Aliko Dangote, Oby Ezekwesili, 29 Nigerians make New African Magazine’s 100 Influential African list for 2014

The London based African magazine, New African Magazine has released its list of 100 influential Africans featured in its new edition which hits newsstands

today.

The list which has 31 Nigerians including former Education Minister, convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Group, Oby Ezekwesili and Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, made the list. It has Nigerians and South Africans dominating the list with both countries having 31 and 33 entries respectively.  

According to the magazine “some of the entries of the list may be part of an old guard that just never tires. Some may be children of the future with footprints deeper and weightier than their years. And some you may never have even heard of as they’ve been innovating, creating and debating behind the scenes. But without exception, and in their own way, the people we have chosen – our most influential Africans of 2014 – have left the world a little different this year.”

Four African Presidents also made it; they include President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, President Idriss Déby of Chad and President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.
Phtoto: New African Magazine