About Japhet Japhet Mathias Faida grew up watching talented designers in Tanzania struggle to access markets, digital tools, and the structural support needed to grow. The problem wasn’t a lack of talent — it was a lack of infrastructure. That gap became his mission. As CEO of HumanDesire, Japhet leads strategy, innovation, and operations, building a platform where Africa’s…
About Silvano Silvano Thedomiri Mushi is a communicator at heart — a public speaker, content creator, and community builder who believes technology and entrepreneurship can transform the lives of young Tanzanians. As Public Relations Officer of Chuo Market, he brings students to the platform and the platform to students. About Chuo Market Chuo Market is…
David is a climate innovator from Tanzania with a background in International Business and Petroleum Chemistry.
Raphael John is a young agripreneur pursuing a degree in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness.
About Upendo Growing up in rural Tanzania and experiencing the challenges of energy access, Upendo, a 22-year-old entrepreneur, decided to engage in a social entrepreneurship journey to serve women by allowing easier, sustainable, clean energy alternatives. At the same time, she hopes to contribute to solving climate change threats that are now visibly affecting us all. She…
About Dolores Dolores is a 20-year-old entrepreneur from Kibaha, Tanzania. She is passionate about serving children from impoverished lives to ensure their access to quality education. In order to empower them for a brighter future and potentially become the next African changemakers, she cofounded Maktaba. Transition into Entrepreneurship Dolores is a high school graduate and self-taught computer programmer. She has been…
About David David describes himself as courageous, innovative and self-driven. Currently, he is taking a gap year prior to enrolling in university. During this time, he is helping fill the shortage of science teachers in public schools in his town while running his own venture, CutOff_Recycle. His approach has always been to create localized solutions…
An advocate for equality, Balbina Gulam is passionate about fair pay, healthy working conditions and making sure women are treated with dignity. Balbina has grown to become a proud tech-champion and an inspiring icon to the young women of her community. Balbina is the founder of Huduma Smart, an enterprise that trains domestic workers and…
Edgar Edmund is the founder of GreenVenture. Seeing how the rains and floods destroyed houses in his country and how houses were weak because of poor foundations and poor building materials, Edgar was inspired to solve this problem by turning adversity into opportunity. GreenVenture Recycles plastic waste into cheap and affordable building products such as paving blocks….
