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Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa

Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African political leader, former trade-union leader and business figure who has served as President of South Africa since 2018 and was elected by the National Assembly for a further term in 2024. He is also president of the African National…

Ousmane Sonko

Ousmane Sonko is a Senegalese politician and former tax inspector who founded and leads PASTEF-Les Patriotes. He served as prime minister from April 2024 until his dismissal by presidential decree in May 2026 and subsequently became President of Senegal's National Assembly.

Bola Tinubu

Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu

Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu is a Nigerian politician who has served as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria since May 29, 2023. His public career has included service in the Nigerian Senate, two terms as Governor of Lagos State, pro-democracy activity during military…

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Femi Falana

Femi Falana is a Nigerian lawyer and human-rights advocate known for civil-liberties and public-interest litigation. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria since 2012, he has represented clients before Nigerian and ECOWAS courts, led the West African Bar Association and worked through…

Olusegun Obasanjo

Olusegun Obasanjo is a Nigerian former military officer and political leader who served as military head of state from 1976 to 1979 and as elected president from 1999 to 2007. He later undertook senior peace and mediation assignments for the United Nations and African Union.

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Seyi Makinde

Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde

Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, widely known as Seyi Makinde, is a Nigerian engineer, businessman and politician serving as governor of Oyo State. Elected on the Peoples Democratic Party platform in 2019 and re-elected in 2023, he declared an intention in 2026 to contest Nigeria's…

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Kevin Warsh

Kevin Warsh is a United States central-banking official who became chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in May 2026. He previously served on the Federal Reserve Board from 2006 to 2011 and has held economic-policy, financial-sector, and academic…

Sidi Ould Tah

Sidi Ould Tah is a Mauritanian economist and development-finance executive who has served as President of the African Development Bank Group since September 2025. His earlier career included a decade leading the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa and senior…

Winnie Byanyima

Winifred "Winnie" Karagwa Byanyima

Winifred "Winnie" Karagwa Byanyima is a Ugandan United Nations official serving as Executive Director of UNAIDS and a United Nations Under-Secretary-General. Her career spans Uganda's parliament, gender and development work in African and United Nations institutions, and…

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Christian Happi

Christian Tientcha Happi

Christian Tientcha Happi is a Cameroonian molecular biologist and genomics researcher based at Redeemer's University in Nigeria. He is known for applying pathogen genomics to infectious-disease surveillance and outbreak response, including work on malaria, Ebola virus disease…

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Bashir Bayo Ojulari

Bashir Bayo Ojulari is a Nigerian energy-sector executive and the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited. Appointed in April 2025, he previously held senior positions at Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company and Renaissance Africa Energy Company.

Simon Stiell

Simon Emmanuel Kervin Stiell

Simon Stiell is a Grenadian former government minister and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In that role, which he has held since August 2022, he leads the secretariat supporting implementation of the UN climate convention,…

Festus Osifo

Festus Osifo is a Nigerian engineer and labour-union leader who serves as President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria and is also identified as President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria.

Chikwe Ihekweazu

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu is a Nigerian physician, infectious disease epidemiologist and public-health executive. As of 22 August 2026, he serves as Executive Director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme, following earlier leadership of Nigeria's national…

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William Kumuyi

William Folorunso Kumuyi

William Folorunso Kumuyi is a Christian pastor and former mathematics lecturer who founded Deeper Christian Life Ministry and Deeper Life Bible Church. As of August 2026, he was identified as the ministry's General Superintendent and the convener of Global Crusade with Kumuyi.

Peter Ndegwa

Peter Ndegwa is a Kenyan corporate executive who joined Safaricom as chief executive officer in April 2020 and is identified by the company as its Group Chief Executive Officer. His earlier career included senior leadership roles at Diageo and East African Breweries Limited.

Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi

Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi is a Nigerian information-technology official serving as Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Information Technology Development Agency, the federal agency responsible for information-technology development and regulation in…

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Dario Amodei

Dario Amodei is an artificial intelligence researcher and executive who co-founded Anthropic and was identified by the company as its chief executive officer in April 2026. He previously served as OpenAI's vice president of research, where he helped direct research and…

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Johann Rupert

Johann Rupert is a South African business executive who founded the luxury-goods group Richemont in 1988 and serves as its Chairman. He also holds senior roles in Remgro, Compagnie Financière Rupert and Reinet Investments Manager.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates is a Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist who serves as chair and a board member of the Gates Foundation. His Africa-related public role is principally exercised through the foundation, which works with governments, local organizations and international partners…

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian public health official and diplomat who has led the World Health Organization as Director-General since 2017. His earlier public roles include serving as Ethiopia's health and foreign ministers and chairing the Global Fund Board.

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Zacch Adedeji

Zacch Adedeji is a Nigerian tax administrator and public official serving as Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service. His public career has included leadership of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, advising the president on revenue, and senior roles in state finance…

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Taiwo Oyedele

Taiwo Oyedele is a Nigerian economist, accountant and public-policy specialist serving as Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy. His public profile is principally associated with fiscal and tax policy, including his appointment to lead the…

Aisha Yesufu

Aisha Yesufu is a Nigerian civic and political activist known for her leading organizational role in the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, advocacy for accountable governance and visible participation in the 2020 #EndSARS protests against police brutality.