Forbes' 30 Under 30 For 2020: Nigeria Tops List
chuks oti
Apr 07, 2020
Spread across categories like finance, tech, art, and sports, it features 30 young entrepreneurs in Africa who are innovating their respective industries.
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Every year, Forbes Africa releases a list of top 30 under 30 young Africans who are doing amazing things for themselves and for their community.
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This year wasn't any different and the publication released names of 30 Africans sourced from four categories featuring 30 in each: Business, Technology, Creatives and Sports.
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Nigeria makes up the majority of honorees in the list, shedding light on the entrepreneurial and can-do spirit of the young people in the country.
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South Africa and Botswana had four of their young entrepreneurs on the list. Ghana had three young people while Uganda had two of its young entrepreneurs on the list.
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Cameroon, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Sudan and Ivory had one young entrepreneur making the list.
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Here are the Nigerians on this year's list:
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
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3. Patrick Okorie (Patoranking), 29, Musician
Industry: Entertainment
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4. Tracy Batta, 29, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Smoothie Express
Industry: Food and Beverage
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5. Olajumoke Oduwole, 29, Founder and CEO and Senior Web Developer, KJK Communication Limited
Industry: Tech / software development
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6. Swanky Jerry, 28, Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Swanky Signatures
Industry: Fashion
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7. Davies Okeowo, 29, Co-founder and CEO, Enterprise Hill and Competence Africa
Industry: Business Development
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8. Maryam Gwadabe, 29, Founder and CEO, Blue Sapphire Hub
Industry: ICT
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9. Asisat Oshoala, 25,Footballer
Industry: Sports
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