Serial Entrepreneur | Author | Founder & CEO, UK Black Business Show
Dr Raphael Sofoluke joins Influence Conference 2026 on Saturday 19th September.
Raphael is a serial entrepreneur, author and the Founder & CEO of the UK Black Business Show and UK Black Business Week.
What began with 500 attendees in 2017 has grown into a wider Black Business Experience platform that reports more than 60,000 attendees across its events, connecting entrepreneurs, professionals, corporations, speakers and exhibitors.
Raphael’s work also includes the Black Tech Achievement Awards, Black Business Forum and SOAR, and his profile has been featured across platforms including Forbes, BBC, Sky News and ITV.
He is also a published author. He co-authored Twice As Hard, published by DK/Penguin Random House, and later Together We Thrive, exploring the power of community.
At Influence 2026, Raphael brings first-hand experience of building a brand, creating community, developing platforms and turning an idea into sustained commercial and social impact.
