Class Of 2021 Change-Makers In A Historic Year

Members of this year’s list of under 30s have one thing in common: a new covid-induced agenda for social change. So what would a historic pandemic year throw up? Ground-breaking entrepreneurs and thinkers. Our 2021 class of under 30s are just that: influential creatives, imaginative business owners, innovative techies, and gifted sports stars. Celebrating seven years of the Forbes Africa 30 under 30 list, these achievers prove that now more than ever, they are crucial to the african growth story.

- Karen Mwendera

CHANGE-MAKERS versus Covid! That’s what we were looking for when curating FORBES AFRICA’s 30 Under 30 list-makers this year. After all, 2021 marks an entire year that has disrupted the world. Businesses pivoted and so did our lives as we navigated the pandemic, and realized that the old ways of doing things no longer work.

But surely, there are answers, especially on the world’s youngest continent.

A report, Global Employment Trends for Youth 2020: Africa, by the International Labour Organization, says that “Africa’s youth unemployment rate is the lowest in the world and compared to other regions”.