Kenny Imafidon

In 2011, Imafidon was arrested and charged with one count of murder, two of both attempted murder and grievous bodily harm, and possession of a firearm and an offensive weapon.^[5]  There was no evidence of any direct involvement, but he was charged under joint enterprise laws, in effect guilty by association with other suspects.^[5] He was denied bail and spent six months in jail before a judge freed him determining that there was no case to answer.^[6][7][8][5]

Imafidon completed his A Levels whilst on remand in Feltham Prison, becoming the first person in the UK to sit and pass the exams in these circumstances.^[9][10]

Between 2011 and 2012, Imafidon found intern positions and gradually built up contacts. He won the Amos Bursary to study law at BPP University.^[11]

In 2014, Imafidon was awarded the number one position of Rare Rising Stars.^[12]

He established his career by co-founding Clearview Research in 2018^[13] and has worked with companies like Uber, Tinder and Deliveroo, on voter registration campaigns for young people in UK elections.^[14] He has written about this for The Guardian.^[15]

Imafidon is a trustee of various charities such as BBC Children in Need^[16] (he undertook a review on racism for them^[17]), Strength Within in Me Foundation (S.W.I.M),^[18] Spark Inside, and City Gateway, where he is currently the chair of the board of trustees.^[19][11]

He led on the £1 million Skill Up Step Up campaign, with funding from Barclays LifeSkills,^[20] funding to City Gateway and other charities to support unemployed young Londoners towards sustainable jobs or apprenticeships.^[21]

In 2021, a six-way bidding war took place amongst publishers seeking to publish Imafidon's memoir.^[22] Imafidon was represented by The Good Literary Agency and signed with Transworld. The memoir, That Peckham Boy, were published by Penguin in 2023.^[23] Bear Grylls said "Kenny's story shows us that we all have the potential to achieve extraordinary things. What a hero."^[24]