THEY made Forbes’ list of ‘30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs in Africa 2018’. The publication says that list comprises “some of the most exceptional young innovators and disruptors in African business today.”
It says: “(they) keep moving the needle. They are taking more risks than ever before and building phenomenal businesses that are tackling problems and creating lots of jobs in the process.”
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According to the publication, these young entrepreneurs “are impatient to change Africa. Together, they represent the entrepreneurial, innovative and intellectual best of their generation.”
Founder, Krystal Digital
Temitope Ogunsemo, 33, is the founder of Krystal Digital, a fast-growing educational technology company that specializes in the creation, development and deployment of customized and service-oriented software applications for educational institutions in Nigeria. Founded in 2010 in Lagos, Krystal Digital’s flagship service, MySkool Portal, a web-based application for School Information Management System designed for proper storage and documentation of school data, has been adopted by more than 50 government-owned high schools in Nigeria, and has more than 65,000 active student users. Krystal Digital now has more than 150 employees and annual revenues of more than $3 million.
Founder Falgates
Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed Falalu, 27, is the founder of Falgates, a company that farms and mills rice.
Falgates owns a rice milling facility that has a capacity of 15 tons per day and has a rice farm that employs more 180 people in Kaduna State in northern Nigeria.
The company had revenues of $400,000 in 2017.
Etop Ikpe is the founder of Cars45, Nigeria’s foremost auto auctioning and car buying service. In May last year, Cars45 raised a $5 million Series A round from the Frontier Cars Group.
Ikpe is a veteran entrepreneur with experience in transport, automobiles, mobile communications technology, and marketing.
Etop was previously the Commercial Director of Konga, one of Nigeria’s largest e-commerce platforms, and formerly the CEO and Co-MD of DealDey, West Africa’s answer to Groupon.
Co-founder, Jetvan
Oluwatobi Ajayi, 30, is a co-founder and CEO of Jetvan Automobiles Limited, the largest authorized dealer of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter in Nigeria.
He started his career at Mercedes-Benz Nigeria where he became the Head of division (Commercial vans) at 24.
In 2015, he pulled together a group of investors and founded Jetvan which sells more than 500 vehicles every year.
Founder, Fibre
Obinna Okwodu, a 27-year-old MIT grad and ex-Morgan Stanley Investment Bank analyst, is the founder of Fibre, a real estate booking start-up in Lagos that allows middle-income tenants the option to pay monthly.
Renting residential real estate in Lagos could be a hassle. Not only are houses overpriced, Landlords typically demand potential tenants to pay up to 24 months years rent upfront.
As a result, Fibre is growing fast and is gaining popularity with many middle-income earners in Lagos.
Founder, Edutech and BAU Executive Education
Education entrepreneur, Gossy Ukanwoke, 30, is the founder of BAU Executive Education which provides Executive Education Programmes to professionals, executives and graduates looking to develop business and leadership skills online and on-campus.
His holding company, BAU R&D has completed investments in two Nigerian traditional Universities.
He is also the President of EduTech Nigeria, an tech company that works with universities to automate the online student lifecycle from recruitment to graduation by helping African traditional universities take their on-campus degree programs online through the implementation of the best of technology, process management, recruitment, admissions and advisory.
Founder, BWL Agency
Ronke Bamisedun, 30, is the founder of BWL Agency, a leading boutique public relations agency based in Lagos, Nigeria.
BWL Agency has advised multinational companies such as Pandora, Moet Hennessy, Pernod Ricard and Universal Music Group as well as many non-government organizations.
BWL Agency is also the exclusive affiliate for Grayling in Nigeria.
Founder, Verdant Agri-Tech
Yammama is the founder of Verdant, an AgriTech value chain company that seeks to support rural crop farmers for improved food production using mobile phones.
The company offers mobile agricultural extension, market information, managerial support, and access to financial services to smallholder farmers.
Founder, Jetseta
Nigerian-born entrepreneur, Harold Okwa, 30, is the founder of Vestates, a luxury real estate agency based in Abuja.
He is also the founder of Jetseta, a company that provides easy and affordable access to private air travel and helicopter shuttle services through a mobile app that seamlessly connects travelers to private aviation providers at attractive fares worldwide, on the go.
Credits: Forbes
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