The 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa 2014 by Mfonobong Nsehe. Forbes I chronicle Africas success stories and track its richest people. Every year since 2011, we have been identifying 20 young, extraordinary and inspiring African women, aged 45 and under, who are making the most dramatic impact in individual African countries in the world of politics, business, technology, policy, diplomacy and media for the annual tally of the 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa. Now in its 4th year, the list celebrates 20 influential female leaders, groundbreakers and ceiling crashers who are transforming the continent from their communities. Following November request for nominations, we received more than 700 nominations – many familiar names, others not so familiar. But each one of them has one thing in common: they are doers. They are resolute in their resolve to change, to build, inspire and transform. And they are out there making it happen. They are change makers, trendsetters, visionaries and thinkers, builders, and young global leaders. They are at the vanguard of Africa’s imminent socio-economic revolution and its contemporary renaissance. Meet the 2014 class of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa: the continent’s emerging power brokers, the Amazons to watch, and the custodians of tomorrow. 1. Naisula Lesuuda, Senator, Kenya, a journalist, Peace Ambassador and Girl Child champion, is the youngest female member of the Senate, the upper house of the Parliament of Kenya. In 2010, Lesuuda, who previously worked as a journalist and anchor at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, became the youngest person to be awarded the presidential Order of the Grand Warrior for her work in leveraging journalism to highlight social issues in Kenya and promoting peace among warring pastoralist communities in northern Kenya. She is also a recipient of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Wedge Award 2011 for Outstanding Professional Woman. A vocal defender of the human rights of girls and children, she runs the Naisula Lesuuda Peace Foundation which advocates and supports the education of girls. 2. Amira Elmissiry, Zimbabwean, Special Assistant to the President of the African Development Bank 3. Fatima-Zahra Mansouri- Mayor of Marrakech, the third largest city in Morocco with a population of more 4. Ada Osakwe, Nigerian, Advisor to the Honorable Minister Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria 5. Amy Jadesimi, Nigerian businesswoman is the Managing Director of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL), 6. Rimini Makama, Nigeria, Communications Director at Africa Practice, Africa’s foremost strategy and communications consultancy. 7. Afua Osei (Ghanaian) and Yasmin Belo-Osagie (Nigerian), Co-Founders of She Leads Africa- a platform that provides the most talented female entrepreneurs across the continent with access to the knowledge, networks and financing. 8. Phumzile Van Damme, South African, Member Of Parliament 9. Tebogo Mashego, South African, Entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Diep K Steel & Aluminium- South Africa. 10. Naadiya Moosajee, South African, Co-founder, Women In Engineering 11. Moosaje, 30, is a co-founder of the WomEng (Women in Engineering) a global non-profit organization aimed at attracting, developing and nurturing the next generation of women engineering leaders. 12. Irene Koki Mutungi, Kenyan Pilot- Kenya Airways appointed Mutungi, Captain on the Boeing B787 Dreamliner, making her the first African female Dreamliner Captain in the world. 13. Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, Nigerian, Social entrepreneur 14. Yvonne Khamati, Kenyan, Deputy Head of Mission at Kenya Embassy, Somalia 15. Kamayirese Germaine, Rwandese, State Minister for Energy and Water, Rwanda 16. Adiat Disu, Nigerian, Founder, African Fashion Week 17. Jamila Abass, Linda Kwamboka, and Susan Oguya, Kenyan, Co-founders, MFarm 18. Tabetha Kanengoni Malinga, Zimbabwean, Deputy Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Follow me on Twitter @MfonobongNsehe
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