Keeping Up with the Kohorts: 2019

Joining the Anzisha Prize is just a part of these Very Young Entrepreneurs journey, here's what the 2019 fellows have been up to.

2019

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Beyond Grants: How AVPA’s Nasri Adam is Closing the ‘Missing Middle’ for African Youth

Nasri Adam, the Director for Impact and Communications and Regional Director for East Africa at the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), stands at the...

Audrey Chidawanyika: Building Africa’s Enterprise Ecosystem

For Audrey Simbiso Chidawanyika, the key to monumental impact starts with a philosophy she calls life/work balance. As she puts it, “People call it...

Measuring What Matters: What Is the True Definition of Impact? 

By Didi Onwu, Head of Storytelling & Advocacy, Anzisha  The politics of Impact  Impact is political. Do you agree?  I have not fully decided yet, but I...

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2019

Asia Saed

Seeing how her classmates and other youth struggled to find jobs after completing university,...

Saudah Birungi

In 2012, Saudah lost her brother to diarrhoea due to the lack of access...

Yannick Kimanuka

Yannick Kimanuka grew up in North Kivu eastern Province in the Democratic Republic of...

Emmanuel Agyei

Emmanuel Agyei was always interested in journalism. His father is a journalist. But his...

Segbe Accrombessi

In Benin, farmers practice rain fed agriculture - meaning there are periods of abundance...

Marvellous Nyongoro

During his time as an accounting student at Midlands State University, Marvellous fell prey...