02/09/2025
GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize LIVE pitch competition today!
__Next year, will it be you? Congratulations to all and thanks to our judges.
Today is the day for our young entrepreneurs to LIVE on stage to win $160,000 in grant prize money in this year's GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize at The Africa Food Systems Forum - AGRF in Dakar. It won't be broadcast online but a recording will be available for you to study soon.
Once again, here are this year's Top 13 finalists from across the continent (six men and seven women from 11 African countries):
Guaro Farms – Kidist Amedie (Ethiopia)
ReNile – Hazem Eit Awab (Egypt)
PROPOLINA – Amira Affaf Bellil (Algeria)
Jodoor – Amine Derj (Morocco)
Rada 360 Limited – Musa Mishamo (Tanzania)
P-Vita – Naglaa Mohammad (Egypt)
FRESHPACK TECHNOLOGIES – Editha Mshiu (Tanzania)
DASEC SARL – Daniel Wa Mukina (DR Congo)
PureLube – Fareeda Mustapha (Ghana)
JR Farms Nigeria Limited – Ajibike Olawale (Nigeria)
Faso Elevage – Faïçal Abdoul Wakil Palenfo (Burkina Faso)
KarpoLax – Muyita Samuel (Uganda)
Bio Green Technology – Niza Aritha Zulu (Zambia)
The criteria for selection: 1) Innovation; 2) Market Traction and Potential; 3) Business Model; 4) Social and/or Environmental Impact; and 5) Leadership and Management.
As earlier mentioned, I have never had any involvement with the judging at any stage of the competition.
Our esteemed judges for 2025 are:
Tchegoun Koba – Global Technical Advisor - Youth Employment & Entrepreneurship, SNV
Jane Baldwin – Head of Agrifood Systems, Pan African Programs, MasterCard Foundation
Mashoko Chakanyuka– Head, Youth Employment in Agriculture · AGRA
Theresa Randolph – Country Manager, Yara Ghana
Tolbert Mucheri – Head of Impact Measurement and IT, HigherLife Foundation
Bonolo Monthe - Our first GoGettaz female Agripreneur Prize winner from Botswana 2019, Founder Maungo Craft
After listening to the pitches and discussing amongst themselves, the six judges will select one man and one woman to be this year's $USD50,000 grand prize winners, as well as four GoGettaz Impact Award winners who will share US$60,000 in grant prizes to grow their businesses.
All GoGettaz finalists will also get ongoing access to a network of GoGettaz alum across the continent and the world, and other support and training opportunities made available through AGRA and Generation Africa.
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