Disruptive digital innovation is transforming Africa’s economic potential, creating new target markets and unprecedented consumer choice. So how are Africa’s young entrepreneurs contributing and getting ahead of what is said to be the digital evolution in Africa?
This year, The Anzisha prize is proud to announce 2 finalists that are riding the wave of the digital revolution, in Africa. The first, Maemu Thiofhi Lambani, from South Africa, has managed to defy all odds and start her own revolutionary digital marketing agency. Her company, Fearless Trendz aims to transform local growing businesses into global brands and in doing so, give back to the continent that has given her so much. A home, a family and now her very own business! The future looks nothing but bright from this talent digital entrepreneur!
The second, 22 year old Zambian, Moonga Chowe, is the founder and CEO of Chilimba Savings, a company that seeks to provide mobile financial security services and peace of mind to traditional credit and savings groups in Zambia. A much needed service in the challenging financial times, facing Zambia.
Chilimba allows groups of people to subscribe to the mobile platform, where they don’t need to worry about fraud and empowers subscribers to manage their finances in an efficient and transparent manner; enabling them to migrate to safer digital money and payment histories that are translatable into credit scores and provides easier access to bank loans.
There are over 400 000 groups that have subscribed to this service in Zambia alone, signalling the beginning of great things to come for the young Zambian.
These are exciting times! From mobile banking to digital strategy, Africa is leapfrogging developments in other parts of the world. African youth have an unprecedented opportunity to harness Africa’s digital revolution to deepen and broaden prosperity across the continent and Maemu and Moonga are a beacon of light for others that will follow in their footsteps. The digital revolution in Africa has just began!
