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Aliko Dangote

Aliko Dangote is a Nigerian industrialist who founded Dangote Group, a business organization that developed from trading into manufacturing and other industries. Dangote Industries Limited identifies him as the group’s President and Chief Executive.

Abike Dabiri-Erewa

Abike Dabiri-Erewa is a Nigerian public official and former legislator serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission. Her public career spans broadcast journalism, three terms in the House of Representatives and national work on…

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Oluremi Tinubu

Oluremi Shade Tinubu

Oluremi Shade Tinubu, commonly known as Remi Tinubu, is the First Lady of Nigeria and a former senator. She represented Lagos Central in the Nigerian Senate from 2011 to 2023, serving three terms.

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Mojisola Adeyeye

Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye

Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye is a Nigerian pharmacist, pharmaceutical-science academic and public regulator. Reporting from July 2026 identified her as Director-General of Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, which she was first appointed to…

John Onaiyekan

John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan

John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan is a Nigerian Catholic cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja. His public significance rests on senior church leadership, interreligious dialogue and peacebuilding, alongside interventions on governance, insecurity and interfaith solidarity in…

Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang, also known as Jen-Hsun Huang, is an electrical engineer and technology executive who co-founded NVIDIA in 1993 and serves as its president and chief executive officer. His public significance centers on his leadership in graphics processing, artificial…

Olugbenga Agboola

Olugbenga "GB" Agboola

Olugbenga "GB" Agboola is a Nigerian fintech entrepreneur who co-founded the payments company Flutterwave in 2016 and later became its chief executive officer. A Flutterwave publication identified him as Founder and CEO in January 2026.

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Shou Zi Chew

Shou Zi Chew is a Singaporean business executive and the chief executive officer of TikTok. Appointed in April 2021, he previously held senior roles at ByteDance, Xiaomi and DST Investment Management and has represented TikTok in major U.S. congressional proceedings on platform…

Julius Malema

Julius Sello Malema

Julius Sello Malema is a South African opposition politician, founding leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters and its President and Commander-in-Chief. As of 22 August 2026, Parliament listed him as an EFF National Assembly member and a representative on the Judicial Service…

Mahmoud Ali Youssouf

Mahmoud Ali Youssouf is a Djiboutian diplomat and public official who has served as Chairperson of the African Union Commission since March 2025. Previously Djibouti's long-serving Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, he was elected to lead the Commission…

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Rabiu Kwankwaso

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is a Nigerian politician and former two-term Governor of Kano State whose national roles have included defence minister, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and senator for Kano Central. As of August 2026, the Nigeria Democratic Congress had…

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Ademola Adeleke

Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke

Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke is a Nigerian politician and Governor of Osun State, an office he assumed in November 2022. He previously represented Osun West in the Nigerian Senate following a 2017 by-election.

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David Mark

David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark

David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark is a Nigerian politician and retired Nigerian Army brigadier general who represented Benue South in the Senate from 1999 to 2019 and served as President of the Senate from 2007 to 2015. As of August 22, 2026, Nigeria's electoral commission listed…

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Aminu Maida

Dr. Aminu Maida

Dr. Aminu Maida is a Nigerian telecommunications and technology executive who serves as Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, the country's communications regulator. His earlier career included leadership in digital…

Abdourahamane Tchiani

Abdourahamane Tiani

Abdourahamane Tiani, commonly called Abdourahamane Tchiani in English-language reporting, is a Nigerien military officer who led the July 2023 overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum's elected government. He leads the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland and holds…

John Dramani Mahama

John Dramani Mahama is a Ghanaian politician serving as President of the Republic of Ghana as of August 22, 2026. A former member of Parliament and vice president, he first held the presidency from 2012 to 2017 and returned to office after winning Ghana's 2024 presidential…

Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen is a German politician and physician who has led the European Commission since 2019. Re-elected by the European Parliament in 2024, she is serving a second mandate after holding several senior ministerial posts in Germany.

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Atiku Abubakar

Atiku Abubakar is a Nigerian politician who served as vice president from 1999 to 2007. A former Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, he joined the African Democratic Congress in 2025 and, as of August 22, 2026, is identified by the ADC as its presidential candidate…

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Amina J. Mohammed

Amina J. Mohammed is a Nigerian United Nations official who has served as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations since February 2017 and chairs the United Nations Sustainable Development Group. Her public career has centered on development policy, including…

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Joash Amupitan

Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN

Joash Ojo Amupitan is a Nigerian professor of law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria who was sworn in as the sixth substantive Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission in October 2025. He previously held academic and leadership roles at the University of Jos.

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Kristalina Georgieva

Kristalina Georgieva is a Bulgarian economist and international public official serving as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Her career has included senior leadership at the World Bank and public office in the European Commission.

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Aproko Doctor

Dr. Chinonso Egemba

Dr. Chinonso Egemba, widely known as Aproko Doctor, is a Nigerian medical doctor and online health educator who presents health information in accessible digital formats. He is identified as the founder and president of Aproko Doctor Global and a co-founder of AwaDoc.

Inger Andersen

Inger La Cour Andersen

Inger La Cour Andersen is a Danish international development economist and environmental executive serving as United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. Her second four-year term began on 15 June 2023 and is…

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Mohamed Janabi

Mohamed Yakub Janabi

Mohamed Yakub Janabi is a Tanzanian cardiologist and public-health leader who has served as WHO Regional Director for Africa since 30 June 2025. His earlier senior roles included advising Tanzania's president on health and leading Muhimbili National Hospital.