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Young AI Innovator (Under 30)

Honouring African innovators under 30 who are building, researching or applying AI to solve real-world problems.

Accepting Nominations 122 nominees
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Eugene Mutembei 🇰🇪

Eugene Mutembei

Kenya · Developing machine learning infrastructure focused on transferable skills to combat youth unemployment in East Africa.
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Raphael Kamau 🇰🇪

Raphael Kamau

Founder, AI Glide
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Darlington Ahiale Akogo

Darlington Ahiale Akogo

Founder & CEO, minoHealth AI Labs | Age: 29 — Ghana
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Saheed Ayanniyi

Saheed Ayanniyi

AI Engineer & Founder, YarnGPT | Age: Under 30 — Nigeria
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Chido Dzinotyiweyi

Chido Dzinotyiweyi

Co-Founder & CEO, Vambo AI | Age: Under 30 — Zimbabwe
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Brian Savatia (Terp 360)

Brian Savatia (Terp 360)

Founder, Terp 360 | Age: Under 30 — Kenya
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Divine Igbinedion

Tech Entrepreneur & Founder, CodeRite Africa | Age: Under 30 — Nigeria
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Victor Kariuki Wanja 🇰🇪

Victor Kariuki Wanja

Founder & CEO, Victor Wanja Innovations Hub — AuraLearn
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Judy Njogu-Mokaya 🇰🇪

Judy Njogu-Mokaya

Co-Founder, VunaPay
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Rose Kimu

Rose Kimu

AI Researcher & Youth Advocate, CMU-Africa; Contributor, Africa's AI Future Initiative
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Tejumade Afonja

Tejumade Afonja

Co-Founder, AI Saturdays Lagos (AI6); PhD Researcher, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
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Raesetje Sefala

Raesetje Sefala

AI Researcher, DSFSI — University of Pretoria / Deep Learning Indaba contributor
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Mulenga Kapwepwe

Mulenga Kapwepwe

Young AI Innovator — Presidential African Youth in AI & Robotics Competition Participant 2025
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Solomon Brian ("Shilling Shilingi")

Kenya · Engineering culturally fluent AI conversational platforms that natively bridge English, Swahili, and Nairobi Sheng.
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Tom Kinyanjui Njoroge 🇰🇪

Tom Kinyanjui Njoroge

Kenya · Scaling Edge AI computer vision to deliver rapid, low-cost medical imaging diagnostics to under-resourced hospitals.
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Loise Mwarangu 🇰🇪

Loise Mwarangu

Kenya · Leading research and developer training for culturally-inclusive Natural Language Processing (NLP) models in local dialects.
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Stephen Mwanduka 🇰🇪

Stephen Mwanduka

Kenya · Driving grassroots AI literacy and youth robotics inclusion across East Africa through screen-free computational tools.
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Elly Savatia 🇰🇪

Elly Savatia

Kenya · Using AI to make communication accessible for the deaf community.
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Esther Wanjiru Kimani 🇰🇪

Esther Wanjiru Kimani

Kenya · Using AI to protect crops and improve food security.
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Morgan Gicheha 🇰🇪

Morgan Gicheha

Kenya · Bringing AI to every phone, even without internet.
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Paul Theceri 🇰🇪

Paul Theceri

Kenya · Democratizing AI access for underserved communities.
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Sammy Ekaran 🇰🇪

Sammy Ekaran

Kenya · Building African generative AI solutions for content creation.
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Kaleb Gwalugano 🇹🇿

Kaleb Gwalugano

Tanzania · Building Swahili-first AI infrastructure for Africa.
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Gloriana Monko 🇹🇿

Gloriana Monko

Tanzania · Advancing African language AI through world-class NLP research.
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