2023-06-05 07:39:01
They are business leaders, artists, athletes, activists or influencers, the members of this 2023 edition of the 30 African hopefuls under 30 are helping to change the situation. At least that is what Forbes Afrique estimates in this ranking to be discovered in the magazine.
Several criteria governed this selection, including media and internet notoriety, age, sector, background and profile.
The magazine has endeavored to observe strict gender parity, while sweeping the widest possible geographical and professional spectrum, although major trends are returning (digital economy, art and culture, sport, etc.).
The diaspora, a major tool for the expansion of African softpower, also occupies a prominent place in this ranking, “Africa incarnating and realizing itself today “between two shores”, with and in the world. “.
Nevertheless when deciding, “the most important criterion was that of the beneficial impact on the communities and populations of the continent” underlines the magazine.
This is one of the major trends that has emerged from this youth rankings for several years now: African youth think “we” and not “I”; she wants to help her peers, make herself useful, share and transmit.
A guarantee of hope for the Africa of tomorrow, and the interconnected world in which it is part and asserts itself with a little more brilliance every day.
Here are some winners:
– ONS JABEUR, tennis player. TUNISIA
– JULIA DAKA, architect designer, model, curator. MAYOTTE – REUNION
– BOUM III JR , cofounder of the Daba platform. CAMEROON
– VICTOR WEMBANYAMA, professional basketball player. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – FRANCE
– WITHNEY PEAK , actrice mannequin. OUGANDA – CANADA
– AYA NAKAMURA, singer-songwriter. MALI-FRANCE
– KYLIAN MBAPPE, professional footballer. CAMEROON – ALGERIA – FRANCE
– WILLIAM NDJA ELONG, founder and CEO of will & brothers consulting and algo drone holding. CAMEROON
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