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Africa's Business Heroes 2025 grand finale event with judges on stage and a large audience in attendance.

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Africa’s Business Heroes 2025 is open. Win a share of $1.5M grant

by Esther Odedele March 28, 2025

Africa’s Business Heroes 2025 (ABH) is a flagship philanthropic initiative established by the Jack Ma Foundation that seeks to identify,

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ANPI hunts for young African entrepreneurs to win $1.5m in the 2020 Africa’s Business Heroes Competition

by Tosin Aloba April 24, 2020

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition and the show is organised by the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI). The aim

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Jack Ma Retires as Alibaba’s Executive Chairman to Focus on Philanthropy

by Dare Afolabi September 10, 2018

On Monday, September 10, 2018, Jack Ma, China’s leading business and eCommerce tycoon celebrated his 54th birthday with a surprising

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Jack Ma is Earmarking $10 million Grant to Support African Entrepreneurs

by Grace Akinosun August 13, 2018

The Alibaba Group Founder and Executive Chairman, Jack Ma, has launched Netpreneur Prize’, a new initiative to support African entrepreneurs with

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