Ike Nwabuonwu and Gabriel Okafor run one of the most successful minority-owned small businesses in Kansas City today. But Alpha Energy and Electric Inc. very nearly never got off the ground.
Nwabuonwu and Okafor tried — and failed — numerous times to get a line of credit from a commercial bank in the Kansas City area before finding success with Mazuma Credit Union.
“We were just beating our heads against the wall to get a line of credit,” said Okafor, president of the Kansas City-based…
Ike Nwabuonwu and Gabriel Okafor run one of the most successful minority-owned small businesses in Kansas City today. But Alpha Energy and Electric Inc. very nearly never got off the ground.
Nwabuonwu and Okafor tried — and failed — numerous times to get a line of credit from a commercial bank in the Kansas City area before finding success with Mazuma Credit Union.
“We were just beating our heads against the wall to get a line of credit,” said Okafor, president of the Kansas City-based…