Keeping Up with the Kohorts: 2022

The Anzisha Prize is Africa’s biggest award for her youngest entrepreneurs aged 15 - 22 years, and hands out over USD $140,000 every year in business support and prize money to very young entrepreneurs from all over the continent.

2022

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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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2022

Upendo Ngussa​

About Upendo​ Growing up in rural Tanzania and experiencing the challenges of energy access, Upendo, a...

Salimata Traore

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

Baké Faouziyatou Bani

About Baké Faouziyatou Bani ​ Bake is a 20-year-old entrepreneur from Benin. From an early age, she was interested in...

Bassim-swé Hugues Bamass

About Bassim-swe​ Bassim-swé Hugues BAMASSI, a 21-years old entrepreneur from Togo. ​ ​ Transition into Entrepreneurship​ Hugues Bassim-swé BAMASSI was born...

Gustave Ola Tunde Chabilakoun

About Gustave ​ Gustave is a 22-year-old entrepreneur from Benin who holds a degree in social science. He...

Jessica Gyebre

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