Keeping Up with the Kohorts: 2016

Joining the Anzisha Prize is just a part of these Very Young Entrepreneurs journey, here's what the 2016 fellows have been up to.

2016

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Anzisha Prize Unveils Four Grand Prize Winners, Each Awarded $10,000 for Outstanding Achievements 

Tsanta Rakotoarimanga, Madagascar, founder of Mapwess awarded Revenue Growth Prize  Rebecca Taboukouna, Togo, founder of RBK Pearls awarded Job Creation Prize  Renata Silva, Angola, founder of...

Anzisha Prize / elea Foundation Partnership

African Leadership Academy and Anzisha Prize are happy to announce our partnership with elea Foundation.

Q&A: Eneyi Oshi is Transforming Agriculture through Innovative Infrastructure and Digitization

The enthusiastic young entrepreneur at the intersection of agriculture and technology (Agri-Tech) whose mission is to increase food security by providing equal market access...

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2016

Yaye Souadou Fall

President of E-cover, a venture that repurposes waste by recycling tires to produce more useful items like shoe soles, roads and even coverings for swimming pools; serving the society and environment.

N’guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier

Founder of The Yaletite Entrepreneurship Group CI, an agricultural group with the aim of producing and selling food crops for profit, locating subsidies for students with disabilities, and mobilizing youth for agricultural employment.

Issam Darui

Lagare.ma is the first electronic bus station in Morocco, available in 10 languages and 25 currencies, established to provide services to travel cleverly for the first time in Morocco, providing schedules to over 150 destinations including tourist destinations.

Faustino Quissico

22 year old Faustino is founder of TQ Group Services, a construction company which makes hard wood floors using raw local materials sourced from Mozambique. The company currently employs 13 people.

Geoffrey Mulei

20 year old Geoffrey Mulei is founder of INKISHA: a startup designed to increase access to eco-friendly packaging among African consumers by partnering with advertisers and innovative brands.

Lamine Chamsiya

Lamine is co-founder of E3D Cosmetique, a manufacturing company of a range of skincare and haircare products such as the Bio Neem products which protect against mosquitoes and parasites, and helps one to maintain healthy skin.