19. 阿施施?塔卡爾

?? 年齡：32

?? 職務(wù)：創(chuàng)始人

?? 任職公司：馬拉集團(tuán)

????塔卡爾從盧旺達(dá)種族滅絕中幸存了下來，又經(jīng)歷了輟學(xué)。他15歲的時(shí)候以賣電腦為生，過著居無定所的生活。后來，他成功創(chuàng)辦了非洲大陸最大的泛非洲企業(yè)集團(tuán)——業(yè)務(wù)涉及制造業(yè)、農(nóng)業(yè)和房地產(chǎn)業(yè)等，包括非洲最大的IT公司。馬拉集團(tuán)（Mara Group）的投資項(xiàng)目組合價(jià)值約為10億美元，在21個(gè)國家雇傭了7,500名員工。此外，他還是烏干達(dá)和坦桑尼亞兩國總統(tǒng)顧問團(tuán)的成員，并成立了一個(gè)基金會，專門為非洲年輕的創(chuàng)業(yè)者們提供指導(dǎo)。接下來的項(xiàng)目：非洲首個(gè)即時(shí)通訊平臺Mara Messenger。

19. Ashish Thakkar

?? Age:32

?? Title:Founder

?? Company:Mara Group

????He survived the Rwandan genocide, dropped out of school, and lived out of a suitcase selling computers in Uganda at age 15. Since then, Thakkar has built the continent's largest pan-African conglomerate— operations span from manufacturing to agriculture to real estate, including Africa's biggest IT firm—with a portfolio of some $1 billion and 7,500 people across 21 countries. He also serves on the advisory panels to the Presidents of Uganda and Tanzania and runs a foundation that mentors young African entrepreneurs. Next up: Mara Messenger, Africa's first instant-messaging platform.