Young Achievers

Thessalonika Arzu Embry, boasts of an IQ of 199. Homeschooled and started college at 11, got her bachelor’s in psychology at 14, and at age 16 she had...

Kobina Ackon, popularly known as Wode Maya, is Ghana’s first YouTuber to hit over a million subscribers. His channel creating positive African content has won him followers and...

Dreams do come true, and Nicolas Dlamini is proof. The 25-year-old makes his debut on cycling’s biggest stage, Tour de France, as the first Black South African to...

Meet Troy and Jarrell Johnson, two brothers born and raised in Tooting. They are the founders of Juici Jerk, a food business that sells home-cooked food. The two...

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought many lessons and challenges for entrepreneurs. For Abubakar Sadiq Falalu, the health crisis has helped affirm one thing: he is in the right...

A 26-year-old from Ivory Coast has won the 2020 Royal Academy of Engineering's Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Charlette N'Guessan is the first woman to win the award, which...

Born on February 23, 1997, Maame Esi Swatson, a product of University of Ghana Basic School, Ghana Christian High School and Mach1 Aviation Academy became the youngest female commercial pilot...

ULesson, an edtech startup based in Nigeria that sells digital curriculum to students through SD cards, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding. The round is led...

Young O’Plerou Grebet from Ivory Coast –West Africa is creating emojis that reflect the African culture to ensure that people of African descent are not left out of...

Bathu is a South African footwear brand started by entrepreneur Theo Baloyi. Sven Hugo talks to Baloyi about how he grew the business from an idea to selling 15,000 pairs...