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The wait is over! Nescafé, Nestlé’s coffee brand, has announced the winner of this year’s Get Started challenge, an initiative which aims to inspire young African entrepreneurs to generate innovative ideas to create shared value for the society we live in. Together with some others, we've been tweeting up #getstartedafrica all year! Finale don come :-) Korotoumou Sidibe, from Mali, beat 3 other finalists to win USD 30,000 ($$$$$) worth of financial and mentoring support from Nescafé to help fulfill her dream. Her dream is to reduce the amount of food waste in Mali and Africa through her unique preservation methods . +Koro Sidibe   showed us some of her glorious food mixes when we met her at +Impact Hub  Accra in October. Koro said: “ I’m so excited that my project is about to take off thanks to Nescafé ! ” The Oklahoma based student added, “Each finalist’s dream also has the potential to have real community impact, so this is such an honour. We’re about to...

The second part of NESCAFE's Get Started (Africa) Challenge begins. The 4 finalists have been chosen after many dreams were submitted via getstartedafrica.com . This is the second edition. The first winner was Fab Muazu who I met last year in Accra via  #startcon14 . I was with him and other digital influencers in Abidjan this year alongside Ameyaw Debrah who blogged about Muazu . Read the press release below and stay tuned to updates via #getstartedafrica . [ACCRA, Ghana] – Part one of NESCAFÉ’s Get Started Challenge 2015 , which involved a West African truck tour, has just ended. In part two, the best dream projects will compete in a grand finale that will determine the ultimate winner of US$30,000 worth of financial support and mentoring to get them started. NESCAFÉ Get Started is a challenge where young Africans between the ages of 18 and 30 submit their socially-relevant dream projects to NESCAFÉ in order to win the aforementioned support from the coffee brand...