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Samsung UK launches its search for the ‘tech factor’ as its £10,000 Solve for Tomorrow competition opens for entries - backed by the tech faces of the future

SheaMoisture UK launches £40,000 fund for salons owned by black women judged by black entrepreneurs

Black to Z - Pinterest UK's latest campaign spotlighting black founders and entrepreneurs and celebrating their innovation and creativity

Features & Interviews

UCL

Alumni profile: Mariam Jimoh

From Biomedical Sciences at UCL to investment banking, Forbes 30 Under 30 and founding Oja: Mariam on networking, opportunity and building businesses that serve overlooked communities.

SIFTED

16 Black female founders in the UK who have raised funding

Just 0.02% of VC funding in the UK has gone to Black female founders in a decade.

THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Is working in finance useful preparation for running your own business?

Mariam Jimoh says her time as a banker specialising in mergers and acquisitions at Rothschild meant that working on a business model and preparing a pitch for her grocery delivery company, Oja, came naturally.

SIFTED

Fewer pears, more plantain: The speedy grocery focusing on Nigerian, Ghanaian and Jamaican food

LocalGlobe led the $3.3m round in London-based Oja

THE STACK

Event: How I Closed My Funding Round with Mariam Jimoh, Founder & CEO of Oja

Mariam is building the UK's first venture-backed digital supermarket for cultural communities.

UCL

Alumni Spotlight: Mariam Jimoh, Founder and CEO of Oja

Mariam (Biomedical Sciences 2015) is the founder and CEO of Oja, a one-stop-shop for ethnic groceries and cultural foods.

SIFTED

Getting spicier: the next generation of grocery apps get specialist

There's a new cohort of grocery apps in town, catering for specific groups and communities

SAMSUNG

Samsung UK launches its search for the ‘tech factor’ as its Solve for Tomorrow competition opens for entries

This year, Samsung has drawn on the support of rising stars within the world of tech to raise awareness of the competition and share their experiences of setting up their businesses.

YAHOO FINANCE

Samsung offers £10,000 prize challenge to young tech entrepreneurs

The scheme is backed by successful entrepreneurs including Mariam Jimoh, founder of Oja, an app that allows people to order specialist cultural foods in south and east London and have them delivered. Jimoh raised $3.4m (£2.5m) in her funding round and plans to roll Oja out nationally.

AON

Panel Event: Challenging Diversity Part II - Own Your Potential

STARLING BANK

Mariam Jimoh: Creating a professional network for Black women

Between university terms, Mariam Jimoh completed a number of corporate internships. As she moved through different companies, one thing remained the same: she worked with very few people who looked like her.

AMAKA STUDIO

Mariam Jimoh: My Vision is to Build a Global Tech Brand

Mariam Jimoh has made it her mission to find creative solutions for the challenges that affect minority groups in the UK, and will not stop until she sees a change.

SUNDAY TIMES

Podcast: Sunday Times - Secrets of the Side Hustle: Mariam Jimoh on Being Purpose Driven

DUBAI GOVERNMENT

Panel Event: Dubai Government's First London Techathon

The Techathon featured panel discussions featuring tech leaders, emerging tech entrepreneurs, and tech learners from London and Dubai

BEST STARTUP

United Kingdom’s 29 Most Impressive & Successful Founders in the Delivery Service Space

Mariam Jimoh included in Best Startup List

MY SCIENCE

UCL alumni among leading young entrepreneurs and creatives

Mariam Jimoh included amongst UCL alumnae leading entrepreneurs

BEST STARTUP

United Kingdom’s 8 Most Impressive & Successful CEO’s in the Grocery Space

THE GROCER

Online grocer Oja wins funding from England footballer Raheem Sterling

As well as becoming an angel investor for the online supermarket, Sterling is to serve as the platform’s first brand ambassador

TECHCRUNCH

Oja bags $3.4M to build an online supermarket for ethnic products

Meet Oja, a London-based startup that’s just scored a $3.4 million pre-seed round, led by LocalGlobal, to build what it’s billing as the first online supermarket targeting the country’s growing cultural communities.

THE STACK

How These Black Women Founders Raised Over £7 Million In 12 Months

A year ago, these founders were about to start fundraising for their businesses, today they have collectively raised millions. We catch up with them 12 months on…

EU STARTUPS

Oja secures backing from Raheem Sterling for its ethnic digital supermarket

Raheem Sterling backs Oja

SIFTED

The list: November’s hottest European seed investments

November 2021's hottest investments

METRO

SheaMoisture launches £40,000 fund to help black female salon owners stay in business during coronavirus

Judges include:Entrepreneur and Founder of WCAN and Oja, Mariam Jimoh

DO IT NOW NOW

Black British Women To Look Out For In 2023

THE TIMES

Generation start-up: the kids are dead bright

FORBES

Mariam Jimoh selected as Forbes 30 Under 30 Technology Delegate 2021

Powering a digital revolution.

THE SUN

FOOD CHOICE I quit my banking job to start my own business – it’s so successful even Premier League legend Raheem Sterling loves it

The Sun spotlights Mariam Jimoh's business Oja

BANG ON THE MONEY PODCAST

Podcast: Your Passion Can Become your Profession

HOME GROWN CLUB

Panel Event: How To Build A Fast Growing Startup with Victoria the App

Dispelling The Myth: How To Build A Unicorn Startup… Hear from the speaker panel as to how these companies valued over $1billion have got to where they are today and hear from the founders behind them.

THE UPCOMING

Spotlight: Oja app founder Mariam Jimoh on bringing local world foods to your doorstep

STARTUPS MAGAZINE

UK'S 1st National Week to Celebrate Women in Business

Women’s Launch Lab, offering 12 all expenses paid places on our London bootcamp judges include Mariam Jimoh of Oja

THE VOICE

Yomi Adegoke and other Black Brits honoured on Forbes 30 under 30 list

Is this the most diverse Forbes 30 Under 30 list yet? Including Mariam Jimoh, founder of Oja

Videos & Podcasts

Podcast: Sunday Times - Secrets of the Side Hustle: Mariam Jimoh on Being Purpose Driven Podcast: Your Passion Can Become your Profession