Honoring Tomorrow's Billionaires Today

The fifth annual FORBES AFRICA 2019 30 Under 30 list was unveiled at the soldout FORBES AFRICA Under 30 Meet-Up in Johannesburg on June 28, celebrating 120 of Africa’s brightest entrepreneurs under the age of 30 across four categories – Business, Technology, Creatives and Sports.

- Gypseenia Lion

The second inaugural FORBES AFRICA Under 30 Meet-Up on June 28, held at The Houghton Hotel in the heart of Sandton, Johannesburg, was a resounding success.

The event unveiled the July issue of FORBES AFRICA, featuring the coveted fifth annual 30 Under 30 watch-list, to a packed ballroom of over 500 entrepreneurs and Under-30 list-makers from across Africa. Both the event and list were trending on social media all day.

Selfies and congratulatory messages poured into timelines even as the event recognized the finalists under the age of 30 in each of the four categories – Business, Technology, Creatives and Sports.

Sports was the newest category added this year, taking the total number of finalists to 120, up from 90 last year.

On this cold June Friday morning, the hotel’s plush foyer filled with the leaders of business dressed in warm formal winter attire and grouped together in earnest conversations.