“Being Black on Shelf is about representation, resilience, growth, and excellence, it’s about being our ancestors’ wildest dreams, it’s about standing out, and being relentless.”

— Founder, Tenaj Ferguson

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Tenaj is a Brand Management and Marketing Strategist with a MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Tenaj’s professional experience is in Corporate America and startups within the Consumer Goods and Grocery Retail space. Tenaj is an Entrepreneur and Consultant who loves building brands and creating meaningful products.

Tenaj is a Bahamian American, born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas. She is the reigning Ms. Corporate America 2017, member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and is a fitness professional actively competing as a Bodybuilder in the National Physique Committee.

Tenaj loves her native conch salad, ice-cream, and avocados. She loves business, fitness and faith-based podcasts. Little known fact about Tenaj: She visits the grocery store for inspiration and to product hunt at least 3x/week, she also tries local ice cream whenever she travels.

Ask Tenaj about new products, especially new black and brown owned consumer brands, natural food trends and what’s her current favorite brand or product right now! 

Connect with Tenaj on LinkedIn!

“Every episode of Black on Shelf will inspire and empower you…”

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Every episode of Black on Shelf will inspire and empower you as Tenaj chats with emerging black and brown founders who will be sharing their compelling stories, as well as leading black and brown industry experts who will share insights on how to build your brand and get your business retail-ready.

Tenaj will also feature a special series called “The Check-out,” where she will be giving reviews on new, trending, and interesting products that she discovers during her product hunting trips in-store and online!

Tenaj will also open up “The Breakroom” to the Black on Shelf community to share their favorite finds, business resources, and to create community! It is time to put an end to the struggle, champion and uplift black and brown entrepreneurs and amplify all things black and brown on the physical and digital retail shelves!