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Meet the Daring Young Africans Inspiring People of All Ages
From setting Guinness World Records to turning plastic into high fashion—or creating personal AI chatbots—young Africans are showing their agency and urgency.
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For a long time, young people have been told that they are the future. But in Africa, they have decided to be the present. Today’s young people are taking up space, making changes, and doing incredibly interesting and daring things.
From setting Guinness World Records to turning plastic into high fashion—or creating personal AI chatbots—young Africans are showing agency and urgency. Read on to discover more about these inspiring people, and how they’re making headlines for their bold moves.
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Moky Makura
Moky Makura was born in Nigeria, educated in England and has lived in London, Johannesburg and Lagos. She has been a TV presenter, producer, author, publisher, and a successful entrepreneur in her own right. She is currently the Executive Director of Africa No Filter, a donor collaborative focused on shifting the African narrative.
Moky started her media career as the African Anchor and field reporter for South Africa’s award-winning news and actuality show – Carte Blanche. Her book, Africa’s Greatest Entrepreneurs, with a foreword written by Richard Branson, featured on the top 10 best-selling business books in South Africa when it launched. Moky has since compiled and published a number of non-fiction titles under her imprint MME Media. You can see Moky’s TED Talk on telling the African story here.