Forbes Africa has released the 2019 edition of its annual #25Under30 List
of exceptional young Africans contributing positively to the development of
Africa.
This year’s list has individuals doing great in business,
technology, creatives, and sport. Out of the 120 people who appear on the list,
25 are Nigerians.
There are 8 Nigerians in the business category, 1 in the sport
category, while there are 4 and 12 in the creatives and technology categories
respectively.
Below is the list of individuals who made the list.
Business
Category
1. Adeniyi Omotayo, 28, Founder and CEO, Betensured Group
Betensured is a sports betting company with over one million
registered users from 70 countries. It which was founded in 2015.
2. Ogechukwu Anugo-Obah, 28, Founder and
CEO, BodyLikeMilk
BodyLikeMilk is a skincare/cosmetics brand.
3. Ijeoma Balogun, 29, Founder and
Managing Director, RedrickPR
Ijeoma is the founder of RedrickPR, a company that specializes
in designing and executing strategic integrated campaigns, to support
enterprises and startups. She founded it in 2012.
4. Bright Jaja, 29, Founder, iCreate
Africa
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| Bright Jaja |
iCreate Africa is a skill acquisition company set up to help
improve the skills of young Africans who cannot afford formal education.
5. Henrich Akomolafe, 26, Co-founder and Managing
Director, Akotex Nigeria Limited
Akotex is an elevator manufacturing company.
6. Oginni Tolulope, 29, Founder and CEO, Transfurd
Limited
Transfurd is an agricultural company which focuses on
agricultural development, management service, farm set up, farmland leasing and
sales.
7. Barbara Okereke, 28, Founder and Managing
Director, Oven Secret Limited
Barbara is a cake designer who started her cake baking business
in Port Harcourt in 2015.
8. Jessica Anuna, 27, Founder and CEO, Klasha
Klasha is a platform for fast fashion retailers in Africa. It
allows fashion buyers to buy items with the South African rand, Nigeria naira,
Kenyan shillings, Ghanaian cedi, and three other international currencies, with
a delivery time of one to five days.
9. Charles Edosomwan, 29, Founder and Chief
Strategist, TekSight Edge Limited
TekSight Edge Ltd is a technology PR firm in Lagos, Nigeria,
founded in 2014.
10. Adetola Nola, 28, Founder and CEO, Veritasi
Property Limited
Veritasi Property Limited is a real estate company in Nigeria
with over 12,000 real estate consultants.
Sport Category
11. Alex Iwobi, 23, Arsenal
FC
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| Alex Iwobi |
The Lagos-born Footballer has been listed as one of the Africans
who are taking sports to another level. Alex Iwobi is the only Nigerian listed
in the sports category.
Technology
Category
12. Evans Akanno, 29, CEO, Cregital
Credigital is a creative and digital platform for African
startups. It helps with company designs and websites and was established in
2015.
13. Fred Oyetayo, 25, Nigeria Founder and
CEO, Fresible
Fresible is an enterprise that provides services such as website
development, software development, digital marketing, and events management.
14. Damilola Olokesusi, 29, Co-founder and
CEO, Shuttlers Logistics Company
Shuttlers Logistics Company is a transportation company that
uses web and mobile app technology to enable users book trips along fixed
routes at 60%-80% less than ride-hailing services.
15. Chinedu Azodoh, 29, Co-founder and Chief Growth
Officer, Metro Africa Xpress (MAX)
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| Chinedu Azodoh |
Metro Africa Xpress (MAX) is a bike-hailing service that allows
passengers or packages to move around Lagos conveniently with the use of an
app.
16. Josh Okpata, 27 and Tochukwu Mbanugo, 29,
Founders, Eazyhire
Eazyhire is a digital peer-to-peer sharing platform that enables
individuals and businesses to rent items.
17. Muhammad Salisu Abdullahi, 28, Nigeria, Co-founder
and Managing Director, eTrash2Cash
eTrash2Cash was founded in 2016 as social enterprise business
which uses technology to exchange e-waste for money.
18. Silas Adekunle, 26, Nigeria, CEO and
Co-Founder, Reach Robotics
Reach Robotics is a brand that specialises in reality gaming
robot. In 2017, it launched the world’s first AR gaming robot that secured $7.5
million in investments.
19. Joshua
Chibueze, 26, Somto Ifezue, 28, and Odunayo Eweniyi, 26, Founders, PiggyVest
PiggyVest is a financial technology platform for online savings
and investing, helping youth to improve their saving culture.
20. Uka Eje, 29, Co-founder and CEO, Thrive
Agric
Thrive Agric is an agricultural technology-enabled company that
works with smallholder farmers in Nigeria to give them access to finance.
21. Chika Madubuko, 27, Co-founder and
CEO, Greymate Care
Greymate Care is a digital platform that connects patients to an
insured and professional caregiver at every time and hour of the day.
Creatives
Category
22. Richard Akuson, 26, Founder, A
Nasty Boy
A Nasty Boy is a magazine that
serves as a fashion platform, celebrating alternative and creative ideas, forms
of expression and lifestyles, particularly in the LGBTQ+ community.
23. Burna Boy, 28, Musician
Burna Boy (Damini Ogulu) is a Nigerian musician that rose to
fame in 2012 after he released his first single Like to Party.
24. Helen Chukwu, 25, Founder and CEO, Helen
Couture
Helen Couture is a clothing
brand which has operations in Nigeria, London and Dubai.
25. Abisola Akintunde, 28, Founder and
Creative Director, MakeupbyAshabee and Beelashes
MakeupbyAshabee and Beelashes is a makeup and beauty brand that
focuses on beauty and beautification.
credit: https://www.forbes.com/
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