Raphael Sofoluke

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🎥 BTS: Black Tech Achievement Awards 2026 ✨ 700+ people. 18 categories. Another one. ✨❤️ 🎥 : @jemi.studios #BTAAwards2026 #btaawards

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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 Bartlett to create Legacy Black 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

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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 ‼️ #ukbbshow #ukbbweek