Sahara Group Foundation Empowers Young African Social Innovators

Sahara Group Foundation, the corporate social sustainability vehicle for Sahara Group, continues its unwavering commitment to support young African social innovators and entrepreneurs. This commitment was underscored by the provision of seed funding to ten outstanding Fellows from its Sahara Impact Fund (SIF) Fellowship programme.

The Sahara Impact Fund Fellowship programme, a social initiative in partnership with LEAP Africa and Impact Amplifier, was established to empower young African social innovators whose enterprises are dedicated to improving access to clean energy and sustainable environments across the continent.

During the programme’s closing ceremony, the Director, Sahara Group Foundation, Ejiro Gray, commended the Fellows for their remarkable dedication and resilience throughout the program.

She emphasized that “the Sahara Impact Fund Fellowship Programme was established to bolster Africa’s development by identifying and empowering young, creative social innovators working to create sustainable environments and bridge the energy gap in Africa.”

Ejiro Gray congratulated all twenty Fellows for their program completion and urged them to apply the knowledge and experiences gained to deliver lasting impact across Africa through their businesses.

The top ten recipients of this year’s seed funding from West Africa include: Paul Nnaluo, Founder, Gas Monkey (Nigeria); Kehinde Fashola, Founder, Fizzle Power Tech Limited (Nigeria); Muideen Adegoke, Founder, DigitAgric Integrated Limited (Nigeria).

Also speaking at the event, the Executive Director, LEAP Africa, Kehinde Ayeni, congratulated the Fellows for their successful programme completion.

In his remarks on behalf of the graduating Fellows, Paul Nnaluo thanked Sahara Group Foundation and LEAP Africa for this inspiring learning experience.