Meet the 20 Entrepreneurs, All Under 22, Unveiled as Finalists for the 2019 Anzisha Prize

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

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

About Viola Viola is a 21-year-old entrepreneur from Jinja district, Uganda. She is currently studying industrial and...

About Grace​ 22-year-old Grace Okezie comes from a family of seven. The Nigerian entrepreneur is...

David's approach has always been to create localized solutions to problems in his hometown. After winning Young Scientists Tanzania in 2018, David was able to found CutOff_Recycle, an enterprise that recycles human hair waste into agri-products.

Joshua was inspired by his mother, who has an orphanage taking care of over 6000 people with little to no financial support. This drove him towards entrepreneurship -as he saw his mother making an impact and believed that he too could make an impact.