20th July | 14:30 – 16:00 | Zoom Webinar
Black founders are underrepresented within the tech community with access to support and finance two barriers to entry. This webinar will focus on opportunities available for black entrepreneurs working in technology and digital. Our expert panel will highlight support, access to investment, corporate partnerships and digital initiatives designed to help the black entrepreneur community.
JOEL BLAKE OBE
CEO & Co-Founder
GFA EXCHANGE
OYINKANSOLA ADEBAYO
Chief Executive Officer
NIYO ENTERPRISE
PHIL BENSON
Co-Founder
UK BLACK TECH
MARIKA BECKFORD
Ambassador
TECH TALENT CHARTER
RYAN CARTWRIGHT
UK Network Senior Manager, West Midlands
BRITISH BUSINESS BANK
DREW CURRIE
Director (Birmingham & The Midlands)
FOUNDER INSTITUTE
Special Guest: Ezechi Britton
Code Untapped CEO
Impact X Founding Member, Principal & CTO in Residence
A tech founder with over 15 years experience in FinTech. Ez’s journey has taken him from Software Developer to Co-Founder and CTO to Venture Capital.
He is currently a Founding Member, Principal and CTO in Residence at Impact X Capital Partners LLP a venture fund focused on supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs.
He is the Co-Founder of Code Untapped, a digital skills accelerator that helps companies find innovative product solutions by giving them access to diverse and underrepresented technologists through their innovation labs events.
He is a former Co-Founder of Neyber a multi-award-winning Fintech firm focused on financial wellbeing, where he was the founding CTO and held numerous roles during his tenure including brand ambassador and NED.
Ez also advises a number of boards. He is currently advisor to the board of UKITL (UK IT Leaders Network) and Albany Group. Ez is also a NED for Findexable the real-time Fintech Index.
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