Ebay launches “hub” for Black-owned fashion, beauty brands

Ebay hopes to empower close to 200 Black women-led e-commerce businesses this year via the programme. “Lots of businesses start programmes and then they die after a year,” says Gale. “The hub is partly a commitment from Ebay to say that this is an area we want to focus on over multiple years.”

The pandemic forced a lot of SMEs to lean into e-commerce, says BGF’s founder Nicole Crentsil. “Individuals were seeing platforms and marketplaces like Ebay as the place to go. So, it was really understanding how we . . .