2016 Finalists for Africa’s Leading Youth Entrepreneurship Award – the Anzisha Prize – Break New Ground in Innovation and Representation

About Salimata​ Having completed entrepreneurial training at the African Institute of Management, Salimata Traore holds a...

About Athingahangwi ​ Athingahagwi is a 21-year-old medical student at the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. She...

About Masello​ Hailing from the Free State, 22-year-old South African entrepreneur Masello Mokhoro has a deep...

About Constant​ Constant Ayihounoun is a 21-year-old entrepreneur from Abomey-Calavi, Benin. His love for agriculture and sustainable farming...

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.

Adjeiwaa is the youngest of the Anzisha 2020 cohort. She grew up riddled with the pain of losing 3 family members including her mom, to Malaria. Determined to reduce the spread of malaria, so that other's don't have to face the same grief as she did, she started the Mosquito trapping + Emergency LED light Bulb initiative.