Yennega Challenge

About Yennega Challenge

Yennega Challenge is an innovation-driven platform dedicated to helping young people transform ideas into impactful initiatives. Inspired by Princess Yennega, we champion courage, leadership, creativity, and collaboration to support communities through culture, entrepreneurship, and digital innovation.

Youth InnovationCulture & CinemaCommunity Entrepreneurship

Founding Team

3 Leaders

Core Focus

Creativity + Commerce

Impact Direction

Youth-Led Change

Our Vision

A Creative Ecosystem For Youth Impact

Build a dynamic ecosystem where young creators can develop skills, express ideas, and lead meaningful change through innovation, storytelling, and entrepreneurship.

Our Goals

Encourage innovation, artistic expression, and entrepreneurship.
Promote culture, storytelling, and cinema as tools for education and social impact.
Support young creators, filmmakers, innovators, and entrepreneurs.
Strengthen local economies through digital opportunities for merchants and creators.
Foster collaboration between youth, cultural institutions, and creative industries.

Our Functionality

Entertainment and storytelling activities

Collaboration with mentors, creatives, and professionals to strengthen project quality.

Learning resources and practical guidance to turn concepts into sustainable initiatives.

Creative showcases through challenges, storytelling platforms, and film-centered initiatives.

Marketplace support for local merchants, artisans, and entrepreneurs to reach wider audiences.

Our Objective

Creativity, Culture, and Local Economic Impact

We connect creativity, culture, and entrepreneurship to empower youth and local communities. By promoting cinema, storytelling, cultural expression, and local commerce through digital tools, Yennega Challenge helps the next generation celebrate heritage, develop talent, and create lasting social and economic impact.

Let's Build Something Meaningful

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Founding Team

Builders Behind The Platform

Thomas Minoungou

Co-Founder, Lead Developer, IT Director, AWS Cloud Engineer

Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, United States

Full-stack software developer with 6+ years of practical experience across web and cloud systems, focused on shipping reliable products end-to-end.

Boukare Tiemtore

Co-Founder, Filmmaker, Head of Communications

Havertown, Pennsylvania, United States

Burkinabe filmmaker and cinematographer with over a decade of audiovisual production experience across West Africa and the United States.

Totao Jean Paul Yigo

Co-Founder, Operations and Hospitality Leadership

New York City Metropolitan Area

Dual Chief Engineer for IHG hotels in New York, managing engineering operations for large hospitality properties with strong execution discipline.