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(CNN) -- Africa, where 70% of the population is under the age of 30, is buzzing with business ideas and innovative spirit -- but who are the continent's brightest young entrepreneurs?
The answer was given last
week when 12 young entrepreneurs from all across Africa traveled to
Johannesburg to compete for the annual Anzisha Prize
-- currently in its fourth year, Anzisha Prize is a pan-African award
celebrating entrepreneurs aged 15-22 who've come up with innovative ways
to solve problems in their communities, or have launched successful
businesses in their areas.
Cameroonian Alain Nteff,
22, was named as the grand prize winner of the $25,000 prize for
launching Gifted Mom, a mobile app that helps mothers and health workers
calculate due dates in order to reduce the high newborn and pregnant
women death rates.
South African schoolbag
manufacturer Thato Kgatlhanye was first runner up, receiving a cash
prize of $15,000. Gabriel Kombassere, a 17 year-old farmer from the
Ivory Coast, was awarded $12,500 for coming second runner up.
Click through the gallery above to find out more about the 12 finalists of this year's Anzisha Prize.
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