AWARDS

Sangu has received several international accolades including 2021 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Harvard Black Students’ Association 2020 Legacy Award, New Africa Magazine “100 Most Influential Africans of 2019,” EMY 2019 Award for Young Male Achiever of the Year, Africa CEO Forum Finalist for “Young CEO of the Year”, Africa Youth Awards “100 Most Influential Young Africans”, 2016 GOOD 100 List of “100 people who are improving the world through creativity and innovation,” three times winner of Forbes top 30 most promising entrepreneurs in Africa, Future Africa Awards 2014 “Young Person of the Year,” Euromoney’s “Africa’s Rising Stars” award. He is a TED Fellow, an Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow and a GLG Social Impact Fellow. Institut Choiseul and Forbes Afrique named Sangu as one of the top “100 Economic Leaders in Africa” in 2015. PolicyMic named Sangu as one of 9 entrepreneurs in the millennial generation making a difference in 2014. In 2014, he received a Young African Committed to Excellence award by Face2Face Africa and was featured on Young CEO on Ndani TV in Nigeria. In 2005, as a high school student, Sangu was featured in TIME magazine’s Tomorrow25 as one of 25 future world leaders.