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 edition saw 1,200 applicants from various African countries. 20 ...
22 year-old Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate from Cote D’Ivoire has been declared winner of the top prize at the seventh annual Anzisha Prize awards gala organized by the African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation. Ben Aziz founded Poultry D’Or, a poultry business which sees over 500 sales a day and ...
African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation have launched the 2017 call for applications for the Anzisha Prize, Africa’s award for youth entrepreneurs who are making their mark on Africa’s entrepreneurial landscape. Fifteen of Africa’s most promising business and social entrepreneurs between the ages of 15 and 22 have the ...
African Leadership Academy, in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation today unveiled finalists for the sixth annual Anzisha Prize The 12 Anzisha Prize finalists were hand-picked from an applicant pool of 550 entrepreneurs from 32 African countries. They are competing for their share of $100 000 USD in cash prizes. The 12 finalists receive ...
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 17 year-old Ivory Coast farmer Gabriel Kombassere who received $12,500 in ...
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 Entrepreneurial Leadership in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation. According to Anzisha ...
