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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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Siminalayi Fubara

Siminalayi Fubara is a Nigerian politician and accountant serving as Governor of Rivers State. He entered elected office after a career in the state public service, including service as Accountant-General, and won the governorship election in 2023.

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Omoyele Sowore

Omoyele Sowore is a Nigerian political activist and online publisher who founded Sahara Reporters and contested the 2019 and 2023 presidential elections as the African Action Congress candidate. His public career spans student and pro-democracy activism, human-rights advocacy,…

Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame is a Rwandan politician and former military commander who has served as president since 2000. His public career spans leadership of Rwandan Patriotic Front forces, senior post-1994 government offices, the presidency and multilateral roles in the African Union and…

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Bobi Wine

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, publicly known as Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan musician and opposition politician who leads the National Unity Platform and contested Uganda's 2021 and 2026 presidential elections.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi

Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as president of Egypt since his first election in 2014. He began a third six-year term in April 2024 after a military career that included leadership of the armed forces and a central…

Rotimi Amaechi

Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi

Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is a Nigerian politician and former Rivers State governor, Nigeria Governors' Forum chairman, and federal Minister of Transportation. As of August 22, 2026, the African Democratic Congress identifies him as its vice-presidential candidate on a proposed…

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Chukwuma Soludo

Charles Chukwuma Soludo

Charles Chukwuma Soludo is a Nigerian economist, professor and politician serving as Governor of Anambra State. His earlier public career included leading the Central Bank of Nigeria and holding federal economic-policy roles under President Olusegun Obasanjo.

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Nentawe Yilwatda

Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda

Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda is a Nigerian engineer, academic and politician from Plateau State who has served as National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress since July 2025. His earlier public roles included election administration in Benue State and service as…

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Makhtar Diop

Makhtar Diop is a Senegalese economist and international-development executive who has served as Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation since March 2021. His earlier public roles include Senegal's Minister of Economy and Finance and senior World Bank…

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Tulio de Oliveira

Tulio de Oliveira is a South Africa-based bioinformatician and professor specializing in infectious-disease genomics and genomic surveillance. He directs CERI and KRISP and led collaborative scientific teams involved in identifying and reporting the SARS-CoV-2 Beta and Omicron…

Zubaida Umar

Zubaida Abubakar Umar

Zubaida Abubakar Umar is a Nigerian public servant and administrator who has led the National Emergency Management Agency, Nigeria's federal disaster-management agency, since March 2024. Her earlier public-sector work included finance and corporate-services leadership at the…

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede is a Nigerian banker, investor and philanthropist who led Access Bank Plc from 2002 to 2013. As of 22 August 2026, he is Non-Executive Chairman of Access Holdings Plc and holds leadership roles in finance, enterprise development and philanthropy.