Celebrating the 2015 Anzisha Prize finalists in Rivonia

Anzisha Prize is delivered by the African Leadership Academy in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation. Through the Anzisha Prize, the organisers seek to catalyse innovation and entrepreneurship among youth across the continent.

A total of 12 finalists for the 2015 Anzisha Prize were selected from an impressive initial pool of 494 young entrepreneurs, up from 339 applications last year.

Chris Kwekowe (22) from Nigeria, founder of Slatecube which offers a job-relevant skills learning platform and job placement services, impressed the judges and walked away with the grand prize as the overall winner.

Kwekowe founded Slatecube to increase job access for youth through creating a platform on which they can build job-relevant skills and linking them with virtual internship opportunities that enable them to develop experience.

His vision for the venture is to see it grow into a wide-scale provider of relevant job market access, with increasing ability to open doors for job seekers.

“I did not believe that I could have won the prize when the competition started,” he said.

“But I feel confident in what I can achieve now given the capital and training that I have received through the Anzisha Prize. I congratulate all the other finalists as I believe they were all very impressive and look forward to engaging them as we support each other to grow going forward.”

The keynote speaker at the celebratory ceremony was Alex Okosi, pioneer of MTV Networks in Africa, a staunch proponent for a truly African voice for youth.

Applications for the next cycle of the Anzisha Prize will open on 15 February next year.

Details: www.anzishaprize.org or @anzishaprize