Caroline Howard, Forbes Magazine, Jan. 3, 2017
We are so proud (and gobsmacked really!) to announce that Afzal and Sabrina have been named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2017.
Forbes has been compiling this list since 2012, and the 30 Under 30 community is 4,000 strong the world over, from the U.S. to Europe to Asia. The 2017 competition was more extreme than ever before. There were 15,000+ nominations for just 600 spots: that’s an acceptance rate of less than 4%; making it harder to get into than America’s two most selective schools, Stanford University (4.8%) and Harvard University (5.2%)..
The 2017 class is an impressive one: actress Margot Robbie, Canadian tennis superstar Milos Raonic, Olympic gold-medal winning gymnast Simone Biles, and Lonely Planet CEO Daniel Houghton. These are individuals who are making a difference and having an impact in 20 industries. Even more impressive is the list of past winners: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, musicians Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, superstar athletes LeBron James and Sidney Crosby, and the founders of Snapchat.
Forbes magazine, with 17 pages of coverage, goes on stands on January 10th. The list is live online here: https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-2017/
Check out Afzal and Sabrina’s individual profile page right here:
http://www.forbes.com/profile/kidogo.
Afzal immediately gave credit for this award to the Kidogo Family, it’s partners and customers. Sabrina expressed hope that the award would give exposure to the plight of mothers in the poorest areas of East Africa who have limited options for good quality childcare, particularly during the crucial first five years when 85% of brain development takes place. Kidogo serves to offer best-practice early childhood development in the urban slums where children from 6 months to 6 years are provided with quality care and education for less than a dollar a day. Their hope is to expand Kidogo to other low-income communities so that every child has the opportunity to reach their full potential. Our prayer is that they can realize this goal.
We are just as proud of Samir Ibrahim, co-founder of Sun Culture, which sells solar-powered irrigation systems to Kenyan farmers. Samir was named Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Energy category. We know Samir’s parents, Al-karim and Tazim Ibrahim of Orlando, Florida, very well. In fact, Nagib and Al-karim grew up together in Dar?es?salaam, Tanzania, and their families originate from the coastal town of Mtwara, Tanzania. How incredible is it that two of the top young people on the Forbes list have roots in the same little town in East Africa, whose parents immigrated to Canada and the U.S. in the 1970’s, and now, the younger generation is working towards improving the lives of the people of their native lands!
Samir’s profile is here: http://www.forbes.com/profile/samir-ibrahim
