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Number 42 on the 2024 list
Jeanne Armelle Konan is a founder from Côte d'Ivoire, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for winning Côte d'Ivoire's Prix Pierre Castel with Biosave-CI, her crop fertiliser company.
Jeanne Armelle Konan of Biosave-CI won the 7th Prix Pierre Castel for Côte d'Ivoire in June 2024, a prize worth 10 million FCFA plus coaching and support from Fin'Elle. Her company produces and sells granular and liquid fertilisers that feed crops through their leaves. The Ivorian round drew nearly 350 applications, and she represented the country at the grand final on 21 June 2024.