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Business & Religious & Politics & Governance Entrepreneurship Media & Culture Humanitarian Categories
08 No. Category Diaspora Africa Gender Ratio 1 Politics & Governance 20 20 Gender Diaspora Africa 2 Business & Entrepreneurship 36 40 Male 53 48 3 Religious & Humanitarian 13 20 Female 47 52 4 Culture & Media 31 20 Total 100 100
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No. Factoid Diaspora Person? Africa Person? 1 Number of countries represented 19 - 28 - 2 Most represented country 66 candidates USA 21 candidates Nigeria 3 Average age 33.4 - 33.9 -
4 Youngest 19 Halima Aden 24 Prosconvia Alengot Oromait
Regions Number Regions Number USA 66 Central Africa 10 9 East Africa 22 South America 5 North Africa 7 Europe 15 Southern Africa 19 Asia 3 West Africa 42 Oceania 2 100 100 Diaspora Africa No. Factoid Person Value / Title Person Value / Title 1 *Richest person overall and net worth LeBron Raymone James $485 million Didier Drogba $90 million
2 *Richest person and net worth Jamal Edwards $45 million James Mworia Annual compensation of (Business and Entrepreneurship category) $2 million 3 Largest number of Facebook followers Robyn "Rihanna" Fenty 82 million Didier Drogba 9.2 million Aliaume Damala Badara 6 million 4 Largest number of Twitter followers Robyn "Rihanna" Fenty 70 million Akon Thiam ("Akon") 5 Largest number of Youtube subscribers Robyn "Rihanna" Fenty 24 million Naseeb Abdul Juma ("Diamond Platnumz") 471,000 6 Largest number of Instagram followers Beyoncé Giselle Knowles- 95 million Didier Drogba 4.5 million Carter
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The most inuential in the business and entrepreneurship in Africa and across the Diaspora BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP Inside Africa A - Z
Abasiama Idaresit Abayomi Awobokun Adefunke Adeyemi Alexander Amosu Ally Angula
Bethlehem Tilahun Amira Elmissiry Ashifi Gogo Ashish J. Thakkar Bernice Dapaah Alemu
Bunmi Akinyemiju Busisa Moyo Christian Ngan David Kobia Eric Kinoti
Ermias Eshetu Farida Bedwei Fatoumata Ba Hadeel Ibrahim Halima Aliko Dangote
12 BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP Inside Africa A - Z
Isaac Migwe James Mworia Jason Njoku Ken Etete Ludwick Marishane
Mamadou Toure Mareme Mbaye Ndiaye Mary Vilakazi Minoush Abdel-Meguid Mohammed Dewji
Munyaradzi Gwatidzo Mutoba Ngoma Ntombenhle Khathwane Patrick Ngowi Prisca Ndu
Rapelang Rabana Simbarashe Mhuriro Tara Fela-Durotoye Tokini Peterside Verone Mankou
13 A - Z
1. Abasiama Idaresit, Founder and CEO, Wild Fusion Africa, Nigeria 2. Abayomi Awobokun, CEO, Service Liquids & Gas Limited, Nigeria 3. Adefunke Adeyemi, Regional Head for Airline and Relations – MEA, International Air Transport Association (IATA), Nigeria 4. Alexander Amosu, Founder and CEO, Lux Afrique, Nigeria (UK) 5. Ally Angula, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Leap Investments, Namibia 6. Amira Elmissiry, Chief Equity Specialist, African Development Bank, Zimbabwe (Egypt) 7. Ashifi Gogo, Co-Founder and CEO, Sproxil, Ghana 8. Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder, Mara Group and Mara Foundation, Uganda 9. Bernice Dapaah, Founder and Executive Director, Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative, Ghana 10. Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Founder and Executive Director of SoleRebels/Founder of Republic of Leather, Ethiopia 11. Bunmi Akinyemiju, CEO, Venture Garden Group, Nigeria 12. Busisa Moyo, Chief Executive Officer, United Refineries, Zimbabwe 13. Christian Ngan, Enterpreneur/Owner of Goldsky Partners SARL and Madlyn azalis C Group, Cameroon 14. David Kobia, Programmer and Co-Founder and Technology Lead of Ushahidi,K enya 15. Eric Kinoti, Founder and CEO of Shade Systems EA, Kenya 16. Ermias Eshetu, CEO, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECE), Ethiopia 17. Farida Bedwei, Software Engineer, Co-Founder and CTO of Logiciel, Ghana 18. Fatoumata Ba, Group Chief Marketing Officer, Jumia Group & Founder, Jumia Ivory Coast, Senegal 19. Hadeel Ibrahim, Founding Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Sudan 20. Halima Aliko Dangote, Executive Director at Dangote Industries Limited, Nigeria 21. Isaac Mwigwe, Managing Director, United Bank for Africa, Kenya 22. James Mworia, Managing Director and CEO, Centum Investments, Kenya 23. Jason Njoku, Founder of iROKO, Nigeria 24. Ken Etete, CEO, Century Group Nigeria, Nigeria 25. Ludwick Marishane, Founder of Headboy Industries, South Africa 26. Mamadou Toure, Chairman and CEO of Ubuntu Capital, Cameroon
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27. Mareme Mbaye Ndiaye, Chief of Staff, Group CEO, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated 28. Mary Vilakazi, Group CFO of MMI Holdings, South Africa 29. Minoush Abdel-Meguid, Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer, and Managing Director at Union Capital Incorporated, Egypt 30. Mohammed Dewji, CEO of MeTL Group, Tanzania 31. Munyaradzi Gwatidzo, CEO of Astro Mobile, Zimbabwe 32. Mutoba Ngoma, Founder and CEO of Tapera Bio Industries, Zambia 33. Ntombenhle Khathwane, Founder of AfroBotanics, South Africa 34. Patrick Ngowi, Founder and CEO, Helvetic Solar Contractors, Tanzania 35. Prisca Ndu, Executive Director, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Nigeria 36. Rapelang Rabana, Founder & CEO Rekindle Learning, Executive Director Nisela Capital, Botswana 37. Simbarashe Mhuriro, Founder and Managing Director, Oxygen Africa, Zimbabwe 38. Tara Fela-Durotoye, Founder & CEO, House of Tara, Nigeria 39. Tokini Peterside, Founder & CEO, TP-Collective & Art X Lagos, Nigeria 40. Verone Mankou, Tech Enterpreneur, CEO of VMK & Vox Médias, Congo Republic of Brazzaville
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Jumia Jumia Market Jumia Travel Jumia Food Jumia Car Jumia House Jumia Deals BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP African Diaspora A - Z
Bozoma Saint Alfa Demmellash Avril Cole Brian Brackeen Cam Murphy John
Chris Amos Chris Anokute Chris-Tia Donaldson Christine Souffrant Deisha Barnett
Dr. Clare Eluka Dr. Obinna Nwobi Edwin Broni-Mensah Erica Joy Baker Hashi Kaar
Ime Archibong Jamal Edwards Jason Towns Jessica Matthews Joel Gay
19 BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP African Diaspora A - Z
Kendra Bracken- Johann Schleier-Smith Jon Gosier Kathryn Finney Katrina Craigwell Ferguson
Lavall Chichester Margaret Anadu Monique Woodard Muhga Eltigani Nicholas Richards
Paul Judge Ronald Falls, Jr. Stacy Brown-Philpot Tina Wells Tonje Bakang
Tristan Walker
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1. Alfa Demmellash, Co-founder and CEO of Rising Tide Capital, USA (Ethiopia) 2. Avril Cole, Partner in Gowling WLG, Canada 3. Bozoma Saint John, Head of Global Consumer Marketing, Apple, USA (Ghana) 4. Brian Brackeen, Founder and CEO of Kairos, USA 5. Cam Murphy, Managing Director of FEAM Aero, USA 6. Chris Amos, Co-Founder and President of Ampush, USA 7. Chris Anokute, Senior VP, A&R, Epic Records/Founder, Young Forever, Inc., USA (Nigeria) 8. Chris-Tia Donaldson, Founder and CEO, Thank God I'm Natural USA 9. Christine Souffrant, Founder and CEO Vendedy, Haiti 10. Deisha Barnett, Senior Director, Corporate Communications at Walmart, USA 11. Dr. Clare Eluka, Founder and Director, Premae Skincare, United Kingdom (Nigeria) 12. Dr. Obinna Nwobi, MD, MPH, Board-Certified Vascular & General, Surgeon, USA (Nigeria) 13. Edwin Broni-Mensah, Founder of GiveMeTap, United Kingdom (Ghana) 14. Erica Joy Baker, Senior Engineer at Slack Technologies, USA 15. Hashi Kaar, Founder and CEO of Plycode, Australia (Somalia) 16. Ime Archibong, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Facebook, USA (Nigeria) 17. Jamal Edwards, Founder of SB.TV, United Kingdom 18. Jason Towns, Managing Partner, Groundwork Ventures, USA 19. Jessica Matthews, Inventor/Co-Founder and CEO of Uncharted Play, USA 20. Joel Gay, CEO of Energy Recovery, USA 21. Johann Schleier-Smith, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Tagged, USA 22. Jon Gosier, Founder of MetaLaye/Software Developer/Investor, USA 23. Kathryn Finney, Tech Enterpreneur and Founder of digitalundivided (DID), USA 24. Katrina Craigwell, Head of Global Digital Programming at GE, USA 25. Kendra Bracken-Ferguson, Co-Founder and COO, Digital Brand Architects, USA 26. Lavall Chichester, Director of Search and Content Marketing at Lowe Profero, USA 27. Margaret Anadu, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, Urban Investment Group USA 28. Monique Woodard, Venture Partner at 500 Startups, USA 29. Muhga Eltigani, CEO of NaturAll Club, USA (Sudan)
21 A - Z
30. Nicholas Richards, Founder and CEO of Roho, Jamaica 31. Paul Judge, Technologist/Founder and CEO of Luma, USA 32. Ronald Falls, Jr., Chief Operating Officer, Post Advisory Group, USA 33. Stacy Brown-Philpot, CEO of TaskRabbit, USA 34. Tina Wells, CEO and Founder of Buzz Marketing Group, USA 35. Tonje Bakang, Founder and CEO of Afrostream, France 36. Tristan Walker, Founder and CEO of Walker and Company Brands, USA
22 Categories Business & Entrepreneurship 40 36
Culture & Media 20 31
Politics & Governance 20 20 Religious & Humanitarian 20 13
Africa Diaspora
Regional Representation
No. of Countries Represented Diaspora Africa Diaspora Africa 7 3 2 5 10 29 10 42 19
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65 Countries with Most Representation 22 Diaspora Africa
USA Europe West Africa East Africa 65 21 N. & C. America South America Southern Africa Central Africa Asia Oceania North Africa USA Nigeria Gender Distribution Diaspora Africa
Business and Entrepreneurship 19 17 Business and Entrepreneurship 23 17
Culture and Media 18 13 Culture and Media 10 10 Politics and Governance 11 9 Politics and Governance 10 10
Religious and Humanitarian 5 8 Religious and Humanitarian 6 14
Male Female Male Female Age Distribution
Age Groups Diaspora Africa >40 4 1
36 - 40 30 37 Average 33 33 age 31 - 35 38 33
26 - 30 18 16
21 - 25 3 5 Youngest 19 24 <21 0 2 Halima Aden Prosconvia Oromait Unknown 7 6 Cult. & Med. Pol. & Gov. USA Uganda 60 40 20 0 20 40 60
Africa Diaspora
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Largest number of Facebook followers
82 million 9.2 million Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty Didier Drogba Barbados Côte d’Ivoire Singer Professional Footballer (retired)
Largest number of Twitter followers
70 million 6 million Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Barbados Thiam ("Akon") Singer Senegal Singer / Philanthropist
Largest number of Youtube Subscribers
24 million 471,000 Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty Naseeb Abdul Juma Barbados ("Diamond Platnumz") Singer Tanzania Singer
Largest number of Instagram followers
95 million 4.5 million Beyoncé Giselle Knowles- Didier Drogba Carter Côte d’Ivoire USA Professional Footballer Singer / Actress
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