2018

Crafting memorable events for children. Lourena has a knack for identifying opportunities in areas that are not always apparent. In 2015, after her cousin had asked her to organize a baby shower, it occurred to her that there was a limited variety of party planners dedicated to creating parties for young children in Angola.

Improving emergency response through technology enabled platforms. After experiencing the death of a close relative who had passed away in an accident where emergency responders where slow to take action, Akpe made it his mission to transform emergency response services in Togo.

Supporting local agriculture and industry through high quality packaged foods From a young age, Aldred always knew he wanted to be involved in social change---joining the leadership organization AIESEC and getting working with them on education and gender equality projects.

Alina is a young woman driven to solve the challenges of gender inequality and economic marginalization facing women in Zambia. Recognizing...

Building community and creating employment a cup of coffee at a time. Born and raised in Johannesburg, Amanda Jojo is hard at working turning her lifelong love for coffee into a viable enterprise.

Transforming unusual natural ingredients into market-leading beauty products. Awah grew up in Douala, Cameroon, and has always been drawn to nature and farming. His first foray intro entrepreneurship was tomato farming. A few years ago, a colony of snails invaded and attacked his tomato crop, and a passerby remarked how she had used snail mucin (slime) to heal a skin problem she once had.