What is The Coco Drip?
The Coco Drip is the brainchild of entrepreneurs and North Carolina Central University Alumni Uyi Idahor and Brianna Kennedy. The vision for the event began in January of 2020, with the goal to bring our hometown an intimate shopping experience for Black women in the area to attend; something we both realized was missing at the time. The original event, planned for Women’s History Month 2020, was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In October of 2020, we revised our original plans to respond to the safety needs of our community, while also holding high our intended purpose; to bring Black women together to celebrate and support Black women-owned businesses. Overall, we wanted to empower and encourage Black Women to believe in themselves to START or KEEP GOING, regarding entrepreneurship.
The Coco Drip has traveled to a number of cities and showcased over 300+ Black women-owned businesses. The businesses who join us at The Coco Drip receive promotion through multiple- media platforms, an opportunity to collaborate with other Black women-owned businesses, and a platform to sell their goods and services to a new audience. Our Black women-owned businesses feature a variety of products and services like personalized crafts, books, apparel, hair care products, and many other unique items.
Thank you to everyone who has participated in making The Coco Drip a success! #ThisIsOnlyTheBeginning
CanvasRebel Magazine: Meet Uyi Idahor and Brianna Kennedy – CanvasRebel Magazine
Meet the Founders of The Coco Drip!
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Uyi Idahor
Uyi Idahor is a native of High Point, North Carolina and an Alumna of North Carolina Central University (NCCU).
She is the Founder/CEO of Queen ReDefined, LLC., a Business Branding/Marketing consultant, an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and serves in her community in various capacities.
She enjoys the arts, working with the youth, trying different cuisines, physical activity, and her favorite quotation is “I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you haven’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.” - Oprah Winfrey
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Brianna Kennedy
Brianna H. Kennedy is a native of Savannah, Georgia. She is a veteran educator and budding entrepreneur.
As CEO of The Jet-Lagged Housewife, she combines two of her passions, travel and reality TV, to create experiences for herself and her loved ones.
She is Brian’s wife, Zion and Zora’s mom, and God’s daughter.