Discussing Black entrepreneurship in Canada with Christelle Francois President - Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC)

Recently, the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) released Building Black Businesses in Canada, a rare study examining the needs of, and opportunities to support, Black entrepreneurs. The report, supported by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), provides a qualitative look at Black business owners across Canada and identifies a number of personas that bring their needs and characteristics to light.

We recently had the chance to chat with Christelle Francois. Christelle is a bilingual executive leader and businesswoman who has the pulse on the leaders of entrepreneurship, innovation and advocacy. She was recently appointed as the President of the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce. Christelle possesses extensive experience as a Strategy Consultant where she specialized in developing revenue models and implementing growth metric systems for various organizations.

In this podcast she shared some of the most pressing needs faced by Black business owners, and initiatives that the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce has put in place to help small businesses during these challenging times.