Nadav Ossendryver from Glenhazel has been chosen by Forbes Africa as one of the most promising under 30 entrepreneurs for this year.
Five South Africans have made it onto the Forbes Africa under 30s list of most promising entrepreneurs, with Forbes calling them the billionaires of tomorrow. The five South Africans, along with 25 other young entrepreneurs across the continent, were chosen from a list of 250 potential under 30s.
According to Forbes Africa, its team worked for weeks verifying and investigating the list and favoured entrepreneurs with fresh ideas, taking into account their business size, location, potential, struggles and determination.
The youngest of the five is Ossendryver (19), chief executive officer and founder of Latest Sightings, an online, real-time, wildlife spotting service for visitors to the Kruger National Park. Ossendryver graduated from King David High School Linksfield with six distinctions last year.
According to his Who’s Who profile, Ossendryver, nicknamed Google McDuff, was only 15 when he turned to technology to feed his curiosity for wildlife spotting and established Latest Sightings.
His website uses the concept of crowd sourcing which combines social media such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and BBM groups and a website, together with an iPhone, Windows and Android application to inform Kruger National Park visitors and enthusiasts worldwide where interesting animals and birds have just been spotted.
The Kruger Sightings YouTube Channel is the most watched South African-based channel with more than 315 million views.
“This has been a very long but interesting journey. I think I am more excited about the list a little more than the entrepreneurs. I have become attached to each and everyone of them because the vetting process was so long and I had to talk to them often. I am confident they are the billionaires of tomorrow,” said Forbes Africa’s list editor, Ancillar Mangena.
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