2018 RUFORUM Produces Two Ghanaian Winners

23.10.2018 LISTEN

Two Ghanaians have been announced as part of winners in the 2018 Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture's (RUFORUM) Young African Entrepreneurs Competition.

This year's RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition came off in Kampala, Uganda on October 6, 2018.

Young Ghanaian businessmen Akwasi Armah Tagoe and Murtala Muhammad Green came out of as part of the 23 winners who were announced by the organisers.

Mr. Armah Tagoe was selected as a winner in the Agribusiness category, while Mr. Mouhammed won in the Economy category.

In all, 756 applications from 38 countries were received for this year's RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition.

This is the second time the entrepreneurship competition is being organised, with the first edition being held last year in in Cape Town, South Africa.

The 23 winners of this year's competition will be presented with their awards during the Sixth African Higher Education Week and RUFORUM Biennial Conference, which will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 22 to 26 October, 2018.

Mr. Armah Tagoe and Mr. Mouhammed are the two Ghanaians among the winners in this year's RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition.

Below are the full winners:

No	Name	Gender	Country	Thematic Area
1	Japhet Sekenya	Male	Tanzania	Agribusiness
2	Udekwe Chinedu Martins	Male	Nigeria	Green Economy
3	Joseph Manzvera	Male	Zimbabwe	ICTs
4	Jean Anthony Onyait	Male	Uganda	ICTs
5	Ashiraf Nsibambi Kyabainze	Male	Uganda	Agribusiness
6	Emanuel Ng'ambwa Kungu	Male	Tanzania	Agribusiness
7	Mark Matovu Ssebijwenge	Male	Uganda	Agribusiness
8	Melissa Bime	Female	Cameroon	Health
9	Roy Mwangi Ombatti	Male	Kenya	Engineering
10	Akwasi Armah Tagoe	Male	Ghana	Agribusiness
11	Towenan A. Theodore Ahimakin	Male	Benin	Transport
12	Fred David	Male	Kenya	Green Economy
13	Murtala Muhammad	Male	Ghana	Green Economy
14	Paul Matovu	Male	Uganda	Agribusiness
15	Helen Opeyemi Balogun	Female	Nigeria	Agribusiness
16	Clement Kandodo	Male	Malawi	Green Economy
17	Elvis K. Amoua	Male	Benin	Agribusiness
18	Jacob Maina	Male	Kenya	Health
19	Lahbib Latrach	Male	Morocco	Engineering
20	Nabuuma Shamim Kaliisa	Female	Uganda	Health
21	Davies Nyaigero Ateka	Male	Kenya	Agribusiness
22	Sebarinda Cyusa Patrick	Male	Rwanda	Agribusiness
23	Sidje Tamo Armelle	Female	Cameroon	Agribusiness