Episode 18 — Community empowerment through the Black Opportunity Fund artwork
Afropolitan Dialogues

Episode 18 — Community empowerment through the Black Opportunity Fund

  • E18
  • 36:02
  • March 17th 2021

An interview with Ray Williams, the co-founder and Chair of the Board of the Black Opportunity Fund (BOF). Williams also serves as Managing Director and Vice-Chair with National Bank Financial.

Spearheaded by a coalition of black Canadian executives and established in 2020, the Black Opportunity Fund is Canada's most ambitious investor fund dedicated to ​supporting black community organizations, businesses ​and entrepreneurs.

The fund's primary aim is to enable the black community to access a pool of long-term funds to help combat the impact of systemic anti-black racism and promote social and economic empowerment across Canada.

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