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Anzisha Prize Awards $40,000 Into 4 African Ventures for their Impact

Anzisha Prize has awarded $40,000 into 4 African ventures for their community impact. The four young African innovators received a $10,000 prize each to further the impactful work they are already delivering in their communities. The awards highlighted the diverse...

Anzisha Prize Fellowship Program 2025 Opens Call for Applications

Anzisha Prize Fellowship Program 2025, a three-year fellowship for young African entrepreneurs between 15 and 22 years old, has opened call for applications for the 2025 for entrepreneurs aged 15 – 22 years from across Africa.   The Anzisha Prize,...

Anzisha Prize invites SA’s green entrepreneurs to apply for funding 

The Anzisha Prize, the award targeting very young entrepreneurs aged 15 to 22, has opened applications for its upcoming funding cycle with a focus on green entrepreneurs who combine innovation and sustainability, and are passionate about making a positive...

The Anzisha prize fellowship opens application for young entrepreneurs 2023 cohort

The Anzisha Prize  a leading venture-building program championing young African entrepreneurs between the ages 15 and 22 has officially opened applications for the 2023 cohort .  African changemakers who are under 22 years old and are running businesses and creating...

Here are the top 26 African young entrepreneurs selected for three-year Anzisha Prize fellowships.

The top 26 entrepreneurs for 2021 have been revealed by the Anzisha Prize. The entrepreneurs, who are between the ages of 18 and 22, will each receive more than US$5,000 in funding and more than US$15,000 in venture building...

Anzisha Prize opens 2021 applications for Africa’s youthful entrepreneurs

Anzisha Prize has launched the 2021 call for Africa’s biggest award for young entrepreneurs between, 15 and 22 with a chance to win a shared prize of US$100 000 and join the prestigious Anzisha Prize fellowship program. Now in its...

Anzisha Prize announces top 20 African entrepreneurs at 10th-year celebration

The Anzisha Prize has revealed its top 20 finalists for 2020. The ultimate winners will be announced at this year’s Anzisha Prize Conference in October. This year, Anzisha is celebrating 10 years since it begun supporting very young entrepreneurs. The 2020...

2020 Anzisha Prize Opens for Applications

The 2020 Anzisha Prize–Africa’s premier award and fellowship for Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs has called for applications is now open targeting 20 African entrepreneurs, aged 22 years and younger. Anzisha Prize will give the entrepreneurs a chance to win a shared...

Anzisha Prize 2015 opens to give $75,000 to entrepreneurs in Africa

 The Anzisha Prize which has announced a call for applications today for Africa’s youngest, most exciting social and business entrepreneurs under 22 years of age has also announced that the African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation have extended...

Cameroonian Alain Nteff Named the Grand Prize Winner of the $25 000 Anzisha Prize

The founder of Gifted Mom, Cameroonian Alain Nteff emerged winner of the $25,000 grand prize Anzisha Prize Award followed closely by South Africa's Schoolbag manufacturer Thato Kgatlhanye as the first runner up with $15,000 cash prizes and followed by...

Anzisha Prize 2014 Finalists named

Anzisha Prize’s major sponsors, African Leadership Academy and the MasterCard Foundation, have announced this year’s finalists from Togo and Ivory Coast. Five young women make up the 12 finalists running for the $75,000 prize money that will be awarded on...

Youth Entrepreneurship Is Lagging In North & Central Africa, Says Anzisha Prize

According to information collected from the applications of this year’s Anzisha Prize, there is a potential shortage of young women entrepreneurs who are from North and Central Africa or involved in renewable energy ventures. “We are hoping that our application data...

Anzisha Prize Opens Entries for Its $75,000 Youth Entrepreneurship Prize

Anzisha Prize, a competition for Africa’s best young entrepreneurs has opened applications for its 2014 entrepreneurship prize for  the most innovative social and business entrepreneurs under the age of 22 aiming to give them over $75,000 in cash prizes. Launched...

CEO Weekends: MasterCard, WorldSIM Return to Unveil Anzisha Prize 2013 Winners

This year’s Anzisha Prize winners will be unveiled on August 30th in Johannesburg South Africa. The finalist aged between 15 to 22 years will be gunning to bag a prize money worth, US$75,000. This year’s awards have been supported by...

The 2013 Anzisha Prize Finalists Unveiled Set To Win $75,000 In Cash

The Anzisha Prize is a premier award focusing on young African entrepreneurs aged 15-22 with innovative businesses or solutions that have a positive impact on their communities. The competition is an initiative of the African Leadership Academy’s Centre for...

Two Kenyans among Top 30 announced by Anzisha Prize Young African Entrepreneurs 2022 Cohort

 The Anzisha Prize, Africa’s premier entrepreneurship initiative for young people between the ages of 15 and 22, has  announced the next cohort of 30 leading young entrepreneurs ,including two Kenyans, Lynnet Muritu, 21, founder of MimiPambo, a jewellery company...

Fiombonana, an agro-processing enterprise wins $25,000 2016 Anzisha Grand Prize

Heritiaina Randriamananatahina, 22 year old agriculture entrepreneur from Madagascar, is this year’s winner of the $25,000 Anzisha Grand Prize in the sixth annual edition of Africa’s premier award for youth entrepreneurship. Heritiaina is the founder of Fiombonana, an agro-processing enterprise...

Africa’s Business Heroes Opens Applications for the 2023 Cohort

The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has launched its fifth annual edition and now calls for participation from Africa’s entrepreneurial talent. ABH is part of the...

Kenya’s mental health startup Shamiri Institute raises $1m to expand its programmes to reach more youth in Africa

Shamiri Institute, founded in 2018 by Anzisha Prize Fellow Tom Osborn and partner Katherine Venturo-Coberly, has raised $1 million from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to tackle the scourge of mental health in Kenya and the rest of the...

California’s Higher Circle Invests $18,000 into Kenya’s Safi Sanitary Pads

Higher Circle, a new California-based crowdfunding company that supports social entrepreneurs in emerging markets has launched a $18,000 loan campaign to help expand Impact Africa Industries (Safi Pads) and also help fix the school dropout problem among girls in Africa. The...