Strive Masiyiwa is a London-based Zimbabwean billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of international technology groups Econet Global and Cassava Technologies.
Jack Ma Yun is a Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate. In addition, Ma is also the co-founder of Yunfeng Capital, a Chinese private equity firm. As of February 2024, with a net worth of $30.1 billion, Ma is the sixth-wealthiest person in China, as well as the 50th wealthiest person in the world, ranked by Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Entrepreneur is an American magazine and website that carries news stories about entrepreneurship, small business management, and business. First published in 1977. it is published by Entrepreneur Media Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California. The magazine publishes 10 issues annually, available through subscription and on newsstands. It has been published under license internationally in Mexico, Russia, India, Hungary, the Philippines, South Africa, and others. Its editor-in-chief is Jason Feifer and its owner is Peter Shea.
Romesh T. Wadhwani is an Indian-American billionaire, businessman and head of investment firm SAIGroup. He is the former chairman and CEO of Symphony Technology Group, a private equity firm for software, Internet and technology services companies. He established the Wadhwani Foundation for economic development in emerging economies, with an initial focus on India. Initiatives in India include the National Entrepreneurship Network.
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is an Africa-wide technology entrepreneur training program, seed fund, and incubator headquartered in Accra, Ghana. The three-phased institution was founded in 2008 to provide training, investment, and mentoring for aspiring technology entrepreneurs with the goal of creating globally successful companies that create wealth and jobs locally in Africa.
Patrick Y-Kin Grove is a Singaporean and Australian tech entrepreneur of mixed heritage.
Christian Ngan is a Cameroonian businessman, entrepreneur, music producer, songwriter and author. He is best known as the founder of Adlyn Holdings and Madlyn Cazalis Group, a cameroonian conglomerate concentrating on designs, manufactures, agribusiness, Finance, Services, Entertainment, and transports natural beauty products that operates mainly in Central and West Africa.
Daniel Gross is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Cue, led artificial intelligence efforts at Apple, served as a partner at Y Combinator, and is a notable technology investor in companies like Uber, Instacart, Figma, GitHub, Airtable, Rippling, CoreWeave, Character.ai, Perplexity.ai, and others.
Jubril Adewale "Wale" Tinubu is a Nigerian business executive and lawyer, who is the group chief executive of Oando PLC.
Rapelang Rabana is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and a keynote speaker. She is currently the Co-CEO of an education technology NGO. Prior to joining Imagine Worldwide, Rapelang was Founder and Chair of Rekindle Learning, a learning technology company; and previously co-founded Yeigo Communications, South Africa's first free VoIP mobile services provider.
Uche Pedro is a Nigerian entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of BellaNaija, a media tech brand known for entertainment and lifestyle content. Under her leadership, BellaNaija's social footprint has grown through its collective brands - BellaNaija.com, BellaNaija Weddings and BellaNaija Style - to be the largest on the African continent with more than 200 million impressions each month.
Phiwa Nkambule is a technology entrepreneur and technology businessperson. He is the co-founder and CEO of FinanceGPT Labs. He previously founded Riovic and Cybatar, and sat on the board of the Royal Science and Technology Park.
Mubarak Muyika, is a Kenyan American business executive, computer programmer and internet entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley. Orphaned at the age of 10, at age 16 Muyika founded Hype Century, a web hosting company which he sold two years later for six figures. He is the founder and CEO of Zagace, a company which runs an app store for businesses to access software for accounting, human resource management, marketing, among other uses.
Forbes 30 Under 30 is a set of lists of 30 notable people under 30 years old in various industries issued annually by Forbes magazine and some of its regional editions. The American lists recognize 600 business and industry figures, with 30 selected in twenty industries each. Asia and Europe also each have ten categories for a total of 300 each, while Africa has a single list of 30 people. Forbes hosts associated conferences and a section of its website called 30 Under 30. The nomination process for Forbes 30 Under 30 is open to the public, and people may nominate themselves or another as long as the nominee is under 30 years of age.
Morgan DeBaun is an African American serial entrepreneur and corporate advisor. She is the Founder and CEO of Blavity Inc., a digital media company for Black culture and millennials.
Ankur Jain is an American entrepreneur and investor who is the founder and CEO of Bilt Rewards, a loyalty company that rewards consumers on rent payments and neighborhood spend. As of 2024, Forbes estimates his net worth at US$1.2 billion.
Affiong Williams is a Nigerian entrepreneur from Cross River State. She is the founder and CEO of Reel Fruit, a Nigerian company that processes and distributes locally grown fruits. She is married to Tayo Oviosu, the CEO of the finance company Paga.
Nthabiseng Mosia is a South African-Ghanaian entrepreneur and co-founder of the Sierra Leone–based solar energy company Easy Solar.
Zareef Minty is a South African lawyer, politician, businessman and television personality.
Abdallah Abu Sheikh is a Jordanian/Emirati businessman, founder of Astra Tech, and CEO of Botim.
