27. Yahia Bouhlel
Age: 26
Occupation: Cofounder & CEO of GOMYCODE
Nationality: Tunisian
Residence: Tunisia
Category: Social Impact
Bouhlel cofounded the educational platform GOMYCODE in 2017 with Amine Bouhlel (now over 30) to provide a mix of online and in-person curricula. It was launched in Tunisia and is now present in 40 locations in eight other countries across Africa and the Middle East. It has 50,000 students and enrolls up to 1,200 students per month, with the capacity to enroll up to 2,500 students monthly. By 2023, it had trained 10,100 students and created over 3,000 proprietary videos in localized languages. GOMYCODE has secured $12 million in funding from investors, including Wamda Capital, AfricInvest, Flat6Labs, Launch Africa, Proparco, and Fondation Botnar.