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Our Story
The Boma Prize for Africa has built a pan-African entrepreneurship and empowerment ecosystem across Africa. With four programme pillars, a growing diaspora presence in the United States, have provided a platform for small business owners, startups, and young entrepreneurs to bring their dreams to fruition through capacity building for business scale up, institutional funding and sustainability.
We have successfully trained 2,400 entrepreneurs across 34 African Countries ( Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) with ripple effects across different countries to improve livelihood.
These training included a virtual and in person pitch contest showcasing innovative ideas; capped with the Boma Prize for Africa Award to support businesses amounting to a total of 20,000 USD. This initiative has resulted in job creation, improved livelihood and development across the communities of beneficiaries.
Building on our impact, we have restructured to accommodate more sustainable initiatives through our Program areas
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Together we can foster sustainable development on the African Continent.
Let’s make the SDGs a reality across Africa. Our gift to posterity!
We are leading the largest social impact movement on the African Continent. Our projects are developed on the foundations of the SDGs goals.
Poverty Alleviation
Empowering farmers across Africa with knowledge and resources to farm and scale food production.
Zero Hunger
Providing free food pantries and affordable food supplies through farmers markets across Africa.
Good Health & Well-being
Providing health education and resources in maternal health, children vaccines and protection against malaria across Africa
Quality Education
Providing school supplies and scholarships to students across Africa
Clean Water & Sanitation
Providing Clean water and sanitation for underserved communities across Africa.
Decent Work & Economic Growth
Providing business grants to micro, small and medium enterprises across Africa.
Climate Action
Empowering communities who are victims of oil spills, environmental degradation, air, and water pollution in the oil producing regions in Nigeria and Africa.oil-producing
Celebrating the Potential in Africa
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Our yearly competition challenges small businesses, entrepreneurs, and startups to show the viability and scalability of their businesses.
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Testimonials
Winning the Boma Prize Awards was a defining moment for Anywash App. The training, mentorship and grant support gave us the momentum to transform our vision into a growing technology company for laundry vendors.
Since the program, we have graduated from the Founders Institute Programme and are now
being considered for investment as a Silicon Valley portfolio company. We successfully
launched our beta app on the Google Play Store, thanks to the grant support we received from
Boma Prize for Africa Inc. We also won second place at Omniverse, received a one-year free
workspace voucher from LSETF and secured a ₦1.1 million grant from the AKEM Foundation.
What began as a small laundry business in Abeokuta has evolved into a technology company
serving customers across Lagos and Abuja with ambitions to scale to national and international
markets.
The Boma Prize Awards believed in our vision before it was fully developed and that belief
made all the difference.
Boma Prize 2024 Awardee
Omotola Olaifa
Co-Founder, Anywash Appr
