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Title: Africa's Best under 30s Entreprenuers

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Africas Best
10 Under 30 Entrepreneurs
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Oluwaseun Osewa, 30, Nigeria

At the age of 23 he started Nairaland.com which
has become the most popular website in Nigeria
Nairaland.com has more than 1 million registered
users
It is the most visited website in Africa as per
Alexa rankings
In 2003 he attempted to start a web hosting
business but failed
Undaunted he opened Nairaland.com in the year
2005
His approach was to try and provide solution to
something you need, or want to be solved
Nairaland.com was started to address issues in
Nigeria
It was to be a general purpose forum with focus
on issues of interest to Nigerians
Nairaland.com generates revenue through its ad
inventory

3
Ola Orekunrin, 27, Nigeria

At the age of 21 Orekunrin graduated from the
University of York as a qualified doctor
She was awarded Japanese Government Scholarship
and moved to Japan to conduct research
After coming back to Europe she decided to work
for improving healthcare in Nigeria and Africa
It was the death of her sister due to anaemia
which prompted her to take this decision
She started Flying Doctors Service and also
consults government and private agencies on
aesthetic and emergency medicine
Flying Doctors is west Africas first indigenous
air ambulance
It offers national and international evacuation
services
They have 4 aircrafts strategically located at 4
major airports in Nigeria
They also provide health and safety audit
services, clinic staffing, telemedicine, and
first aid training

4
Jonathan Liebmann , 28, South Africa

Liebmann is the Managing Director of Propertuity,
a South African real estate development company
He had started 5 businesses by the age of 24 and
Propertuity was the most successful one
Liebmann found Propertuity in 2007 with which he
launched property investments
Liebmann studied business and accounting from
Monash University
But according to him bulk of education came from
hands-on experience and entrepreneurship
Maboneng Precinct in Johannesburg was his
brainchild
Maboneng is a vibrant urban community with Art
galleries, Art museums retails space and offices
He thinks entrepreneurs need unrealistic
optimism, perseverance, design and lifestyle
exposure, and passion to do what he does
Practice what you preach, Live the vision, is
his advice to all budding entrepreneurs

5
Lorna Rutto , 28, Kenya

Lorna after graduating in commerce and accounting
started a career in banking
In 2009 she resigned her banking job and pursued
her interest in environmental science
She along with Charles Kalama, a biochemical
engineer, started small business called EcoPost
To start with it was a small plastic recycling
business
Plastic waste collected across Nairobi was used
to manufacture durable and environmental friendly
fencing posts and sign posts
Some of the products are used for building and
construction purposes
Lorna saw opportunity where others saw trash
She won numerous awards like 2009 Enablis
Business Award, 2010 SEED Award, and 2010 Bid
Network Nature Challenge Award

6
Evans Wadongo , 27, Kenya

This Kenyan engineer is the Chairman of
Sustainable Development For All-Kenya
(SDFA-Kenya)
As a child he grew up in rural Kenya and with his
four brothers studied using a kerosene lamp
His eyesight was permanently damaged due to
poisonous gas emitted by kerosene lamp
This experience lead to his development of
MwangaBora solar lamp
MwangaBora was first African designed and
produced lamp and was built from 50 recycled
material
He featured on Forbes and CNN as one of Africas
Best Young Entrepreneurs
In 2011, Evans launched Just One Lamp, a campaign
to raise funding and awareness for MwangaBora
lamps
In 2012 he received the African International
Achievers Award

7
Sizwe Nzima, 21, South Africa

Sizwe Nzima graduated from Raymond Ackerman
Academy of Entrepreneurial Development
He aspires to eliminate the problem of queuing at
clinics and hospitals with his venture Iyeza
Express
Iyeza Express is a business where chronic
medication is transported using cycles from local
clinics to doorsteps of residents
This solution seems to be solving problem by
saving time and money for his clients
This business has managed to employ many young
men
The only skills requirement here are ability to
ride bicycle and to know the town well
Sizwe sees entrepreneurship as a way to combat
social issues in South Africa

8
Andrew Mupuya, 21, Uganda

It was in the year 2008, at the age of 16 when
Mupuya decided to launch his company
It was a paper bag production company and was a
result of ban on plastic bags by government
Mupuya was only in secondary school when he
decided to take up this challenge
He realized a capital of 36000 Ugandan shillings
were needed and it was raised selling used
plastic bottles and borrowing from school teacher
With just 14 (36,000 shillings) he started his
entrepreneurial journey
At the age of 21, he is the owner of Youth
Entrepreneurial Link Investments (YELI)
YELI was the first registered company to make
paper bags
He employs 16 people and have 72 clients

9
Farai Gundan, NA, Zimbabwe

Farai is the co-founder of FaraiMedia.com and
AfricanTripDeals
FaraiMedia is an online and mobile advertising
platform focused on Africa
She completed her MBA from The School of Business
Industry at Florida Agricultural Mechanical
University
She guest writes for Forbes and is a leading
expert on African women in Media and Technology
AfricanTripDeals is an end-to-end online
marketing and reservation system for African
hotel, travel tourism industry
She is a producer and a lead anchor of womens
talk show Point Of View and AfroHits Top 10
for Afrotainment Television Channel
Dont be afraid to raise your hand and ask. Let
your presence be known. is her advice to
business women from Africa

10
Mark Kaigwa, 25, Kenya

Mark Kaigwa is much travelled and recognized IT
guru
He describes himself as a consultant, strategist,
and speaker with a liking for solving problems
and applying ideas
He is the co-founder and partner of Afrinnovator
Afrinnovator is a venture to put Africa on the
map by publishing about African innovation,
technology, and start-ups
Kaigwa is also a partner at African Digital Art
which is the leading resource for creative
design, photography and animation from Africa
Afrinnovator is selected by CNN as one of the Top
African Voices to follow
In 2007 he led creative direction of video game
for Warner Brothers titled Pamoja Mtaani
Also an Actor and director of live action films
He is the African Ambassador for the Sandbox
Network

11
Ashley Uys, 30, South Africa

Uys completed his B.Sc honours degree in
Biotechnology and a MAP certificate from Wits
University
Uys started Real World Diagnostics to develop
products which are affordable for people who need
them
Reliable and affordable medical kit is one way to
a more promising and healthy future in Africa
He is recognised and appreciated for his efforts
in the field of healthcare
He won the Breweries Innovation Award and was
selected among Africas Best Young Entrepreneurs
by Forbes
Even today he continues to research on ways to
develop new products
Uys is a great believer of giving back to the
society
Along with Real World Diagnostics, he is also the
Managing Director of Medical Diagnostech and
Oculus ID