Nigerian vice president named among 2017 most Influential African leaders

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December 11, 2017 6:47 AM

The New African Magazine annual 100 Most Influential Africans of 2017 also listed Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Guinean President Alpha Conde.

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been named among Africas most Influential leaders for 2017 by the New African Magazine. He made the list in the Politics and Public Service category for how he served as a safe pair of hands during President Buhari’s enforced absence for most part of 2017

He was awarded alongside Rwandan President Paul Kagame,Ghana's Akufo-Addo and Guinean President Alpha Conde.

The 2017 list, the magazine's most diverse, has more than eight categories namely politics and public service, business and finance, civil society and activism, education, science-technology-innovation, media, arts and culture.

At least 42 women were part of the hundred named.

Out of entries from 31 countries, 12 came from Francophone Africa with Nigeria topping the nomination list with 21 entries. South Africa came second with 14 names.

Renowned business gurus such as Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, Tanzania's Mohammed Dewji Angola’s Isabel dos Santos and Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais were named in the Business and Finance category.

The list also had a Deafblind Harvard University law graduate activist, a teen dance troop from a Ugandan, and a Mauritanian modern-day slavery abolitionist hero.

Some popular new entries included the Triplets Ghetto Kids dance troop from Uganda, Ghanaian born new Editor of British Vogue Edward Kobina Enninful and Nigerian-British heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.

Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie made a return in the Arts and Culture category but she was joined by Ghana's Adwoa Aboah and Hijab wearing Somali top model Halima Aden.

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