Before reaching the age of 40, ten African
entrepreneurs are among the top
millionaires in Africa. While in their 20s
and 30s, many of the young entrepreneurs
launched multi-million dollar companies
after dropping out of school, quitting their
jobs, or because Africa was in need of such
business. Both male and female, here are
ten successful young Africans who are
running top businesses in Africa.

Mohammed Dewji, Tanzania, 38
Mohammed Dewji is the CEO and primary
shareholder of one of East Africa’s largest
industrial conglomerates in East Africa
known as Mohammed Enterprise Limited
(METL). Dewji’s father, Gualm Dewji,
founded METL as a trading company.
Gualm passed the torch onto his son who
was responsible for transforming the
conglomerate from a trading house to an
industrial power company. Based on the
company website, the METL Group
represents a business with a diverse
interest in trading, agriculture,
manufacturing, energy and petroleum,
financial services, and other businesses.
The company employs over 20,000
employees and generates an annual
turnover of $2 billion dollars.


Igho Sanomi, Nigeria, 38
Since 2004, Igho Sanomi has been founder
of the Nigerian trading company, the
Taleveras Group. The Taleveras Group
offers solutions in energy, power, and
construction services. Before founding the
Taleveras Group, Sanomi earned his
bachelor’s degree in geology and mining
and rose to the position of Executive
Director with Sarian Oil and Cosmos Oil
AG, an international oil trading company.
As Executive Director, he developed
trading operations and strategic alliances
with a major international oil trading
group in Switzerland. Now as the CEO of
the Taleveras Group, Sanomi turned the
company into an internationally
recognized energy and power
conglomerate that trades more than 100
million casks of oil and several million
heaps of gas, LPG, and jet fuel. The
company has offices in London, Geneva,
Cape Town, Dubai, Ivory Coast, Abuja, and
Lagos.


Quinton van der Burgh, South Africa,
36
Quinton van der Burgh Investments is an
investment holding company founded by
Quinton van der Burgh in 2008. The
company is an investment holding
company vested in coal mining and mining
equipment. Before Quinton van der Burgh
Investments, Van de Burgh headed the
family owned business, Burgh Group
Holdings, and began various other
businesses including Voda-Telle
International. Quinton van der Burgh and
the company have also launched two
reality television shows, Sharp Shooter
which is a South African reality show
featuring the world of photography and
Clifton Shores, an unscripted drama
featuring Van de Burgh about four
American girls who leave the US to live and
work in Clifton Beach, South Africa.


Gerald Wamalwa, Kenya, 38

After quitting his job as a civil engineer,
Gerald Wamalwa pursued his desire to
create his own business and founded
Mellech Engineering and Construction Ltd,
a construction and infrastructure
company focused on building projects,
roads, water, sewage projects, civil
engineering, and infrastructure projects.
Since launching East Africa’s primary
infrastructure and construction company,
he has increased staff from one employee
to over 30 earning a company gross of
over $11 million. Along with Mellech,
Wamalwa owns a Telecommunications
Service Company named ACP Telecoms
Ltd.


Sibongile Sambo, South Africa, 39
SRS Aviation, the first black female owned
aviation company, was founded and is
managed by Sibongile Sambo in 2004. SRS
offers professional and personalized flight
options to destinations all over the world.
It includes VIP Charter, tourist charter, and
helicopter services. At a young age, Sambo
had a desire to work with planes but the
air requirement for an air hostess
prevented her from doing so. However,
her dream to work with planes became a
reality with the passing of the Black
Economic Empowerment Act in 2003. The
passing of the act enabled people with
disadvantaged backgrounds to partake in
the economic world as entrepreneurs.
After her receiving family loans and work
experience, her very own airline company
was born. Now, according to Forbes, SRS is
a great success and makes an annual
revenue of several million dollars.


Khanyi Dhlomo, South Africa, 38
In the year of 2007, Khanyi Dhlomo
founded Ndalo Media, a 50-50 joint
venture with Media 24. Media 24 is the
publishing arm of Africa’s largest media
company known as Naspers and produces
The Africa Channel’s weekly news series,
Africa Journal. At age 20, Dhlomo’s began
her career in television while she was still a
student at the University of Witwatersrand.
She was a news presenter at the television
station owned by the South African
government, SABC. From there she
became an editor for one of the most
popular South African women’s magazines,
True Love. It was then that she founded
Ndalo Media. Ndalo Media produced
several publications including Destiny and
Destiny Man, popular South African
lifestyle magazines, Sawubona, an in-flight
magazine for South Africa Airways, as well
as online publications,
DestinyConnect.com and DestinyMan.com
which have become South Africa’s fastest
growing social networks for entrepreneurs
and businesspeople. Along with her
publications, Dhlomo owns Luminance, a
high end fashion and lifestyle concept
store in South Africa.


Patrick Ngowi, Tanzania, 28
Patrick Ngowi is the founder of Tanzania’s
leading solar brand, Helvetic Solar. Helvetic
Solar supplies, installs, and maintains all
types of solar power and thermal systems
in Tanzania and East Africa. Ngowi’s million
dollar business started with a small loan
from his mother. Ngowi began by selling
Chinese mobile phones. While selling
phones, he discovered Tanzanians craved
any access to stable and reliable electricity.
Helvetic Solar was then created and has
attracted clients such as the United
Nations, World Vision, and the Tanzanian
Army. Ngowi also provides basic lighting
services to the rural poor in Tanzania
through his Light for Life foundation.


Ken Njoroge, Kenya, 37
In 2004, Celluant was founded by Ken
Njoroge and his friend, Goke Akinboro.
Celluant is a mobile commerce company
that manages, delivers, and bills for digital
content and commerce services. Njoroge
had a vision to create Celluant after
quitting his studies in pharmacy opting for
a degree in information systems
management. His vision was to create a
fortune 500 company in Africa, out of
Africa and by Africans. Njoroge did just
that with revenues of over $120 million in
2012. Celluant can be found in eight
African countries with hubs in Kenya,
Nigeria, and Ghana.


Collin Thornton, South Africa, 35
While pursuing a degree in computer
science at the University of Witwatersrand,
Collin Thornton dropped out of school and
began raising funds for what is now the
million dollar computer fixing company,
Dial-A-Nerd. With the help from family and
friends, Thornton raised $1,000 (R5, 000)
to promote his company with flyers and
other promotional materials. From there,
Dial-A-Nerd has grown to be a company of
technicians who can repair, build, upgrade
or even replace PCs at customers’
premises. Dial-A-Nerd earns an annual
revenue of $10 million.


Alan Knott-Craig Jr., South Africa, 36
Based in Stellenbosch, Western Cape South
Africa, World of Avatar is a multi-million
dollar business founded by Alan Knott-
Craig Jr. As the son of the former CEO of
Vodacom, an African mobile
communications company, Knott-Craig Jr.
began first as the CEO of MXit, a social
media company and Africa’s largest social
network. Before Knott-Craig Jr. stepped in,
MXit was struggling and in need of
support, so he gathered nearly $50 million
(R500 million) in funds and bought the
company. Knott-Craig Jr. then founded
World of Avatar, a privately held
investment company interested in
companies that help improve lives and
build communities using mobile devices.
World Avatar acquired MXit that now has
over 20 million users, and also has
invested in other leading businesses.
Forbes. Ten Young African Millionaires to
Watch in 2013. Retrieved from: http://
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OMG...... Been after this along time. Thank God I made it this time.
Back to the topic,

I will join the list soon. My ideas are waiting to explode in the market. #Naija s Gat talent.

Only 1 nigerian

millhouse: Only 1 nigerian

Yes na only 1 naija boy.the rest are busy driving range from one club to d other every night.spending 2million per night to pop chapaign and spray girls.
That is the legacy most wealthy men give their children and most boyz from stinking poor home who hit 'hit" money or jam money suddenly do with their life and time