Forbes released its annual list of young African Millionaires to watch out for this year. Not surprisingly, 2 Nigerians; luxury designer Alexander Amosun and Sim Shagaya made it on the list sitting at positions 2 and 4 respectively. Find the full list below and continue to read what Forbes had to say about them.
1) Ally Edha Awadh,Tanzania
Age: 32
Source: Energy distribution & transportation
2) Alexander Amosu,Nigeria
Age: 38
Source: Luxury Accessories
3) Mohammed Dewji,Tanzania
Age: 39
Source: Manufacturing
4) Sim Shagaya,Nigeria
Age: 38
Source: E-Commerce
5) Dennis Makori,Kenya
Age: 34
Source: Telecom Services
6) Adii Pienaar,South Africa
Age: 29
Source: WordPress Themes
7) Colin Thornton, South Africa
Age: 34
Source: Computer Services
8) Mike Macharia, Kenyan
Age: 36
Source: Seven Seas Technologies
9) Ken Njoroge, Kenya
Age: 38
Source: Mobile technology
10) Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu,Ethiopia
Age: 34
Source: Shoes
Alexander Amosun:
He's Africa's foremost high-end luxury designer. He is the founder of Amosu Couture, a company that custom-designs and sells diamond-encrusted mobile phones, iPads, headphones and other accessories. Amosu made his first million at age 24 by informally selling ring-tones to mobile phone subscribers in the United Kingdom.
Buoyed by the success of this venture, he founded RnB ringtones, a company which grossed over $1.5 million in its first year of operations. He sold the company in 2004 for $15 million to a British mobile value added services provider and used the funds to setup Amosu Couture. His wholly-owned Kamson Luxury Group publishes the Nigerian edition of British celebrity magazine, Ok!
Sim Shagaya;
The Harvard MBA and serial entrepreneur is the founder is Konga.co m, Nigeria's largest e-commerce company. Konga, which Shagaya founded in July 2012, has raised more than $38 million from investors such as Kinnevik and South African media giant, Naspers. Prior to founding Konga, Shagaya founded Dealdey, Nigeria's leading group-buying e-commerce site, and E-Motion, an outdoor advertising company.
source: forbes
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