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The City

Anthony Edwards Jr. grew up in Saugerties in the Catskills, one of only five Black people in town and graduated from a high school with only 10 Black students. After a stint in the Army, he earned a computer science degree at Fordham University, where he was the only Black student in his computer engineering classes. 

Salon

The app connecting consumers to Black-owned restaurants and food companies is growing at a rapid clip.

Afrotech

Black founders are uniting to spotlight businesses in Harlem throughout Black Business Month. In conversation with Lawrence Phillips, founder of Green Book Global, he revealed why he has teamed up with founders Anthony Edwards (EatOkra) and Marvin Johnson (Dashible). 

Restaurant Technology News

All-in-one restaurant digital guest engagement platform Incentivio and EatOkra, the digital guide to Black-owned restaurants, are teaming up to provide integrated digital ordering, marketing, and loyalty to the 13,000+ black-owned restaurants and 475,000+ users already using the EatOkra App.

PR Newswire

Incentivio, the all-in-one digital guest engagement platform, and EatOkra, the digital guide to Black-owned restaurants, are teaming up to provide integrated digital ordering, marketing, and loyalty to the 13,000+ black-owned restaurants and 475,000+ users already using the EatOkra App.

Essence

After having a hard time identifying black-owned food stores and restaurants in their Brooklyn neighborhood, Anthony and Janique Edwards decided to do something about it.

BET

In recent years, the movement to support Black businesses has expanded within our communities and digital spaces. To meet this demand, entrepreneurs are seizing the opportunity by building and investing in their own innovative and dynamic Black owned businesses. 

Opportunity Desk

EatOkra in partnership with Dine Diaspora, is accepting applications for the EatOkra Black women in food grants 2022. They are providing $10,000 grants for Black women owned restaurants across the United States. 

Conde Nast

One of this year’s honorees is Janique Edwards, the COO and Co-Founder of EatOkra, an app that connects food lovers to more than 11,000 Black-owned restaurants, eateries, bars, wineries, and food trucks across the U.S.