Africa: Continent's Top Young Leaders Named

11 March 2008
allAfrica.com

Cape Town — Twenty-three Africans are among 245 executives, scientists, journalists, sports stars and other public figures named by the World Economic Forum as "Young Global Leaders" for 2008.

The forum announced in Geneva on Tuesday a list of Africans aged 40 or younger who, it said, had earned their places on the list "for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world."

They included President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Lalla Salma, Queen of Morocco. Others came from Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan and Uganda.

Business leaders formed the biggest group. There were two journalists: Andrew Mwenda, political editor of The Monitor in Uganda, and Ferial Haffajee, editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian in South Africa.

The full list of Africans is:

Cameroon

Achankeng Leke

Partner, McKinsey & Company

Democratic Republic of Congo

Joseph Kabila

President of the DRC

Kenya

Mugo Kibati

Group Chief Executive Officer, East African Cables Ltd

James Shikwati

Founder and President, Inter-Region Economic Network

Morocco

Merieme Chadid

Explorer/Astronomer, Concordia Research Station, Antartica

Lalla Salma

Queen of Morocco

Nigeria

Kola Karim

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Shoreline Energy International

Senegal

Karim Wade

Special Advisor to the President of Senegal

South Africa

Yolanda Cuba

Chief Executive Officer, Mvelaphanda Holdings

Kuseni Dlamini

Executive Chairman, Richards Bay Coal Terminal

Natalie Du Toit

Athlete and Ability Rights Activist

Theodore Ernest 'Ernie' Els

Founder, The Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation

Ferial Haffajee

Editor-in-chief, Mail & Guardian

Michael Jordaan

Chief Executive, First National Bank, FirstRand Ltd

Lisa Kropman

Founder, Investec Ltd

Tumi Makgabo

Head of Communications, 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee

David Munro

Deputy Chief Executive, Corporate and Investment Banking, Standard Bank Group Ltd

Sunette Pienaar

Executive Chairperson, Heartbeat Centre for Community Development

Allon Raiz

Founder, Raizcorp

Mark Williams

Chief Executive Officer, Teba Bank

Paul van Zyl

Executive Vice-President, International Centre for Transitional Justice

Sudan

John Bul Dau

Founder, John Dau Sudan Foundation

Uganda

Andrew Mwenda

Former Political Editor, The Monitor Publications

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