Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Nigeria), Samia Suluhu (Tanzania), and Mo Abudu (Nigeria) are the three most powerful women in Africa in 2021, according to the latest Forbes annual publication.

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

The first most powerful African in Africa, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is an economist and international development professional. He has over 30 years of experience in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin and North America.

In March 2021, she became the first woman and the first African person to serve as Director-General of the World Trade Organization, thus becoming one of the most powerful people in Africa.

He says he believes in the power of trade to lift the least developed countries out of poverty and help them achieve sustainable development.

Previously Okonjo-Iweala had two terms as Nigeria's Minister of Finance, from 2003-2006 and from 2011-2015.

She was also foreign minister in 2006.

Samia Suluhu

 

The second most powerful woman on the African continent, Samia Suluhu, is currently president of Tanzania. She was also unanimously elected president of the ruling party, the CCM.

Thus, Samia Suluhu Hassan became the sixth president of Tanzania and the first woman to accede to that office in her country in March 2021, after the death of President John Magufuli.

She had already reached the position of vice president, to which she was first elected in 2015.

In September 2021, she became the fifth African leader to address the UN General Assembly. During his speech, he criticized the inequality of the Covid vaccine. Suluhu differentiated her leadership from that of her predecessor by implementing stricter Covid protocols, including mandatory quarantines for travelers coming from countries with new variants, and is therefore considered one of the most powerful women in Africa.

Mo Abudu

 

 

The Nigerian media mogul, Mo Abudu, is one of the most powerful women in the global media and the third most powerful woman in Africa.

In 2006, Abudu founded Ebonylife TV, a network that now airs in over 40 countries in Africa, as well as in the UK and the Caribbean.

Over the years, EbonylifeTV has entered into major partnership agreements with Sony Pictures Television, AMC Networks, and Netflix.

The partnership with Netflix marked the first time that an African media company has signed a movie and TV deal with the internet giant streaming.

Abudu was born in London, but was sent by her parents to live with her grandmother in Nigeria when she was 7, and returned to Britain four years later.