Innovation: Learn more about Andrew Mupuya of Uganda, 20, 2012 Grand Prize Winner of $30,000 USD via paper bag

The Anzisha Prize is managed out of African Leadership Academy's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, which was established through a $1.6 million multi-year partnership with The MasterCard Foundation.

In 2008, at the age of 16, Andrew saw a market opportunity in paper bag production, as the Ugandan government considered a possible ban on use of polythene plastic bags. After he had raised his initial seed capital of 36,000 Ugandan shillings ($18), Mupuya started making paper bags at a small scale while still in high school. In 2010, Andrew officially registered his new company, Youth Entrepreneurial Link Investments (YELI). YELI is in 2012 the first local registered paper bag and envelope producing company in Uganda. YELI's customer base includes local hospitals, retail shops, roadside sellers, super markets, and major local flour manufacturer companies like Maganjo grain millers and Akamai Foods. In 2011, YELI was the recipient of a 2.6 million Ugandan shilling ($1,000) ILO business plan competition. YELI has in 2012 produced over half a million paper bags in his four years of operation.