About Salimata Having completed entrepreneurial training at the African Institute of Management, Salimata Traore holds a BBA in Finance and Banking. Part of her training was through webinars and conferences. Salimata’s work background is in marketing, research and analysis, and business strategy. Salimata demonstrates strong leadership ability, and she is posturing herself for the corporate world. Transition into Entrepreneurship…
About Oumar With a degree in Business Administration and Management. Oumar Mamoudou Sylla founded Sylla Bio Et Divers. Oumar has found his calling in ensuring that young people and women in rural areas participate in long-term development programs and job creation. Transition into Entrepreneurship Having come from a low-income family in Bamako, Oumar founded his company to…
About Gaoagwe In his final year of studying Business Operations, Gaoagwe is passionate about food safety, biosecurity, and youth empowerment. He enjoys participating in youth business seminars as a youth advisor on starting up successful businesses. Having taken up a leadership role in his church’s youth group, Gaoagwe interacts with the youth closely and has come to understand the problems that youth face in…
About Mathias A self-proclaimed food hero who is working towards making food systems stronger, Mathias Yabe desires to have food systems that are both sustainable and fair to the local community. Mathias has always described himself as an entrepreneur. His passion for entrepreneurship led him to start his company Ako Fresh, where he leads his team. His business acumen has seen him…
About Gustave Gustave is a 22-year-old entrepreneur from Benin who holds a degree in social science. He was exposed to entrepreneurship at an early age by his aunt, who was an entrepreneur and taught him the ins and outs of business management. As a young boy, he was always interested in agronomy, which led him to start his…
About Masello Hailing from the Free State, 22-year-old South African entrepreneur Masello Mokhoro has a deep passion for nature, community, and socioeconomic change. The rising young leader holds an advanced diploma in agricultural management and has served as a peer mentor and an active member of student organizations. Transition into Entrepreneurship A desire to attain long-term financial stability…
About Eneyi Eneyi Oshi is a young leader who wants to improve food security. She is an outcome-oriented agri-preneur with knowledge and love for agriculture. With a desire to learn more and ensure she contributed to the sustainable growth of her business pursuits, Eneyi completed short business courses. Transition into Entrepreneurship In the last 5…
About Adama Adama Kanté is a young 22-year-old Malian. He is passionate about inspiring young people to start their own businesses by utilising resources they have access to. Outside of the for-profit ventures that he has started, he is the founder of the Samedis pour l’entrepreneuriat movement in Mali and a representative of an international…
About Tafadzwa Tafadzwa is a 22-year-old entrepreneur and a farmer from Zimbabwe. He is passionate about agriculture and the potential of technology in stabilizing farmers’ financial status. Transition into Entrepreneurship Because Tafadzwa is a farmer and comes from an agricultural family, his passion for agriculture has been growing since he was a kid. He mostly spends…
