Nollywood superstar, Genevieve Nnaji, has been named as one of the 100
dynamic women, selected by Africa's global style and culture magazine,
Arise. Other Nigerian women
included in the list are Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Deola Sagoe, etc.
The women of immense popularity, influence and power, were profileod
in the latest edition of the magazine and they were chosen from all
over the world, from all spheres of life.
Here is the full list;
Business and Law
Ayo Obe, Vice Chair, National Crisis Group,
Nigeria
Bridgette Radebe, President, South African
Mining Development Association, SA
Cherie Blair, lawyer, UK
Dambisa Moyo, economist, Zambia/US
Dr Eleni Gabre-Madhin, founder, Ethiopia
Commodity Exchange, Ethiopia
Eva Muraya, co-founder and CEO, Color
Creations Group, Kenya
Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor,International
Criminal Court, The Gambia
Genevieve Sangudi, Managing Director,
Carlyle Group Africa, Tanzania
Hajia Bola Shagaya, founder and CEO,
Bolmus Group International, Nigeria Irene
Charnley, CEO, Smile Telecoms, SA
Isabel dos Santos, investor and businesswoman,
Angola
Jonitha Gugu Msibi, Senior Partner, Ernst &
Young, SA
Maria Ramos, CEO, Absa Group, Portugal/SA
Minoush Abdel-Meguid, co-founder, Union
Capital, Egypt
Monhla Hlahla, Chair, IDC, SA
Ngozi Edozien, Director, Actis West Africa,
Nigeria
Nombulelo 'Pinky' Moholi, CEO, Telkom SA
LTD, SA
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita, CEO,
Arcelormittal South Africa, SA
Phuti Malabie, CEO, Shanduka Group, SA
Rosalind Kainyah, Vice President, External
Affairs & CSR, Tullow Oil, Ghana/UK
Stella Kilonzo, Chief Executive, Capital
Markets Authority, Kenya
Susan 'Santie' Botha, Chancellor of the Nelson
Mandela University, SA
Teresa Heinz Kerry, businesswoman and
philanthropist, US
Thuli Madonsela, public protector, SA
Tsega Gebreyes, Managing Partner, Satya
Capital, Ethiopia/UK
Wendy Ackerman, retail tycoon, SA
Wendy Luhabe, social entrepreneur, SA
Culture + Media + Sport
Ahdaf Soueif, writer and activist, Egypt/UK
Angélique Kidjo, singer and campaigner, Benin
Angelina Jolie, actress, US
Buika, singer, Spain/Equatorial Guinea
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, journalist, US
Charlize Theron, actress, SA/US
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author, Nigeria/
US
Genevieve Nnaji, actress, Nigeria
Dr Johnnetta B Cole, Director of the
Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of
African Art, US
Kanya King, founder, Music of Black Origin
(MOBO) Awards, UK
Kerryn Greenberg, Curator (International Art),
Tate Modern, SA/UK
Lira, musician, SA
Mariam Doumbia, vocalist, Mali
Oprah, media mogul, US
Oumou Sangaré, musician, Mali
Rungano Nyoni, filmmaker, Zambia/UK
Serkalem Fasil, journalist, US/Ethiopia
Sophie Okonedo, actress, UK
Thandie Newton, actress, UK/Zimbabwe
Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator,
Studio Museum in Harlem, US
Tirunesh Dibaba, runner, Ethiopia
Wanuri Kahiu, film director, Kenya
Yvonne Chaka Chaka, singer, SA
Fashion Alek Wek, model and campaigner,
South Sudan
Ann McCreath, KikoRomeo designer, founder
of FAFA and Fashion for Peace, Kenya
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, founder,
soleRebels, Ethiopia
Candice Swanepoel, model, SA
Deola Sagoe, fashion designer, Nigeria
Folake Folarin-Coker, fashion designer,
Tiffany Amber, Nigeria
Franca Sozzani, Editor-in-chief, Vogue Italia,
Italy
Hanaa Ben Abdesslem, model, Tunisia
Iman, model, campaigner and entrepreneur,
Somalia/US
Laurence Chauvin Buthaud, designer and
founder, LaurenceAirline, France/Côte d'Ivoire
Lisa Folawiyo, founder and Creative Director,
Jewel by Lisa, Nigeria. Liya Kebede, model,
Ethiopia
Liya Kebede, model, Ethiopia
Nadiyah Spencer, Director of Sourcing and
Production, SUNO, US/Kenya
Oluchi Orlandi, model, Nigeria
Sharon Wauchob, Creative Director, Edun,
Ireland
Vivienne Westwood, designer, UK
Politics + Activism
Hon Aicha Bah Diallo, Chair of the Forum for
African Women Educationalists, Kenya
Dr Asha-Rose Migiro, former UN Deputy
Secretary-General, Tanzania
Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Minister of Health,
Senegal
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, activist and writer, Somalia/
Netherlands/US
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, former Prime
Minister, Mali
Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Nigeria
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President, Liberia
Elsie Kanza, Director, World Economic Forum,
Tanzania
Graça Machel, advocate for human rights,
Mozambique
Ida Odinga, Founder, Ida Odinga Trust,
women's health campaigner, Kenya
Joyce Banda, President, Malawi
Joy Phumaphi, Vice President, Human
Development Network, World Bank, Botswana
Leigh Blake, founder, ACT V, UK
Leymah Gbowee, peace activist, Liberia
Melinda Gates, philanthropist, US
Mphatheleni Makaulule, founder, Mupo
Foundation, SA
Dr Mphu Ramatlapeng, former Minister of
Health and Social Welfare, Lesotho
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance,
Nigeria
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chair, African
Union, SA
Odile Sankara, activist and comedian, Burkina
Faso
Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, speaker, Ugandan
Parliament, Uganda
Sarah Brown, campaigner, UK
Waris Dirie, model, author, campaigner,
Somalia
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, politician, SA
Baroness Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-
General for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency
Relief Coordinator, UK
Zainab Hawa Bangura, UN Special
Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict,
Sierra Leone
Science + technology
Dorothy K Gordon, Director General,
Advanced Information Technology Institute,
Ghana
Juliet Ehimuan, Google Nigeria Country
Manager, Nigeria
Isis Nyong'o, Vice President and Managing
Director for Africa, InMobi, Kenya/US
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist and
BBC presenter, Nigeria/UK
Dr Natasha Sauven, paediatrician, Sierra Leone/
UK
Ory Okolloh, Google Policy Manager for
Africa, Kenya
Tebello Nyokong, scientist, Lesotho
Thyla van der Merwe, Association of South
African Women in Science and Engineering,
SA
