Nigerians have dominated this year’s Forbes Africa Person
of the Year shortlist.
On Forbes
Africa page of the US-based world’s most famous business edition
announced the shortlist for the 2013 Person of the Year Awards was
published. The awards will take place in Nairobi, Kenya at the beginning
of December this year.
An official
voting is also open to the public who can make their selection of the
individual they deem most worthy of the Person of the Year title.
The Person
of the Year Awards celebrate ‘the individual who, for better or worse,
has had the most influence on events of the year gone by’ and Forbes
Africa has welcomed the participation of the public in what is fast
becoming one of the most momentous and anticipated annual events in
Africa.
“Every year,
we are excited to decide the Forbes Africa Person of the Year. We want
to honour the big hitters of the continent who are making a difference
in people’s lives and we hope that in doing so, it will inspire others,”
commented Chris Bishop, the managing editor of Forbes Africa magazine.
The
shortlist, comprising three Nigerians, one South African and one
Zimbabwean, is as follows:
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.
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.
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’.
The list is
completed by South African mining magnate, Patrice Motsepe,
who plans on giving away more than half his fortune over the next five
years, andStrive Masiyiwa, who is the founder of global
telecoms group, Econet Wireless. Through Capernaum Trust he educates
tens of thousands of Zimbabwean orphans.
Source: Naij.com
Source: Vanguard
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