Tems, Oshoala, five other Nigerians make Forbes U-30 innovators' list

Seven Nigeria nationals have been included in the Forbes’s 30 Under 30 newest self-made young African innovators.

The seven names included among thirty other African innovators were published on the Forbes site on Monday.

Among the U-30s African innovators are 11 South Africans, two Rwandans, Tanzanians and Ghanaians each, and one each from Botswana, Namibia, Cameroon, Lesotho, Mauritius and Kenya.

Making the cut for  Nigerian are award-winning singer Temilade Openiyi, known professionally as Tems, Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, better known as Ayra Starr, reality TV star Abiri Oluwabusayo, known as Khloe, football star Asisat Oshoala, tech entrepreneurs Hansel and Germain Ndu Okeke, and business innovator Blessing Joel Abeng.

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