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Aliko Dangote
Founder, President & CEO, Dangote Group
Founder and chief executive of the Dangote Group, Africa's largest cement producer and operator of one of the world's biggest single-train oil refineries.
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Asisat Oshoala
Professional Footballer
Forward and multiple-time African Women's Footballer of the Year.
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Ayodeji Balogun
Recording Artist ('Wizkid')
One of the pioneering global stars of Afrobeats, known professionally as Wizkid.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Novelist & Essayist
Internationally best-selling novelist known for 'Half of a Yellow Sun', 'Americanah' and the essay 'We Should All Be Feminists'.
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Damini Ogulu
Recording Artist ('Burna Boy')
Grammy Award-winning Afro-fusion artist known professionally as Burna Boy, one of Africa's biggest global music exports.
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Funke Akindele
Actress, Filmmaker & Producer
Actress and filmmaker behind some of Nollywood's highest-grossing films, including the 'Jenifa' franchise.
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Genevieve Nnaji
Actress, Director & Producer
Veteran Nollywood actress and the first Nigerian director to have a Netflix original film, 'Lionheart'.
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Mosunmola Abudu
Founder & CEO, EbonyLife Media
Media entrepreneur known as 'Mo Abudu', founder of EbonyLife, a pan-African media and entertainment company.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General, World Trade Organization
Economist and former Nigerian finance minister who became the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization.
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Olugbenga Agboola
Co-founder & CEO, Flutterwave
Co-founder and chief executive of Flutterwave, one of Africa's best-known payments technology companies.
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Tobi Amusan
Track & Field Athlete (100m Hurdles)
World champion and world-record-setting sprint hurdler.
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Tony Elumelu
Chairman, Heirs Holdings, UBA & Transcorp
Banker-turned-investor and philanthropist known for popularising 'Africapitalism' and funding thousands of African entrepreneurs.
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