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THE WIE’S 60 POWERFUL AFRICAN WOMEN INFLUENCERS: CHECK OUT THE YOUNG, ELDERLY, AS WELL AS MIDDLE AGED LADIES THAT MADE THE LIST

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WIE (Women, Inspiration
and Enterprise) Network releases its 60 Annual women Influencers in Africa and
a handful are from Nigeria comprising of individuals from the media, fashion
and entertainment industries.

Bebeakinboade.com presents to you the full list

MEDIA AND CULTURE

Folake Coker(Tiffany Amber)

       ·        
Dambisa Moyo – Writer, economist

·        
Angelique Kidjo – Musician, Activist.
Benin

·        
Biola Alabi – Managing Director, MNET
Africa

·        
Chimamanda NgoziAdichie – Author

·        
Isha Sesay – Anchor, CNN

·        
Julie Gichuru – Journalist. Kenya

·        
Khanyi Dhlomo – Founder, Destiny
Magazine

·        
Mariam Doumbia – Musician

·        
Oumou Sangaré – Musician. Mali

·        
Patricia Amira – Talk Show Host. Kenya

·        
Yvonne Chaka Chaka – Musician. South
Africa

·        
Tsitsi Dangarembga – Novelist,
screenwriter. Zimbabwe

FASHION AND ENTERTAINMENT

·        
Iman – Model, Philanthropist,
Businesswoman
Lisa Folawiyo

·        
Alek Wek – Model, Philanthropist. South
Sudan

·        
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu – Founder, Sole
Rebels. Ethiopia

·        
Charlize Theron – Actress, Philanthropist.
US/South Africa

·        
Folake Folarin-Coker – Founder, Tiffany
Amber. Nigeria

·        
Gabourey Sidibe – Actress. US/Senegal

·        
Genevieve Nnaji – Actress. Nigeria

·        
Lisa Folawiyo – Founder, Jewel by Lisa.
Nigeria

·        
Liya Kebede – Model, Philanthropist

·        
Magatte Wade – Entrepreneur. Senegal

·        
Thandie Newton – Actress. UK/Zimbabwe

BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

·        
Bridgette Radebe – Exec Chairperson,
Mmakau Mining, SA

Biola Alabi, MD, MNET Africa 
·        
Divine Ndhlukula – Founder, Securico,
Zimbabwe

·        
Eva Muraya – Co-Founder, Color Creations
Group. Kenya

·        
Eleni Gabre-Madhin – Economist and CEO,
Eleni LLC. Ethiopia

·        
Isis Nyongo – Managing Director, InMobi
Africa. Kenya
Genevieve Nnaji(actress)

·        
Julie Ehumian – Country Manager, Google
Nigeria

·        
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-heita – CEO,
ArcelorMittal

·        
Ory Okolloh – Policy Manager, Google
Africa. Kenya

·        
Precious Moloi-Motsepe – Chairperson,
African Fashion Itnl

·        
Rebecca Enonchong – Founder and CEO,
AppsTech. Cameroon

·        
Wendy Ackerman – Non-Exec Director, Pick
n Pay Holdings

·        
Wendy Luhabe – Entrepreneur. SA

FINANCE

·        
Lisa Opoku-Busumbru – COO, Goldman Sachs

·        
Cathy Echeozo – Managing Director, GT
Bank

·        
Bernadine Okeke – EVP / Head of Private
Banking, First Bank

·        
Bola Adesola – Managing Director/CEO,
Standard Chartered

·        
Genevieve Sangudi – Managing Director,
Carlyle Group Africa

·        
Gugu Msibi – Senior Partner, Ernst &
Young

·        
Linah Mohohlo – Governor, Bank of
Botswana

·        
Maria Ramos – CEO, ABSA Group

·        
Minoush Abdel-Meguid – Co-Founder, Union
Capital

·        
Ngozi Iweala Okonji – Minister of
Finance. Nigeria

·        
Pearl Esua-Mensah – Deputy MD, UT Bank

·        
Tsega Gebreyes – Managing Partner, Satya
Capital

·        
Yvonne Ike – CEO West Africa,
Renaissance Capital

PHILANTROPY AND ADVOCACY

·        
Graca Machel – Humanitarian, Mozambique

·        
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – President of
Liberia

·        
Elsie Kanza – Head of Africa, WEF.
Tanzania

·        
Fatou Bensouda – Chief prosecutor, Intl
Criminal Court. Gambia

·        
Hadeel Ibrahim – Philanthropist

·        
Jeanette Kagame – 1st Lady of Rwanda

·        
Joy Phumaphi – VP, Human Development
Network, World Bank

·        
Joyce Banda – President of Malawi

·        
Leymah Gbowee – Activist, Liberia

·        
Dr Mamphela Ramphele – Activist,
Academic, Businesswoman

·        
Toyin Saraki – Founder, Wellbeing
Foundation Africa. Nigeria

·        
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma – Chair, African
Union Commission

WIE is a global annual conference and community
designed to empower the next generation of women leaders. Following the last
event in Cape Town, WIE Africa, a pan African event, will occur in a different
African city annually. Previous WIE Symposiums in London and New York have
boasted some of the most recognisable thought-leaders from around the world
including Nancy Pelosi, Iman, Alek Wek, Sarah Brown, Donna Karan, Ariana
Huffington, Cherie Blair, Jill Biden, Diane von Furstenberg, Baroness Valerie
Amos, Ted Turner, Dambisa Moyo, Tamara Mellon, Rosario Dawson, Christy Turlington,
Nick Clegg, Geena Davis, Elizabeth Banks and Aerin Lauder to name a few.

 

 
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