Bejay Mulenga | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 July 1995 East London, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Westminster (Business) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion (2016) [1] Founding Supa Network |
| Website | bejaymulenga |
Bejay Mulenga (born Bejjy Mulenga; 6 July 1995) is a British entrepreneur, founder CEO and creative consultant. [2] [3] [4] [5] At age 20, Mulenga became the youngest recipient of the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion. [6] [7] He is founder of a training, recruitment and development company Supa Network and co-founder of wellbeing and online food delivery company, The Great Feast of London. [8] [9] Mulenga featured in GQ magazine's list of "Britain's 100 Most Connected Men" [10] and spearheaded the non-profit A Plate For London. [11]
Born in East London of Congolese heritage, Mulenga attended St Michael's Catholic College studying Business. [12] Mulenga sat A Levels at St Charles College, and later studied Business Management at the University of Westminster.[ citation needed ]
In 2009, Mulenga started his career at St Michael's Catholic College, opening a small tuck shop. Encouraged by his entrepreneurial success, Mulenga licensed his brand of tuck shop across several schools. In 2012, he registered his business Supa Tuck, an alternative enterprise programme teaching students how to run and operate their own tuck shops in schools. [12] [7]
In June 2014, Supa Tuck featured in former Secretary of State Lord Young's ‘Enterprise For All’ report which reviewed the relevance of enterprise in education. [13] Next, Mulenga co-founded Supa Academy, a comprehensive business training programme for young people. [14] [15] In September of that same year, Mulenga, delivered a speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. [16]
In 2015, with support from Lord Young, and brands including Pepsi Max, Facebook, and Barclays Lifeskills, Supa Academy launched the Supa Market supermarket, a pop-up retail enterprise event. [17] [18] [19] In 2016, Mulenga became the youngest recipient of The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion. [7]
Over the next few years, Mulenga oversaw the Supa brand's growth, diversifying into training, B2B education, and consultation. [20] [21] [22]
Mulenga has spoken about his experiences founding and scaling his Supa Network at the US Embassy, [23] The Tory Conference, [16] Global Entrepreneurship Week, [24] TEDx Switzerland [5] [25] and on BBC Radio. [26]
Mulenga was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to entrepreneurship and tackling food poverty. [27]
In 2017, Mulenga launched No More Tea, a podcast on iTunes. [28] Dedicated to creative entrepreneurship, No More Tea offers career advice through conversational interviews. Well known guests have included The Slumflower and Pip Jamieson. [29]
Mulenga along with Street Feast's Dominic Cools-Lartigue founded The Great Feast of London. [30] Initially set to run in the summer of 2021 as a series of physical boutique food festivals throughout London's parks, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the duo to bring plans forward. In July 2020, The Great Feast of London launched as a digital food festival and food for delivery platform. [31] Described as a rival to Deliveroo, The Great Feast of London is tied to the founders’ non-profit, A Plate For London which tackles food poverty across the capital by providing meals to Londoners in need. [9] [32] [11]
Supa Network, founded by entrepreneur and youngest recipient of the Queens Awards for Enterprise promotion, Bejay Mulenga
At 20 years old, he was the youngest person to receive Her Majesty the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion in 2016
he was the youngest recipient of the Queen's Award for Enterprise.
It's the brainchild of Street Feast founder Dominic Cools-Lartigue and young entrepreneur Bejay Mulenga
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)Bejay Mulenga, 20, went down a storm when he spoke about his journey as an entrepreneur at the Tory party conference in Birmingham this year.
Bejay Mulenga (20) and Liam Tootill (28) are the founders of Supa Academy, a social enterprise on a mission to build confidence and develop skills in teenagers and young adults taking their first steps in business
he's the co-founder of Supa Academy, an experiential training company with clients such as Facebook, Barclays, River Island and EE.
Bejay has gone on to consult and work for brands such as the Sony Music, Uber, Coca-Cola, Facebook, River Island, and Nike
Young entrepreneur Bejay Mulenga tells the story of his business success and shares his vision for helping other young people overcome the barriers to achieving their dreams.
Since 2016, Beejay has launched his iTunes podcast series 'No More Tea' – a personal development show helping young people connect the dots with new opportunities and fulfil their creative business potential
Street Feast founder Dominic Cools-Lartigue and young entrepreneur Bejay Mulenga are the brains behind the new hybrid festival.
Dom and Bejay have redesigned the festival experience to merge the digital and physical, with interactive online experiences and entertainment complemented by food from London's best chefs and restaurants delivered to guests' front door, garden gate or even direct to the local park.