INTERVIEW: Lanre Ajakaiye of 25 Bough Street

Rhode Island Monthly

December 21, 2020

Lanre Ajakaiye drives around the neighborhood where he grew up in the Olneyville section of Providence for a tour that is half nostalgic, half hopeful of its resurgence...

Who to Watch 2021

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Providence Monthly

December 29, 2020

Even the most Pollyanna-minded among us would concede that 2020 was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. But with the start of the new year comes an opportunity...

INTERVIEW: Communicating your Business Idea

University of Rhode Island

July 14, 2021

Founder of 25 Bough Street telling the story and how he has overcome entrepreneurial and  business challenges with a webinar hosted by his undergrad and alma matter, university of Rhode Island. 

New England's First Regulation CF Development Breaks Ground

Yahoo

March 22, 2021

PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In a private ceremony, innovative real estate developer Lanre Ajakaiye, a first generation African-American, broke ground...

Rhode Island Entrepreneur Buys An Entire City Block To Transform It Into A Cultural Facility​

AFROTECH

April 26, 2021

Lanre Ajakaiye is a Rhode Island entrepreneur who is the son of Nigerian immigrants and is ready to create a cultural revolution in his home state...

Black Entrepreneur Buys Back the Block to Develop 15,000 Sq. Ft. State of the Art Cultural Facility

Black News

April 21, 2021

Black Entrepreneur Buys Back the Block to Develop 15,000 Sq. Ft. State of the Art Cultural Facility...

RHODE ISLAND ENTREPRENEUR PURCHASES $15,000 SQUARE FOOT CITY BLOCK TO BUILD CULTURAL FACILITY

Because Of Them We Can

April 28, 2021 

A Rhode Island entrepreneur purchased an entire city block to build a cultural facility, AfroTech reports.

Bringing the community together with 25 Bough Street

THE RHODE SHOW

January 28, 2021

Lanre Ajakaiye has done what few have done before. The Rhode Island native has become the first in New England to be approved for a regulation CF campaign by the SEC.

Becoming a Change-Maker

University of Rhode Island Magazine

Summer 2021

Idrees “Lanre” Ajakaiye ’95 says the example of his father and his URI education are what spur his work in social entrepreneurship and leadership.

INTERVIEW: Lanre Ajakaiye discuss Mega Olneyville Project

Santos Javier

September 30, 2021