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Spread across categories like finance, tech, art, and sports, it features 30 young entrepreneurs in Africa who are innovating their respective industries.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cameroon, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Sudan and Ivory had one young entrepreneur making the list.

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

2. Oluwatosin Ajibade (Mr Eazi), 28, Musician and Founder, emPawa Africa
Industry: Entertainment

3. Patrick Okorie (Patoranking), 29, Musician
Industry: Entertainment

4. Tracy Batta, 29, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Smoothie Express
Industry: Food and Beverage

5. Olajumoke Oduwole, 29, Founder and CEO and Senior Web Developer, KJK Communication Limited
Industry: Tech / software development

6. Swanky Jerry, 28, Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Swanky Signatures
Industry: Fashion

7. Davies Okeowo, 29, Co-founder and CEO, Enterprise Hill and Competence Africa
Industry: Business Development

8. Maryam Gwadabe, 29, Founder and CEO, Blue Sapphire Hub
Industry: ICT

9. Asisat Oshoala, 25,Footballer
Industry: Sports

Source: https://www.pulse.ng/bi/lifestyle/nigeria-tops-forbes-30-under-30-list-for-2020-dj-cuppy-mr-eazi-patoranking-among-the/6n755cs

Make another Invictus Obi no enter the list ooo

Nice one. Nigeria repping the continent.

Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright

Fuckkking list

Who gives a fuckkk about them

Everybody na strong man for him own side

I didn't see my name.... But Why?

How could they omit Invictus Obi? How could they?? A little scandal and they have suddenly forgotten their white knight.


Btw, All Patoranking does is pile up his money, make power moves and stay outta trouble. My type of guy!

Ok

The list is not acceptable. The list was compiled by Yoruba organizers

9 names , 6 yorubas , hmmm

We don’t shout

Yoruba Amaka

I pray to make it there someday

Some na Football age.

Remember Taiye Taiwo?

What about davido
And egbon wizzy

Positive inspiration

K

Waoh

I'm above 30, no wonder my name not on the list

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90 % of list is a joke sha

since they listed Invictus
they should stay away from this list

When will an African Organization create a list of Top 30 Americans under 30 or Top 30 Europeans under 30.

My dear Africans when are we going to rise from the ashes of mediocrity? A continent of almost 2billion people. And the western media is telling you there is only a Top 30.

Africa is too blessed to be limited by a list. We must wake up before it is too late. God bless us all



And to the man that composed the list; President Xi has a gift for you

Superwave:
But if na Igbo full the list your comment go cha.ange to chest beating.

Omg imagine this one quoting me... who made this a tribal issue? You don’t even know my origin. This is shameless to say the list. I pray for your mental liberation as soon as possible

Most of them

Love this

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Anytime I hear under 20, under 30. What always come to mind is invictus Obi. May God help this generation. Nigeria is war.

Good for them... Invictus was here

Hustle now u r young not wen u r old. God shall continually strengthen our youth and grant dem the grace to be more successful.

Nairalanders sef nawa oh una still dey remember Invictus

Space for sale.

Una don start o

So swanky Jerry made the list too? Lol! Forbes head no correct

Congratulations to them shaa but everybody is CEO in his or her house.