

Africa's Business Heroes (ABH) has selected 20 entrepreneurs for its 2026 Semi-Final in Nairobi, Kenya, on 21–22 August.
The entrepreneurs were chosen from an expanded Top 100 cohort drawn from more than 24,000 applications across all 54 African countries.
Their businesses generated approximately US$85 million in combined revenue in 2025.
The cohort represents 12 countries and 11 sectors, including agritech, healthcare, manufacturing, climate technology, financial services, education, energy and enterprise software. Eight of the 20 entrepreneurs are women.
The 2026 Top 20 are:
✅ Farah Emara — Co-Founder, FreshSource (Egypt)
✅ Nour El-Assal — CEO, Tagaddod (Egypt)
✅ Salma Tammam — Founder & CEO, Reme-D.Inc (Egypt)
✅ Ahmed Shaaban — CEO, Simplex CNC (Egypt)
✅ Affiong Williams of ReelFruit (Nigeria)
✅ Kelvin Umechukwu — CEO, Bumpa (Nigeria)
✅ Ikechukwu Anoke of Zuri Health Ltd (Kenya)
✅ Naom Monari — BENA CARE LTD☑️ (Kenya)
✅ Joseph Mungai — CEO, AceleAfrica Limited (Kenya)
✅ Louisa Gathecha, ACIM — Bottle Logistics East Africa Limited (Kenya)
✅ Meriem BENABAD — Founder, Z.SYS INC (Morocco)
✅ Nidal Tafah — CEO, MIRRIAH (Morocco)
✅ Samson Fentaye — Thur Biotech Manufacturing Plc (Ethiopia)
✅ Jess Roussos — BluLever Education Pty Ltd (South Africa)
✅ David Kamugundu — eFiche Ltd (Rwanda)
✅ Joseph Paul, MD — Dawa Mkononi (Tanzania)
✅ zodome gildas — Bio Phyto (Benin)
✅ Appessika Adanin Koffi — Green Agro Valley (Côte d’Ivoire)
✅ Hagasata RAKOTOSON — Solidis S.A (Madagascar)
✅ Rodney Kofi Kyei — Crux Global Limited (Ghana)
The entrepreneurs will pitch before a panel comprising Kome Oruade-Etim of Acumen Angels, Wandia Gichuru of Vivo Fashion Group, Thomas Njeru of Pula Advisors and Jason Pau of the Jack Ma Foundation.
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15 August 2026 à 07h26
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