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Nasir El-Rufai

Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai

Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai is a Nigerian politician and public administrator best known for serving as Governor of Kaduna State from 2015 to 2023. His earlier federal roles included Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises.

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Alassane Ouattara

Alassane Dramane Ouattara

Alassane Dramane Ouattara is an Ivorian economist and politician who has served as president of Côte d'Ivoire since the post-election transition of 2011. His career has included senior positions at the International Monetary Fund and the Central Bank of West African States, as…

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Abiy Ahmed

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Abiy Ahmed Ali is an Ethiopian politician who has served as prime minister since April 2018. His public record includes early political liberalization, the Ethiopia-Eritrea peace initiative recognized by the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, and leadership during the Tigray conflict and…

Tajudeen Abbas

Tajudeen Abbas is a Nigerian politician who represents Zaria Federal Constituency in Kaduna State and serves as Speaker of the House of Representatives. First elected to the House in 2011, he became Speaker at the opening of the 10th National Assembly in June 2023.

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Alex Otti

Alex Chioma Otti

Alex Chioma Otti is a Nigerian politician, economist, and former banking executive who has served as Governor of Abia State since May 29, 2023. He won the 2023 governorship election as the Labour Party candidate after an earlier career that included leading Diamond Bank as…

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Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu

Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu is a Nigerian lawyer, diplomat and public servant serving as Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs as of August 2026. She previously served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, ambassador to Spain and a presidential adviser on diaspora matters.

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Ajay Banga

Ajay Banga is the 14th President of the World Bank Group. His earlier leadership roles at Mastercard, General Atlantic, and the International Chamber of Commerce connect a career in finance and international commerce with multilateral development leadership.

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Sania Nishtar

Sania Nishtar is a Pakistani physician and public-health leader who has served as Chief Executive Officer of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, since March 2024. Her career spans global health, health-policy reform and social protection, including senior public roles in Pakistan and…

Jean Kaseya

Jean Kaseya is a Congolese medical doctor and public health executive who has served as Director-General of the African Union's Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention since April 2023. His public role centers on continental health security and the coordination of…

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Allen Onyema

Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema

Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema is a Nigerian lawyer and aviation entrepreneur who founded Air Peace and has been identified in recent reporting as its chairman and chief executive officer. His public background also includes peace-building advocacy and humanitarian evacuation…

Tony Elumelu

Anthony Onyemaechi Elumelu

Anthony Onyemaechi Elumelu, known as Tony O. Elumelu, is a Nigerian investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and former banker. He founded and chairs Heirs Holdings, established the Tony Elumelu Foundation and formerly led United Bank for Africa as chief executive and Group…

Enoch Adeboye

Enoch Adejare Adeboye

Enoch Adejare Adeboye is a Nigerian Pentecostal pastor and the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God worldwide. A former mathematics lecturer, he has led the church since January 1981.

Daniel Okoh

Daniel Chukwudumebi Okoh

Daniel Chukwudumebi Okoh is a Nigerian Christian cleric and the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, an office he assumed after his election was formally validated in July 2022. Christ Holy Church International also identifies him as its Archbishop.

Akin Abayomi

Emmanuel Akinola Abayomi

Emmanuel Akinola Abayomi, commonly known as Professor Akin Abayomi, is a Nigerian physician and medical academic identified by Lagos State institutional sources as the state's Commissioner for Health. His career spans haematology, pathology, environmental health, biosecurity,…

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Ahmed el-Tayeb

Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb

Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb is an Egyptian Islamic scholar and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, a position he has held since 2010. His earlier senior offices included Grand Mufti of Egypt and rector of Al-Azhar University, and he also chairs the Muslim Council of Elders. He…

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg is a technology executive who founded Facebook in 2004 and serves as founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Meta Platforms. His public significance also includes majority voting control at Meta, leadership of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and…

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji

Iyinoluwa 'E' Aboyeji

Iyinoluwa 'E' Aboyeji is a Nigerian technology entrepreneur and investor associated with Future Africa and the establishment of Andela and Flutterwave. He has also served as a non-executive director of Learn Africa Plc. Flutterwave's publications use differing language about…

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Buba Marwa

Mohamed Buba Marwa

Mohamed Buba Marwa is a retired Nigerian Army brigadier general and public administrator serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Appointed in January 2021 and reappointed for a further five-year term in November 2025,…

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Tunji Disu

Olatunji Disu

Olatunji Disu, commonly known as Tunji Disu, is a Nigerian police officer whose career has included senior investigative and territorial commands. He was appointed acting Inspector-General of Police in February 2026, and the Nigeria Police Council ratified his appointment in…

Strive Masiyiwa

Strive T. Masiyiwa

Strive T. Masiyiwa is a Zimbabwean technology and telecommunications entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of Cassava Technologies and Econet Group, and holds governance roles with organizations including the Gates Foundation,…

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Yoweri Museveni

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa is a Ugandan politician who has served as president since January 1986, when the National Resistance Movement and National Resistance Army took power. He began a seventh presidential term in May 2026.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye

Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye

Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye is a Senegalese politician and former tax official who became President of Senegal in April 2024. Since July 2026, he has also chaired the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.

António Guterres

António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres

António Guterres is a Portuguese public official serving as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. His earlier public roles include Prime Minister of Portugal and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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Peter Obi

Peter Gregory Obi

Peter Gregory Obi is a Nigerian politician and businessman who governed Anambra State and represented the Labour Party in Nigeria's 2023 presidential election. As of August 2026, he was publicly identified as the Nigeria Democratic Congress candidate for the 2027 presidential…

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