Keeping Up with the Kohorts: 2022

The Anzisha Prize is Africa’s biggest award for her youngest entrepreneurs aged 15 - 22 years, and hands out over USD $140,000 every year in business support and prize money to very young entrepreneurs from all over the continent.

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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...

Celebrating very young entrepreneurs: Stories from the frontlines

By Didi Onwu Didi Onwu is the Communications and Stakeholder Relations Associate for The Anzisha Prize. For the past three years, she has been at...

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2022

Joseph Ssempebwa

About Joseph Born in Iganga District in eastern Uganda, 22-year-old Joseph grew up in a family...

Lynnet Muritu​

About Lynnet​ Hailing from the Kenyan capital, 21-year-old Lynnet is an architecture student with interests ranging...

Vanessa Fongwa Ngwi

About Vanessa ​ At 21 years old, a university student and fashion enthusiast, Vanessa Fongwa Ngwi is a young...

Mariana Mahitiko ​

About Mariana​ Like any other little girl, Mariana Mahitiko, the oldest of four children, dreamed of becoming...

Jessica Gyebre

About Jessica​ Born in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, Jessica Gyebre received her baccalaureate from Notre Dame de l’Esperance in 2018. In 2021,...

Gaoagwe Jeje ​

About Gaoagwe ​ In his final year of studying Business Operations, Gaoagwe is passionate about food safety, biosecurity, and youth...