Black entrepreneur

The BBBAwards celebrates the best Black talent in British business

16 winners announced at the 2021 Black British Business Awards, including the founders of First Response Group.

Tech Nation announces new scale-up programme for Black and multiracial entrepreneurs

Women are well represented in the cohort of selected businesses in the Libra programme

Black entrepreneurs are critical to our society – here are five ways to support them

Debbie Tembo, MD of the Black British Business Awards outlines five ways to support Black entrepreneurs

Black entrepreneurs hit by funding bias

Launching a business is never easy, but it’s even harder for black entrepreneurs and Erika Brodnock has a lot to say about it…

Barclays launches dedicated start-up accelerator for Black founders

New Black Founder Accelerator is an immersive 12-week programme for 40 Black founder-led tech businesses

HP launches tech conference to support talent from HBCUs

HP’s inaugural technology conference for HBCUs forms part of a long-term term initiative

Black entrepreneurs must have authentic self-belief

Blake believes that Black people can add a positive edge to traditional environments

David Horne: levelling the capital raising playing field

What can be done to level the capital raising playing field for female and under-represented entrepreneurs around the world?

Black founders raise just 1% of pre-Seed venture capital funding

Given half of founders who raise VC are based in London, where 16% of population is black, shows how underrepresented minorities are

New Enterprise Academy to level up inequalities for Black business community

The Black British Business Awards has launched an Academy for Black businesses, giving them the advice and skills building opportunities to beat COVID-19, Brexit, and long-term inequalities