Ezekwesili, Dangote, 25 Other Nigerians Listed As Most Influential People In Africa!

“This year's listing is not dominated by men with more than 40 women featuring in the list. South Africa and Nigeria dominate the listing with 33 and 27 entries respectively. There are four African heads of state,” ....Thus read the News African Magazine's 2014 Most Influential Africans List statement.  

The list which saw Nigeria's former Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, for her activism after over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by the Nigerian militant group, Boko Haram; and Africa's leading magnet, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, included 25 other Nigerians. 

Four African Presidents namely: President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, President Idriss Déby of Chad and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, made the list.

South Africa dominated the 2014 Most Influential Africans list with 33 outstanding individuals, Nigerians 27 entries respectively.   

On the list also is Afri-Innovator Kelvin Doe, a self-taught engineer by the age of 13, who used scraps to build a generator to power a radio station to entertain audiences as DJ Focus. It was gathered that herecently signed a $100,000 deal to develop his own solar power technology.   

Donald Kaberuka of the African Development Bank and Carlos Lopes of the Economic Commission for Africa were also listed. 

Emerging satirist,  Ikenna Azuike, who also recently signed a show with the BBC, made the list. 

In all, forty African women were listed for their outstanding performance and positive global representation of the African continent, in their respective fields of endevour. 

Celebrated for winning an Oscar for her role in 12 Years a Slave, was Lupita Nyong’o, who was appointed ambassador for Lancôme cosmetics and named as Glamour’s woman of the year.

According to the Magazine statement, “All have featured prominently in 2014 with the latter two (Museveni and Déby) playing important roles mediating regional conflicts,” it said.