Forty under 40 Africa Award 2026 – YOA

Deadline: October 31, 2026

Applications are open for the Forty under 40 Africa Award 2026. The Forty under 40 Africa Award is to establish, honour and have a good time a cross-part of the continent’s most influential and achieved younger enterprise leaders under the age forty from a variety of industries, who’re dedicated to enterprise development, skilled excellence and neighborhood service and have risen up the ranks of their firms or industries at a comparatively younger age as results of this.

They consider that in placing the highlight on these younger achievers it is not going to solely have a good time them but additionally construct a powerful platform for them by giving a voice and alternatives to the following technology of trade pacesetters whiles constructing a optimistic perspective in our youth to try for excellence at a young age.

Categories

• Agriculture and Agro-Processing
• Architecture/Design & Decor
• Aviation
• Education
• Authorship and Creative Writing
• Banking and Finance
• Beauty and Lifestyle
• Environmental And Climate Sustainability
• Community Development
• Consultancy and Professional Services
• Energy/Oil and Gas
• Event Management / Planning
• Food/Catering and Beverage
• Fashion
• Family enterprise
• Governance and Government Agencies
• Health and wellness
• Human Resource and growth
• Hospitality
• Insurance
• Journalism (Radio / TV / Newspaper)
• Law
• Logistics and Supplies
• Manufacturing
• Media (Digital and Social)
• Music & Entertainment
• Mining and Natural Resources
• Pensions
• Printing / Press and Publishing
• Philanthropy and Charity
• Real Estate Development / Construction
• Marketing And Communications
• Science, Technology and Innovation
• Safety and safety
• Sports
• Shipping and Maritime
• Theatre and Arts
• Transport / Automobile
• Social Enterprise
• Telecom and Mobile / Software Development

Eligibility

• Nominees have to be a citizen of any of the 55 African nations, dwelling on the continent or within the Diaspora.
  Must be nominated by another person aside from the proposed award recipient
• Nominees with repeat submissions could have no benefit over these with one nomination. The choice course of shouldn’t be swayed by the variety of nominations a person receives.
• Nominations can’t be nameless and letters of advice, Social Security, and Company Tax Documents could also be required.
• Nominee should nonetheless be under the age of 40 or 40 within the 12 months of the occasion.
• Nominee have to be an Entrepreneur, Shareholder, Founder, or Co-Founder of an organization.

Application

Before you begin, have these prepared as PDFs — you’ll want them in part 4:

• A passport copy and knowledgeable portrait of the nominee
• Company registration paperwork
• A monetary assertion*
• Any awards, media protection or proof of their work

Click here to nominate

For extra data, go to Forty under 40 Africa Award.