Nigerian women are destined for continental and global domination!
Women from all walks of life who are making a difference in the motherland and have been bought together under the 2020 Most Powerful African Women list by Forbes.
Forbes describes the most powerful African women list as a Pan-African unranked compilation of the continent’s leading women, drawn from business, politics, media, science, sports and public life, who are challenging the status quo and creating a trail on terrain where there was none.
They are reshaping history, closing inequalities and pioneering new avenues of wealth creation and in turn, lifting others with them.
For Nigeria, the amazing women are:
Ibukun Awosika – CEO, The Chair Centre Group (Manufacturing)
Folorunso Alakija – Executive Vice Chair, FAMFA Oil
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Author
Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili – Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – Chair, Board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation
Olajumoke Adenowo – Founder, AD Consulting (Advertising)
Uchenna “Uche” Pedro – CEO, BellaNaija (Media)
Arunma Oteh – Former Treasurer and Vice President, World Bank
Amina J. Mohammed – Deputy General Secretary, United Nations
Tara Fela-Durotoye – Founder, House of Tara International (Beauty)
CONGRATULATIONS, and keep raising the green white green high!