Forbes Lists the 2014 ‘20 Young Power Women in Africa’ | Ada Osakwe, Toyosi Akerele, Amy Jadesimi & More

-
Forbes Magazine




Forbes Magazine has released its 2014 edition of the annual ’20 Young Power Women in Africa’ list and quite a number of Nigerians made the cut.
The list includes Nigerian amazons like Ada Osakwe, Adiat Disu, Amy Jadesimi, Rimini Makama, Yasmin Belo-Osagie and Toyosi Akerele as well as KenyansNaisula Lesuuda, Yvonne Khamati and Irene Koki Mutungi, South AfricansTebogo Mashego, Phumzile Van Damme, Naadiya Moosajee and many more.
According to Forbes, these women are “20 young, extraordinary and inspiring African women, aged 45 and under, who are making the most dramatic impact in individual African countries in the world of politics, business, technology, policy, diplomacy and media. Meet the 2014 class of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa: the continent’s emerging power brokers, the Amazons to watch, and the custodians of tomorrow.”

Check out the full list of women here.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

America and Arab allies launch 50 strikes on terrorist group's Syrian heartland and warns its fanatical leaders 'this is only the beginning'

-
Image
                       America and five Arab countries have launched dozens of air strikes against Islamic terrorist group ISIS, killing at least 20 militants and blasting a series of its bases. The attacks - described as 'shock without awe' - began early this morning local time, with Tomahawk missiles, B1 bombers, F16, F18 and F22 strike fighters and drones involved. American air power was backed by 'participation or support' from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and the UAE - a coalition of nations that has agreed to assist with the destruction of ISIS. Continue...
Read more

Shell 'warned Nigeria pipeline could leak before spills'

-
Image
  Oil firm Royal Dutch Shell was told a pipeline had reached the end of its life years before it spilled up to 500,000 barrels of oil, according to court documents seen by the BBC. Two spills in 2008 affected about 35 sq miles (90 sq km) in southern Nigeria, according to a group suing Shell. The area included sensitive mangroves. Shell "dismisses the suggestion that it has knowingly continued to use a pipeline that is not safe to operate," it told the BBC . The emails, letters and internal reports submitted to a court in London show that senior Shell employees were concerned before the spill that Shell's pipelines in the area had reached the end of their lives and needed replacing to avoid danger to lives, the environment and the economy. Continue...
Read more