In Forbes African page,Forbes announced that it had narrowed down the shortlist of African Person of the Year,with Nigerians dominating the list. The award ceremony will take place in Nairobi,Kenya at the beginning of December this year.
There is also an official page for voting to take place for individuals to choose their choice for the African Person of the Year.
This award celebrates the individual who has had the most influence on events of the year gone by.
The shortlist comprises of three Nigerians,one South African and one Zimbabwean. The list is as follows:
1) South African mining magnate,Patrice Motsepe,plans on giving away more than half his fortune over the next five years.
2) Akinwunmi Adesina is Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and his vision is to make Nigeria a self- sustaining food producing nation and register 20 million farmers by 2015.
3)Aliko Dangote is Africa's richest man and his net worth has significantly increased on the back of his continued business success, allowing him to better the lives of millions.
4)Strive Masiyiwa is the founder of Global telecoms group,econnet wirelesS,and through capernaum Trust he educates tens of thousands of Zimbabwean orphans.
5)Jim Ovia established Zenith bank Group in 1990- now West Africa's second
Largest financial services provider.His focus has turned to helping grow Africa's budding ' techpreneurs'.
These men are definitely worthy to be on the shortlist though many
have argued that the likes of Tinubu, Faruak and Stella Oduah should be on the list.
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