app that helps us determine and discover Black owned eating places in Brooklyn.”

These early conversations in 2016 impressed Anthony and Janique Edwards to launch EatOkra, an app highlighting Black-owned eating places. By making it simpler to seek out and assist Black-owned companies, EatOkra helps a vibrant neighborhood of shoppers and enterprise homeowners that honor and protect the culinary heritage and historical past of the African diaspora.

EatOkra is among the [many] neighborhood organizations in Chime’s “Chime in for Changemakers™” program, which goals to empower folks already working immediately in our communities to impact change to make a fair larger affect.

EatOkra’s modern app has already made a big distinction for a cornerstone of [all] native communities – Black owned companies – by elevating model consciousness and empowering shoppers who need to declare their energy as acutely aware patrons. EatOkra has grown to over 9,500 enterprise listings, serving greater than a half 1,000,000 customers throughout 35 cities. We’re extremely proud to assist EatOkra and all of our Changemakers to do our half to assist break down limitations to progress and construct up communities of assist.