Celebrating African Women: Forbes 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa

Forbes Magazine/Forbes Online Contributor, Mfonobong Nsehe has compiled a list of the 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa. According to Mfonobong,

“Of course, this is by no means an official or an exhaustive list. But these are 20 women, all under age 45, who wield enormous influence in African business, technology, policy and media. They are change makers, trendsetters, visionaries and thinkers, builders, and young global leaders. They are at the vanguard of Africa’s imminent socio-economic revolution and its contemporary renaissance.”

The List

Ory Okolloh – Kenya.
Harvard- trained lawyer, activist and founder, Ushahidi

Chimamanda Adichie – Nigeria.
One of Africa’s leading contemporary literary voices, Author of Purple's Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun and The thing around your neck.

Yolanda Cuba – South Africa.

Former CEO of Mvelaphanda Group, South Africa

Ndidi Nwuneli – Nigeria.
Founder, LEAP Africa.
Co-Founder,AACE Foods

Dambisa Moyo – Zambia.
International economist
New York Times best-selling author of both Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way For Africa and How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly - And the Stark Choices that Lie Ahead.

Khanyi Dhlomo – South Africa.
Founder, Ndalo Media, Destinyconnect.com
Publisher, Destiny Magazine and Destiny Man

Phuti Malabie – South Africa
CEO, Shanduka Group

Funmi Iyanda – Nigeria
Multi-award winning Journalist and Broadcaster
Host, Talk with Funmi
Fellow, The African Leadership Institute and ASPEN Institute’s African Leadership Initiative.