21. Zareef Minty, 24, South Africa
Founder: ZRF Holdings
ZRF Holdings houses a PR company, a clothing company and a law firm. Roux serving as the defense advocate in the Oscar Pistorius trial.
22. Fred Apaloo, 28, Ghana
Founder: Villa Grace
Villa Grace is a boutique dining company that hosts intimate pop-up brunches. It hosts Accra’s most exclusive and unique dining experiences, selling out tables weeks in advance.
23. Kene Rapu, 28, Nigeria
Founder: Kene Rapu
Rapu’s first product line, ‘Slippers by Kene’, launched in 2011 and uses locally-sourced materials to make slippers and sandals.
24. Jack Mthembu, 27, South Africa
Founder: First One Adventures
First One Adventures is a highly-profitable organization aimed at developing high school learners through life coaching and personal skills development camps. The core focus of the organization is to raise young people to be independent thinkers.
25. Reabetswe Ngwane, 25, South Africa
Co-Founder: KreamFields
The company recycles tyre tubes to make fashionable bag including first-aid kit bags, respiratory bags or masks and seat protectors for the mining and construction industries. The bags cost anything between R500 ($40) to R1,400 ($111).
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