Growing up, Asha Abbas, a 17 year old from Tanzania, noticed that many young Tanzanians were not getting adequate sex education. Realizing the health risk Tanzanian teenagers face as a result of being ill-informed, where young Tanzanian women are at a higher risk of contracting HIV than men, she was inspired to found Aurateen….
With the sprawling construction of houses in Mozambique, Faustino decided to invest in the supply of materials that are complementary to building houses. With effective marketing, Faustino has been able to make the case for wood flooring and the construction of swimming pools. Faustino was born and raised in Maputo by his maternal grandparents. He…
Lamine Chamsiya, a student of management and corporate communication, is the co-founder of E3D- Niger, a start-up involved in the production of Neem and local marketing of bio-fertilizers, bio-pesticides, and cosmetic products. E3D is involved in agriculture and cosmetics, Lamine heads the cosmetic wing of the venture. E3D’s cosmetic wing manufactures and markets products such…
Heritiaina lost his mother four days after his birth in 1994. Not knowing his father, he was raised by his grandmother in the village Faratsiho, a district in the Vakinakaratra region of Madagascar . At 16, he dropped out of the 6th grade to work, first as a water can distributor, later as a caca-pigeon…
Yaye Souadou is a 21 year-old Senegalese proficient in 5 different languages. She adores doing gymnastics and researching a wide range of topics. In her explorations, she gained interest in environmentally friendly technology. Growing up, she could not help but notice how her community was littered with tires and other plastics –and she sure wanted…
Benedict Ampofo, a 4th year medical student in Ghana, has always seen himself as a budding social entrepreneur. Growing up, his sense of responsibility and a desire to impact the world challenged him to do something different. Coming from a low-income family, an itching desire to help families like his sprung forth; he wanted to…
Andrew Ddembe, the founder of a conglomerate of businesses called Heart for the Hurt is a serial entrepreneur who manages a seasonality of businesses in Textile making, Restaurants, and Coffee production. His first business started off when he realised that there were not enough uniform suppliers in his community. So he used the profits made…
Ifrah founded Supermom which addresses issues caused by the high level of poverty in her community where over half of its population lives below the poverty line. Many opportunities for viable economic growth in her community are hindered as a result of the inapt infrastructure and the socio-economic disconnect that exist; causing essentials products like…
Lagare.ma provides services to travel cleverly for the first time in Morocco, providing schedules to over 150 destinations including tourist destinations– in Morocco and the European Union. It offers services in 10 languages and 25 different currencies. Lagare.ma services are not just limited to bus routes and schedules, but customers can rent buses, book tickets…
