Forbes Under 30: Tems, Ayra Starr, Khloe Listed Among Most Innovative Africans
Seven Nigerians appeared on the list of Forbes’s 30 Under 30 recent self-made young African innovators.
On Monday, April 3, the international magazine, Forbes released the names of 30 young individuals who are influencing and advocating for change across Africa.
Forbes is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family, with a particular focus on business, technology, communications, science, politics, and law.
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The 2023 thirty young African innovators’ names were published on the Forbes site on Monday.
The list contains 11 South Africans, two Rwandans, Tanzanians and Ghanaians each, and one each from Botswana, Namibia, Cameroon, Lesotho, Mauritius and Kenya.
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Among the Nigerians are award-winning singer Temilade Openiyi, known professionally as Tems, Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, better known as Ayra Starr, reality TV star Abiri Oluwabusayo, known as Khloe, football star Asisat Oshoala, tech entrepreneurs Hansel and Germain Ndu Okeke, and business innovator Blessing Joel Abeng.
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Forbes Discloses How Nigerian Reality Star, Khloe Started Her Business
Speaking during a conversation with Forbes, Khloe revealed how she started her business.
She mentioned that her business is primarily about making women feel comfortable in their own skin.
Speaking, the Nigerian reality star had this to say, “This is a business that started with two things.
“$150 and resilience!”
“I call myself the jack of all trades and muscle [to mean strength] of everything,” Oluwabusayo Victoria Abiri says to FORBES AFRICA.
“My business is all about making sure that all black women feel comfortable in their own skin.”
Abiri’s energy came through in her bright dress at the FORBES AFRICA 30 Under 30 photo shoot in Johannesburg.
She went forward to say, “I started Koko By Khloe Beauty as a response to limited quality skincare products in Africa. Unfortunately, there [are too many] hazardous skincare products in the African market.
I wanted to go against the status quo and launch a cosmetics line that embraces different skin types and shades, providing them with well-trusted and patented products that nourish and promote healthy glowing skin.”
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