Nigeria Celebrities Tops Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List For 2020 : SEE LIST.


Spread across categories like finance, tech, art, and sports, it features 30 young entrepreneurs in Africa who are innovating their respective industries.

Every year, Forbes Africa releases a list of top 30 under 30 young Africans who are doing amazing things for themselves and for their community.

Here are the Nigerians on this year’s list:

1. Florence Otedola (DJ Cuppy), 27, DJ, Founder, and Director, Red Velvet Music Group
Industry: Entertainment

2. Oluwatosin Ajibade (Mr. Eazi), 28, Musician and Founder, emPawa Africa
Industry: Entertainment

3. Patrick Okorie (Patoranking), 29, Musician
Industry: Entertainment

4. Tracy Batta, 29, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Smoothie Express
Industry: Food and Beverage

5. Olajumoke Oduwole, 29, Founder and CEO and Senior Web Developer, KJK Communication Limited
Industry: Tech/software development

6. Swanky Jerry, 28, Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Swanky Signatures
Industry: Fashion

7. Davies Okeowo, 29, Co-founder and CEO, Enterprise Hill and Competence Africa
Industry: Business Development

8. Maryam Gwadabe, 29, Founder and CEO, Blue Sapphire Hub
Industry: ICT

9. Asisat Oshoala, 25, Footballer
Industry: Sports

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