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The Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur (BMCE) Bank of Africa (BoA) has announced the winners of the second edition of the African Entrepreneurship Award, which allocates annually $1 million, to include two Nigerian winners.
The award ceremony, chaired by President Othman Benjelloun, was held on Monday December 5th to compensate the most significant and sustainable businesses in the award’s three categories: education, environment and uncharted.
Among the 37 finalists who participated to the Boot Camp held in Casablanca, Morocco from November 30 to December 3rd, 2016, 11 winners were selected by a presidential jury.
The list of the 11 winners is as follows:
First Place: $150,000
- Environment: Mahmud Johnson – Liberia – “Oil Palm products”
- Education: Jennifer Shigoli – Tanzania – “Reusable Sanitary Pads”
- Uncharted: Abdeladim Moumen – Morocco – “Molecular diagnostic kit for detection of diseases”
Second Place: $100,000
- Environment: Ernie Aylward – South Africa “Electric mini-cabs”
- Education: Abideen Adelu – Nigeria – “Mobile application for students”
- Uncharted: Joyce Kyalema – Uganda – “Pumpkin food”
Pioneer Awards: $50,000
- Frederico Peres da Silva – Mozambique – “Connect blue-collar, informal workers to customers”
- Achiri Nji – Cameroon – “Live status updates on road conditions”
- Benti Gelalcha – Ethiopia – “Veterinary Ambulatory Clinical Services”
- Murtula Sanni – Nigeria – “Online platform for skilled workers”
- Omar Kadiri – Morocco – “Free phone credit”
The African Entrepreneurship Award has been announced in November 2014, in Marrakesh, by Chairman Othman Benjelloun at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, in order to promote entrepreneurship and to inspire entrepreneurs to launch and scale up businesses, create jobs and improve lives in Africa.