BY GABS
Forbes has released its 2020 edition of ‘Forbes Africa Under 30’ list and as expected, Nigerians dominated the list.
Forbes Africa under 30 celebrates African entrepreneurs who are under the age of 30 and impacting their respective industries positively through creative and innovative ideas. South Africa and Botswana were relatively represented after Nigeria as they had four personalities apiece.
Ghana had three while Uganda had two of its young entrepreneurs on the list. Cameroon, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Sudan and Ivory completed the list with one persons each.
See below
1. Florence Otedola (DJ Cuppy), 27, DJ, Founder and Director, Red Velvet Music Group
Industry: Entertainment
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2. Oluwatosin Ajibade (Mr Eazi), 28, Musician and Founder, emPawa Africa
Industry: Entertainment
3. Patrick Okorie (Patoranking), 29, Musician
Industry: EntertainmentTracy Batta, 29, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Smoothie Express
Industry: Food and Beverage
4. Olajumoke Oduwole, 29, Founder and CEO and Senior Web Developer, KJK Communication Limited
Industry: Tech / software development
5. Swanky Jerry, 28, Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Swanky Signatures
Industry: Fashion
6. Davies Okeowo, 29, Co-founder and CEO, Enterprise Hill and Competence Africa
Industry: Business Development
7. Maryam Gwadabe, 29, Founder and CEO, Blue Sapphire Hub
Industry: ICT
8. Asisat Oshoala, 25, Footballer
Industry: Sports
9. Tracy Batta, 29, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Smoothie Express
Industry: Food and Beverage
