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NELLY CHEBOI - Founder & CEO of TechLit Africa, is CNN’s Hero of the Year, 2022 - African Leaders Magazine

NELLY CHEBOI – Founder & CEO of TechLit Africa, is CNN’s Hero of the Year, 2022

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Nelly Cheboi, who in 2019 quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago to create computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is the 2022 CNN Hero of the Year. Cheboi’s nonprofit, TechLit Africa, has provided thousands of students across rural Kenya with access to donated, upcycled computers — and the chance at a brighter future. Cheboi …

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BIRAME SOCK - Launches “Kwely”, A Game-Changing Made in Africa Marketplace - African Leaders Magazine

BIRAME SOCK – Launches “Kwely”, A Game-Changing Made in Africa Marketplace

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The Senegal-based startup introduces to the public the minimum viable product (MVP) version of its B2B online store for Made in Africa products targeting small and large businesses globally. Dakar, Senegal: Kwely Inc. announced today the launch of its game-changing, B2B e-marketplace to provide African producers and manufacturers with a global window to sell their …

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ISLAM SHAWKY – Co Founder of Egyptian fintech Company, Paymob. - African Leaders Magazine

ISLAM SHAWKY – Co Founder of Egyptian fintech Company, Paymob.

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Paymob has facilitated more than 120 million transactions worth more than $324.6 million under Shawky’s leadership. As Internet connectivity and smartphone adoption in Africa continue to rise, a number of African entrepreneurs, such as Egyptian fintech founder Islam Shawky, stand at the forefront of deepening financial inclusion on the continent through financial services products aimed …

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THEMBI MAGAJANA - Founder of Social Coding - African Leaders Magazine

THEMBI MAGAJANA – Founder of Social Coding

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“I thought my life would be corporate, you know, climbing that corporate ladder, I wanted to shatter the glass ceilings,” Thembi Magajana told FORBES AFRICA. It all started on her niece’s birthday. “I asked her what she wanted and she said she wanted to be Steve Jobs,” Magajana explains. “And I said, ‘okay, why do …

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SERISHA BARRAT – CEO of Lawyered Up - African Leaders Magazine

SERISHA BARRAT – CEO of Lawyered Up

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According to SME South Africa, South African tech startups continued to innovate and launch solutions in response to myriad challenges, including Covid-19. Award- winning documentary She Started It, screened by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Martin Trust Center, cites that being a female entrepreneur in the technology industry is bleaker than most. More facts: …

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JESS HENRICH – CEO & Founder of Amari Ocean Gin; Creator of the world’s first ocean water distilled gin - African Leaders Magazine

JESS HENRICH – CEO & Founder of Amari Ocean Gin

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South African businesswoman Jess Henrich always wanted to create a gin inspired by the ocean. In 2016, after more than a decade working in the advertising industry – first as a client account manager and then as a copywriter and creative director — she took a dive into the murky waters of entrepreneurship and partnered …

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GWYNETH GYIMAH ADDO – CEO & Founder of The Hair Senta

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Leaving an assured, constant income stream to pursue one’s passion which is riddled with uncertainties can be a frightening and questioning moment in one’s life. Pursuing one’s dream requires a vicious sense of tenacity, determination, and consistency to make that smooth transition from passion to a profitable business. This vicious sense of tenacity, determination, and …

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SAKINA USENGIMANA – CEO of Afri-foods Rwanda “Overcoming failures in setting up her agri-business venture”

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Setting up a business venture is not often without challenges and set-backs, especially in the case of start-ups and emerging ventures. While these setbacks can be discouraging, to Sakina Usengimana, they served to equip her with lessons and experiences that eventually led to her success. The 28-year-old is an entrepreneur with a company known as …

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NNAEMEKA IKEGWUONU – Founder of Smallholders Foundation & ColdHubs

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Nnaemeka grew up in an agricultural family and developed a passion for engaging the rural population about agriculture and helping farmers understand agriculture as a business. He founded Smallholders Foundation, an organization that uses radio to deliver daily agricultural, environmental, markets, and social development programs to smallholder farmers in their local language. The foundation later …

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JAMIE D. SALEEBY – Founder and MD Of Sankofa Snacks

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While working in New York as an executive assistant at a personal care products company, Jamie D. Saleeby realised there were very few African-inspired snacks on sale in local convenience stores. This is despite demand for products that represent African heritage and culture. After saving up some money, Saleeby moved back to his home country …

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