Anzisha Fellows

Wilfred has always been passionate about entrepreneurship. In secondary school, Wilfred joined a club run by Junior Achievement Kenya. The club focused on generating viable business ideas and testing them. This is where he generated the idea of Shulemall, the first student-specific online shopping mall in Kenya with direct delivery to school or home.

Saly has had an entrepreneurial spirit since her early childhood. When she and her brother were younger, they started a small business making and selling different sorts of small objects to relatives and neighbours. Her insatiable passion for entrepreneurship has led her to create SallyMaa Shoes.

Omonlola Loïs Aniambossou is the founder of Abiathar Services, a Benin based venture that offers installation, monitoring and repair services for owners of electrical appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and surveillance cameras.

Mustapha Zeroul is from a rural town in the southern part of Morocco. His entrepreneurial journey started when he built his first company named SARL, which was specialized in e-commerce and digital marketing.

Mohamed Bah is the founder of IFA -Sierra Leone, an NGO that provides safe and affordable drinking water to the most deprived communities in Sierra Leone.

Matina is the co-founder & CEO of Sayna– an innovative digital school in Madagascar. Her love for education and entrepreneurship was developed from her mom, who is also involved in the education sector who encouraged Matina to pursue her dreams.

Mahlatse Matlakana hails from Arrie village in Limpopo, South Africa. Her entrepreneurial journey began early when she started working on farms to support her family. After her matric, she took a gap year after registering to study law to focus on her passion for farming

Joshua was inspired by his mother, who has an orphanage taking care of over 6000 people with little to no financial support. This drove him towards entrepreneurship -as he saw his mother making an impact and believed that he too could make an impact.

Jonathan Paul Katumba is the founder of Minute5, a Uganda based online grocery delivery service that aims to deliver fresh farm foods to customers in the shortest time possible, at the most affordable price.

Hephzibah Ijeje is a 19-year-old economics student and a co-founder of Recyclift, a Nigeria based recycling project that aims to get rid of waste from the environment and generate wealth by recycling it.

Ian Khonje is the founder of IKFP, a Malawi based food processing company whose main objective is to annihilate the seasonality of food products by providing innovative food processing solutions that allow consumers to enjoy food products throughout the year.

Hamidu grew up in a humble family of farmworkers. Being exposed to poverty at a very young age propelled him to harness an insatiable desire to promote positive change in his community.