Nice to speak to the @thetimes 🗞️ about my journey, where it all started and what I’m building now ✨
This year marks our 10th edition of @ukbbshow - a platform born from a vision of audacity‼️
My goal is to redefine how industry’s see and serve Black entrepreneurs and professionals 🖤
Looking forward to shaping what comes next across live and digital platforms with @legacyblackmedia & @ukbbshow 🔥
#ukbbshow #legacyblack
🖤🥂 POWER LIST 2025: Following an INCREDIBLE UK Black Business Week & Show, we are so excited to conclude Black History Month with even more FANTASTIC news! ✨
Our CEO and founder Dr. @raphaelsofoluke has made the 2025 Power List (@jpmorgan ) and we couldn’t be more proud! This prestigious list that honours the top 100 most influential Black people in the UK is a well deserved stamp of excellence amongst many career achievements and accolades!
Congratulations from the team, and a big THANK YOU from the entire UK Black business community for continuing to amplify Black talent and Black voices.
#PowerList2025
#BlackExcellence
#ThrowSomeFlowers ❀ ✿ ❁
We spend £300 billion a year 🤯
Only 2% comes back to the Black community 😤
That’s not a small problem. That’s a billion-pound conversation we’re not having loudly enough‼️
So I made it simple. 26 letters - A-Z. 30 seconds. ⏰
One Black-owned brand or service for every letter of the alphabet to prove they exist, that they’re excellent, and that the only thing standing between us and changing that 2% is knowing where to spend 💰
@ a Black-owned brand/ service we should all be spending with. Let’s build the list. 👇🏾‼️
@legacyblackmedia
#legacyblack #ukbbshow
We are thrilled to announce Dr. Raphael Sofoluke, Founder and CEO of UK Black Business Show & UK Black Business Week, as the host of our Q&A with William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, alongside the creators of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 🌬️
Don't miss out on securing your tickets to this exclusive event, book now via the link in bio ⚡
#TheBoyWhoHarnessedTheWind #NewMusical #SohoPlace
A few weeks ago, I asked the UK to name a Black entrepreneur. Most couldn’t name one 🤯
What hit harder? No one named a Black woman‼️
So I gave myself 30 seconds to name one for every letter of the alphabet. A to Z. ⏰
Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the world, yet they receive less than 1% of venture capital funding‼️.
Less. Than. One. Percent. 🫣
The talent has always been here. The visibility hasn’t.
26 letters. Hundreds of names I had to leave out ✨
@ a Black woman entrepreneur in the comments who deserves more visibility ‼️
@legacyblackmedia@ukbbshow
#blackbusiness #entrepreneur #blackwomen
📣 If you’ve got an idea and you truly believe it’s great - just start! Someone else is thinking it too.
It doesn’t have to be perfect.
Watch the full episode now 👉 search business.connected on YouTube.
#NationsNetwork
📣 Your business won’t be perfect but your mindset has to be flexible!
@raphaelsofoluke & @nicolargunby talk about the real secret behind business growth: pivoting, learning fast and building resilience when things don’t go to plan.
Watch the full episode now 👉 search business.connected on YouTube.
#NationsNetwork
🎥 Official highlight video : @btaawards 2026
An incredible night 😍
The 2026 Black Tech Achievement Awards celebrated the brightest stars in tech. With 700+ attendees, over 1,000 nominations across 18 categories, it was a night full of big wins, bold ideas, and brilliant people.
Take a look back at the best moments, full of innovation, inspiration, and excellence✨
A huge thank you to our sponsors for your support, and to our winners and finalists for leading the way in tech 🏆
@salesforce , @morgan.stanley , @avevagroup , @octopusenergy and @virginmedia
#btaawards #blacktechachievementawards
I asked the UK to name an entrepreneur. They rattled off unlimited names in seconds. Then I asked them to name a Black entrepreneur... 🤯
...and you can hear a pin drop 📌 . The stammering, the blank stares, the uncomfortable silence.
Watching people struggle to name even one Black founder is a glaring reflection of a broken system.
The gap is undeniable:
❌ Black founders receive less than 2% of venture capital funding
❌ Black-owned businesses get a fraction of the media coverage
❌ Black success stories are told less, celebrated less, and amplified less
This is not because Black brilliance and innovation don’t exist. It is because the infrastructure hasn’t been there to support or spotlight them.
I’ve sat with that painful reality for a long time. But at some point, you have to stop waiting for the industry to fix itself!
That is exactly why I created @ukbbshow show which hosts 10’s of thousands of founders from underrepresented communities every year and it’s why I’ve joined forces with @steven to create @legacyblackmedia a bold new media company built for Black entrepreneurs.
Drop a comment below and @ a Black or underrepresented entrepreneur who deserves more visibility‼️
#legacyblackmedia #blackentreprenuer
It’s a wrap! 🎥🖤
What a night! 😮💨 Last night we held the sixth Black Tech Achievement Awards @btaawards & honestly… the room was something special! ✨🤩
700+ attendees, 18 categories and speeches that had us in our feelings 😢🙌🏾
@missscardoug was an absolutely brilliant host 🔥 And @sophiathakur performance had the whole room stop. 🎤❤️
Congratulations to every single finalist and winner 🏆 you are the role models our community needs and deserves! 👏🏾
We also officially launched the BTA Top 50❗️Our brand new list celebrating 50 influential tech professionals !
A massive thank you to our sponsors Salesforce, Octopus Energy, Virgin Media O2, Morgan Stanley & Aveva
Thank you so much for coming on behalf of the @btaawards team
See you next year! ❤️🙌🏾
📸 @aando_studios
#BTAAwards #blacktechachievementawards #BTATop50
