The Ben Orgenda Foundation
The Ben Orgenda Foundation
The host smiling on stage at YLIS 2026, holding the programme and a phone

Bridging the gap between potential and opportunity.

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Opening the day at YLIS 2026

We invest in the students who will shape Africa's knowledge economy, and the entrepreneurs who will build its businesses.

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People reached
500+
Communities impacted
3+
Entrepreneurs supported
50+

YLIS 2026 in pictures

  • A participant writing notes in a notebook
    Taking notes
  • Panellists seated on stage, one speaking into a microphone
    On the panel
  • A smiling participant in a white shirt and red tie
    In the audience
  • A participant standing to ask a question with a microphone
    A question from the floor
  • A young man speaking into a microphone
    Taking the mic
  • A woman smiling in the audience
    Listening in
  • Black and white photo of a prize presentation on stage
    Prize presentation
  • A speaker in a waistcoat addressing the room
    Speaking on stage
  • Two guests in suits at the foundation's photo wall
    At the photo wall
  • YLIS 2026 participants cheering in a group photo outside
    The YLIS 2026 cohort

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Business Structuring & Empowerment

From vision to a thriving fashion brand

How the BSEP25 programme gave Salaudeem Abdulhafeez the structure, mentorship and seed capital to build Lux Fits Limited from the ground up.

Portrait of Terseer Benjamin Orgenda
Terseer Benjamin OrgendaFounder

Africa has never lacked talent. What it has lacked is structure.

The systems, the mentorship and the deliberate investment that allow talent to become something lasting. Terseer Benjamin Orgenda saw that gap and built something to close it.

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