30 celebrated technopreneurs under 30 who are making Africa proud

Ismail Akwei June 05, 2018

12. Kola Olajide, 26, Nigeria
Co-founder, Bridge Labs

30 celebrated technopreneurs under 30 who are making Africa proud
He co-founded Bridge Labs and has designed solutions in education, marketing, insurance and banking.

 

13. Nneile Nkholise, 29, South Africa
Founder: iMed Tech

30 celebrated technopreneurs under 30 who are making Africa proud
iMed Tech primarily focuses on medical prosthetic and bio-implant design and manufacturing.

 

14. Bamai Namata, 26, Cameroon
Founder, Maibeta

30 celebrated technopreneurs under 30 who are making Africa proud
Maibeta.com is a digital on-demand service platform connecting people to professional technicians for repairs, maintenance and construction jobs.

 

15. Riaz Moola, 26, South Africa
Founder, HyperionDev

30 celebrated technopreneurs under 30 who are making Africa proud
Hyperion is a code-review centric, mentor-led online course platform for coding education. The company sources and trains specialist online code reviewers, from the top 5% tech talent in Africa, allowing them to improve educational outcomes for students around the world.

 

16. Leonard Stiegeler, 29, Nigeria.
Co-founder, Zanda, Jumia & Director Ringer Africa AG.

30 celebrated technopreneurs under 30 who are making Africa proud
In 2011, he co-founded Zando, which then became one of the leading fashion e-commerce companies in South Africa.

He then moved to Nigeria, to co-found Jumia, now a leading general merchandise e-commerce company in Africa, outside of South Africa.

 

17. Kofi Genfi & Nii Osae Osae Dade, 24, Ghana.
Founders, CYST Company Limited.

30 celebrated technopreneurs under 30 who are making Africa proud
This duo founded CYST, a software innovation company that specializes in artificial intelligence to create technology solutions in 2013. CYST has a research arm called CYST Research Institute, which focuses on artificial intelligence-based research and development such as natural language processing.

CYST’s flagship product, Mazzuma, is a mobile money payment system that utilizes distributed secure infrastructure and cryptocurrency to enable seamless payments.

 

18. Jaun Pienaar, 27, South Africa.
Founder, Apex Media.

30 celebrated technopreneurs under 30 who are making Africa proud
He founded Apex Media with the vision of creating a world-class production facility for Africa and offering services including design, website development, video production and photography.

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Last Edited by:Ismail Akwei Updated: June 8, 2018

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