4 out of 40.
Out of the 40 young entrepreneurs selected as 2026 Anzisha Fellows from across the African continent, four are SINA (specifically 3 from Jangu International, the first SINA Community in Mpigi, Uganda and one from Kiira Innovation Academy in Nyenga, Uganda).
Congratulations to:
Patrick Ndungutse Musisi of Maripat Food Solutions, which works to reduce fruit waste and stabilize farmer incomes through food value chain solutions.
Malole Shaluwa of Nimiro Innovations Ltd, which develops affordable, eco-friendly crop pest solutions to protect smallholder farmers without harming soil or health.
Sebagala Richard of Ayila Insect Repellents Co. Limited, which addresses preventable insect-borne diseases through locally relevant insect repellent products, turning a personal loss into a public health response.
Sharifah Kakwezi of Rein Fresh Roots, which is turning post-harvest fruit losses into valuable food products.
Anzisha supports Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs, aged 15 to 22, through a two-year venture-building fellowship with coaching, learning, networks, stipends, and prize support. The 2026 cohort brings together founders from 15 countries working on food systems, health, circular economy, education, renewable energy, technology, and other urgent challenges.
This recognition says something about what happens when young people are trusted with real responsibility. At SINA, scholars do not only learn entrepreneurship in theory. They run parts of their own community. They learn by doing the accounting, outreach, facilitation, logistics, customer discovery, budgeting, conflict resolution, and the hard daily work of turning an idea into something people can use and benefit from.
The SINA Framework does not graduate scholars with a certificate and a hope that someone will employ them. Young people create their own social enterprises from the problems they know closely.
Congratulations also to Jangu International for consistently enabling young social entrepreneurs to address some of Africa’s pressing challenges through business approaches. Patrick, Shaluwa, and Richard now join eight previous Anzisha Fellows from Jangu International, bringing the total to 11. The previous fellows include Joan Rukundo Nalubega, Birungi Saudah, Nabuuma Grace, Nassolo Suzan, Jackline Birungi, Jesca Nayebare, Nakibuule Sarah, and Asaph Ankunda.
This growing track record is one reason Anzisha has invited SINA and Jangu International to Johannesburg this August to share our experience at the African Leadership Festival, bringing together Anzisha, Africa Careers Network, and the African Leadership Academy from 4 to 6 August. SINA will contribute a session on what we are learning from youth-led social entrepreneurship, self-organization, and the SINA Framework.
We are proud of the ecosystem around them: the trainers, coaches, mentors, peers, difficult feedback, failed attempts, late evenings, and the daily practice of responsibility that keeps giving young people the space to become active drivers of their own future.
Read more at: https://magazine.thenextafrica.com/anzisha-prize-names-40-fellows-aged-15-to-22-from-across-the-continent/