FORBES MAGAZINE REVEALS 10 POWERFUL MEN IN AFRICA 2014‏ ~ Gwiji la habari

Sunday, February 2, 2014

FORBES MAGAZINE REVEALS 10 POWERFUL MEN IN AFRICA 2014‏

Forbes magazine has released its 2014 list of The 10 Most Powerful Men In Africa and 3 Nigerians made it. They are:
Simdul Shagaya Speaking at Barcamp Nigeria

Simdul Shagaya Speaking at Barcamp Nigeria

1. Simdul Shagaya (Nigeria): Tech Entrepreneur and Founder of Konga.com and DealDey.com
chinedu echeruo hopstop apple

2. Chinedu Echeruo (Nigeria): Tech Entrepreneur & Founder of Hopstop.com and Tripology.com

3. Kola Karim, Nigeria, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Shoreline Energy International.

4. January Makamba, Tanzania, Deputy Minister of Communication, Science & Technology and Member of Parliament
Ashish Thakkar, CEO Mara Group

5. Ashish Thakkar, Uganda, Founder and Managing Director of Mara Group, Mara Foundation and Mara Online

6. Mamadou Toure, Cameroon, Founder and Executive Director of Africa 2.0

7. Amadou Mahtar Ba, Senegal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the African Media Initiative
Mining veteran Ben Magara has been appointed chief executive of Lonmin.

Mining veteran Ben Magara has been appointed chief executive of Lonmin.

8. Ben Magara, Zimbabwe, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Lonmin
Komla Dumor, who hosted the BBC program Focus on Africa and was perhaps the best-known journalist on the continent, died of a heart attack last Saturday in London at age 41.