Keeping Up with the Kohorts: 2013

Joining the Anzisha Prize is just a part of these Very Young Entrepreneurs journey, here's what the 2013 fellows have been up to.

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2013

Neftaly Malatjie

Neftaly Malatjie started Diepsloot Youth Projects (DYP) to create progress in the poverty stricken Diepsloot area. DYP focuses on income generating programmes that enable young people to engage in business opportunities to better the community.

Barclay Paul Okari

Barclay Paul Okari of Kenya is one of the co-founders of Safi-pads, which produces, markets, and sells inexpensive, reusable and washable sanitary towels for women and young girls in his country, enabling better school attendance.

Titus Mawano

Titus Mawano is the founder and brains behind Ffene, a technology enabled business management platform for SMMEs in Africa who are struggling to stay organised and still use loose-leaf notebooks to keep records of clients and sales.

Best Aiyorworth

Best Aiyorworth started the Girls’ Power Micro Lending Organisation, a micro lending business that gives businesswomen capital, enabling them to grow their businesses, support their daughters and ensure they get an education.

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