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25 Africans to watch - FT

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The document summarizes 25 up-and-coming Africans making their mark in various fields including social activism, politics, business, arts, media, and sports. It profiles individuals such as Boniface Mwangi, a Kenyan photojournalist and social activist; Moise Katumbi, a Congolese politician with presidential ambitions; and Victor Wanyama, a Kenyan soccer player who is the first from his country to play in the English Premier League.

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7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 1/6 Share Author alerts Print Clipped Comments B July24,201511:59am From activists to a Premier League footballer...The FTs Africa team picks the continents rising stars onifaceMwangi, Socialactivism Regularly arrested and threatened, Kenyas voice of the oppressed is dogged in his pursuit of social justice, fighting ethnic division and a corrupt ruling class. The 32-year-old photojournalist-turned-activist also loves a good stunt: whether spilling pigs blood to liken overpaid MPs to greedy pigs or daubing city walls with politically minded graffiti. MoiseKatumbi, Politics The outgoing governor of Katanga, DR Congos wealthiest province, is owner of one of Africas most successful football clubs and a friend to business. The 50-year-olds presidential ambitions have rattled Joseph Kabila, who is due to stand down next year but may seek to prolong his rule. ChikaAnadu, Arts Chika Anadus first feature film, BforBoy, has made the 35-year-old Lagos-born film-maker a rising star outside her countrys Nollywood- dominated industry. Set in Nigeria, the film captures the tensions between traditional and modern culture and hints at discrimination against women perpetuated by women delicate issues at play with widespread resonance. FredSwaniker, Entrepreneur/networker 25 Africans to watch 息PanosPictures 息Getty 息JimBennett
7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 2/6 Energetic and bursting with optimism about Africa, Fred Swaniker typifies a new generation of African entrepreneur and business networker. The 38-year-old Ghanaian has founded the African Leadership Network, the African Leadership University and the African Leadership Academy in his quest to foster a new breed of African leader. AyanMahamoud, Arts The founder-organiser of the Hargeisa International Book Fair spurns the risk of terrorist attack from al-Shabaab jihadis. Instead, the courageous arts guru draws sensual poet-performers, celebrates Somali culture and fosters education, equality and human rights wherever she can. She also puts on Londons annual Somali Week Festival. MmusiMaimane, Politics As the first black leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africas main opposition party, Mmusi Maimane has the task of breaking the 21-year political dominance of the ANC. He is youthful and polished with impressive oratory skills but faces the challenge of convincing black voters that the DA, often perceived to be a white party, has their genuine interests at heart. VictorWanyama, Sport Victor Wanyama, the Kenyan midfielder, has made his mark in British football. After signing for Celtic in 2011, he was voted the Scottish Young Player of the Year in 2013. He was sold to Southampton for 贈12.5m the highest transfer fee received by a Scottish club. Now 24, he is the first Kenyan to play in the English Premier League. EphremSolomon, Arts This up-and-coming Ethiopian artist has big ideas delivered with a graphic bent. His works have been snapped up by Charles Saatchi, who says they portray the distance between the governing and the governed. The same regular motifs appear, sometimes pitting chairs the seat of power against flip-flops the masses. 息Getty 息KateStanworth 息Getty 息Getty 息NicholeSobecki
7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 3/6 AmyJadesimi, Business/finance Amy Jadesimi is an up-and-coming 40-year-old Nigerian managing director taking on the mighty Intels logistics group in Nigeria with her company Ladol. She represents a dynamic new generation assuming control of family businesses after returning home from London. KagisoRabada, Sport The 20-year-old fast bowler enjoyed an amazing debut for the South African national cricket team this year, taking a hat-trick as part of a six-wicket haul against Bangladesh in a one-day international in Mirpur. SimShagaya, Business/finance Sim Shagaya is doing to Nigerian retail what Jack Ma did to China with Alibaba and Jeff Bezos to the US with Amazon. Konga.com, his ecommerce start-up, has grown rapidly since its launch in 2012. A Harvard MBA, Shagaya is in the vanguard of Nigerian entrepreneurs, overcoming potholes and blackouts to tap a vast consumer market. NicoleAmarteifio, Arts Ghanaian Nicole Amarteifio puts an African spin on SexandtheCity with her TV series AnAfricanCity , set in Accra. More than just a showcase of African fashion, the series also provides smart commentary on reaspora the growing trend of Afropolitans in the diaspora moving back to the continent. KhalifaSall, Politics The mayor of Dakar since 2009 and a former minister of the economy, Khalifa Salls efforts to transform the Senegalese capital could propel him to the top of the Socialist party. This ruled Senegal until 2000 but has since struggled to recover its standing in one of the continents most developed democracies. 息Getty 息PanosPictures 息Corbis
7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 4/6 TrevorNoah, Arts/media Trevor Noah, a South African comedian raised in the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto, looks set to become one of the continents most globally recognised faces. At just 31, he was the surprise choice to succeed Jon Stewart in the hot seat at the highly successful US satirical news programme TheDailyShow. VeraSongwe, Development Vera Songwe is a rising star in the World Bank. An adviser to the managing director of the bank and former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Songwe is currently the country director for Senegal, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Mauritania. She is based in Dakar. DanMatjila, Business/finance Dan Matjila, 53, is arguably South Africas most powerful investor, holding the purse strings of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), a state-owned pension fund manager with more than $130bn under management. Known as Dr Dan he holds a PhD in maths he was appointed chief executive of the PIC last December, after almost a decade as chief investment officer. LaiYahaya, Politics/development Lai Yahaya calls himself a policy entrepreneur formulating strategies to reform Nigerias chronically underperforming electricity and energy sectors. He was part of the team at the Bureau of Public Enterprises when Nigerias state companies were being privatised en masse at the turn of the millennium and is now influential in pan- African networks. FatumaAbdullahi, Socialactivism Abdullahi is managing director at Warya Post, an influential Somali platform for debate that challenges the conservative Muslim orthodoxy. Based in Mogadishu, Abdullahi is part of a growing Somali reaspora determined to transform the country. 息Getty
7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 5/6 JoshuaOigara, Business/finance Joshua Oigaras elevation in 2013 to lead Kenya Commercial Bank, one of the biggest banks in the country, made him, at 41, one of the youngest CEOs of a major Kenyan blue-chip. Twice elected chair of the Kenya Bankers Association, Oigara is the face of a new generation of corporate leaders. ZittoKabwe, Politics This tireless Tanzanian corruption-buster and opposition politician has become a lightning rod for a swath of aggrieved young Tanzanians. This year, the economics graduate, 38, founded his own party, the Alliance for Change and Transparency, dedicated to social justice and holding government to account. RobtelNeajaiPailey, Socialactivism Robtel Neajai Paileys response to the Ebola charity single Band Aid 30 We got this, Geldof, so back off was typically blunt. The Liberian academic, writer and activist has emerged as a fresh and confident voice, applying the same plain speaking to the aid industry, corruption and reductive descriptions of Africa by outsiders. QuadriAruna, Sport Table tennis is played across Africa but until this young Nigerian came along, the continent had yet to find someone capable of taking on Asian players. After reaching the quarter finals of the world championship, Aruna was named star player of 2014 by the International Table Tennis Federation. RafaelMarquesdeMorais, Socialactivism The Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais has gambled life and liberty to expose corruption. Recognised internationally for his human rights campaigning, he is a perennial target for harassment. In May he received a suspended prison sentence after he accused senior army figures of complicity in diamond field abuses. 息PeteMuller 息KateLloyd 息Getty 息Reuters
7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 6/6 Printedfrom:http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/44439d66足2fe5足11e5足91ac足a5e17d9b4cff.html Printasinglecopyofthisarticleforpersonaluse.Contactusifyouwishtoprintmoretodistributetoothers. 息THEFINANCIALTIMESLTD2015FTandFinancialTimesaretrademarksofTheFinancial TimesLtd. Share Author alerts Print Clipped Comments FTchiefseesgrowthunder Nikkei Commoditiessupercyclesend isnigh CalaismigrantsbattlenewUK security JeanNoelNtoneEdjabe, Arts Cameroonian Jean Noel Ntone Edjabe, based in Cape Town, is one of the most influential voices on the African literary scene. He founded arts journal Chimurenga, a radical pan-African magazine. He has also set up a quarterly newspaper the Chronic, embracing experimental journalism, hip-hop culture and indigenous aesthetics. ChibunduOnuzo, Arts At just 19, Chibundu Onuzo became the youngest female writer that Faber & Faber had ever signed. TheSpiderKingsDaughter appeared in 2012 to wide critical acclaim. Inevitable comparisons to fellow Nigerian Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie may be premature but each has a sharp eye for the faultlines in Nigerian society. Photographs:PanosPictures余Getty余JimBennett余KateStanworth余NicholeSobecki余 Corbis余PeteMuller余KateLloyd余Reuters余RexFeatures 息RexFeatures

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  • 1. 7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 1/6 Share Author alerts Print Clipped Comments B July24,201511:59am From activists to a Premier League footballer...The FTs Africa team picks the continents rising stars onifaceMwangi, Socialactivism Regularly arrested and threatened, Kenyas voice of the oppressed is dogged in his pursuit of social justice, fighting ethnic division and a corrupt ruling class. The 32-year-old photojournalist-turned-activist also loves a good stunt: whether spilling pigs blood to liken overpaid MPs to greedy pigs or daubing city walls with politically minded graffiti. MoiseKatumbi, Politics The outgoing governor of Katanga, DR Congos wealthiest province, is owner of one of Africas most successful football clubs and a friend to business. The 50-year-olds presidential ambitions have rattled Joseph Kabila, who is due to stand down next year but may seek to prolong his rule. ChikaAnadu, Arts Chika Anadus first feature film, BforBoy, has made the 35-year-old Lagos-born film-maker a rising star outside her countrys Nollywood- dominated industry. Set in Nigeria, the film captures the tensions between traditional and modern culture and hints at discrimination against women perpetuated by women delicate issues at play with widespread resonance. FredSwaniker, Entrepreneur/networker 25 Africans to watch 息PanosPictures 息Getty 息JimBennett
  • 2. 7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 2/6 Energetic and bursting with optimism about Africa, Fred Swaniker typifies a new generation of African entrepreneur and business networker. The 38-year-old Ghanaian has founded the African Leadership Network, the African Leadership University and the African Leadership Academy in his quest to foster a new breed of African leader. AyanMahamoud, Arts The founder-organiser of the Hargeisa International Book Fair spurns the risk of terrorist attack from al-Shabaab jihadis. Instead, the courageous arts guru draws sensual poet-performers, celebrates Somali culture and fosters education, equality and human rights wherever she can. She also puts on Londons annual Somali Week Festival. MmusiMaimane, Politics As the first black leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africas main opposition party, Mmusi Maimane has the task of breaking the 21-year political dominance of the ANC. He is youthful and polished with impressive oratory skills but faces the challenge of convincing black voters that the DA, often perceived to be a white party, has their genuine interests at heart. VictorWanyama, Sport Victor Wanyama, the Kenyan midfielder, has made his mark in British football. After signing for Celtic in 2011, he was voted the Scottish Young Player of the Year in 2013. He was sold to Southampton for 贈12.5m the highest transfer fee received by a Scottish club. Now 24, he is the first Kenyan to play in the English Premier League. EphremSolomon, Arts This up-and-coming Ethiopian artist has big ideas delivered with a graphic bent. His works have been snapped up by Charles Saatchi, who says they portray the distance between the governing and the governed. The same regular motifs appear, sometimes pitting chairs the seat of power against flip-flops the masses. 息Getty 息KateStanworth 息Getty 息Getty 息NicholeSobecki
  • 3. 7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 3/6 AmyJadesimi, Business/finance Amy Jadesimi is an up-and-coming 40-year-old Nigerian managing director taking on the mighty Intels logistics group in Nigeria with her company Ladol. She represents a dynamic new generation assuming control of family businesses after returning home from London. KagisoRabada, Sport The 20-year-old fast bowler enjoyed an amazing debut for the South African national cricket team this year, taking a hat-trick as part of a six-wicket haul against Bangladesh in a one-day international in Mirpur. SimShagaya, Business/finance Sim Shagaya is doing to Nigerian retail what Jack Ma did to China with Alibaba and Jeff Bezos to the US with Amazon. Konga.com, his ecommerce start-up, has grown rapidly since its launch in 2012. A Harvard MBA, Shagaya is in the vanguard of Nigerian entrepreneurs, overcoming potholes and blackouts to tap a vast consumer market. NicoleAmarteifio, Arts Ghanaian Nicole Amarteifio puts an African spin on SexandtheCity with her TV series AnAfricanCity , set in Accra. More than just a showcase of African fashion, the series also provides smart commentary on reaspora the growing trend of Afropolitans in the diaspora moving back to the continent. KhalifaSall, Politics The mayor of Dakar since 2009 and a former minister of the economy, Khalifa Salls efforts to transform the Senegalese capital could propel him to the top of the Socialist party. This ruled Senegal until 2000 but has since struggled to recover its standing in one of the continents most developed democracies. 息Getty 息PanosPictures 息Corbis
  • 4. 7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 4/6 TrevorNoah, Arts/media Trevor Noah, a South African comedian raised in the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto, looks set to become one of the continents most globally recognised faces. At just 31, he was the surprise choice to succeed Jon Stewart in the hot seat at the highly successful US satirical news programme TheDailyShow. VeraSongwe, Development Vera Songwe is a rising star in the World Bank. An adviser to the managing director of the bank and former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Songwe is currently the country director for Senegal, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Mauritania. She is based in Dakar. DanMatjila, Business/finance Dan Matjila, 53, is arguably South Africas most powerful investor, holding the purse strings of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), a state-owned pension fund manager with more than $130bn under management. Known as Dr Dan he holds a PhD in maths he was appointed chief executive of the PIC last December, after almost a decade as chief investment officer. LaiYahaya, Politics/development Lai Yahaya calls himself a policy entrepreneur formulating strategies to reform Nigerias chronically underperforming electricity and energy sectors. He was part of the team at the Bureau of Public Enterprises when Nigerias state companies were being privatised en masse at the turn of the millennium and is now influential in pan- African networks. FatumaAbdullahi, Socialactivism Abdullahi is managing director at Warya Post, an influential Somali platform for debate that challenges the conservative Muslim orthodoxy. Based in Mogadishu, Abdullahi is part of a growing Somali reaspora determined to transform the country. 息Getty
  • 5. 7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 5/6 JoshuaOigara, Business/finance Joshua Oigaras elevation in 2013 to lead Kenya Commercial Bank, one of the biggest banks in the country, made him, at 41, one of the youngest CEOs of a major Kenyan blue-chip. Twice elected chair of the Kenya Bankers Association, Oigara is the face of a new generation of corporate leaders. ZittoKabwe, Politics This tireless Tanzanian corruption-buster and opposition politician has become a lightning rod for a swath of aggrieved young Tanzanians. This year, the economics graduate, 38, founded his own party, the Alliance for Change and Transparency, dedicated to social justice and holding government to account. RobtelNeajaiPailey, Socialactivism Robtel Neajai Paileys response to the Ebola charity single Band Aid 30 We got this, Geldof, so back off was typically blunt. The Liberian academic, writer and activist has emerged as a fresh and confident voice, applying the same plain speaking to the aid industry, corruption and reductive descriptions of Africa by outsiders. QuadriAruna, Sport Table tennis is played across Africa but until this young Nigerian came along, the continent had yet to find someone capable of taking on Asian players. After reaching the quarter finals of the world championship, Aruna was named star player of 2014 by the International Table Tennis Federation. RafaelMarquesdeMorais, Socialactivism The Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais has gambled life and liberty to expose corruption. Recognised internationally for his human rights campaigning, he is a perennial target for harassment. In May he received a suspended prison sentence after he accused senior army figures of complicity in diamond field abuses. 息PeteMuller 息KateLloyd 息Getty 息Reuters
  • 6. 7/25/2015 25 Africans to watch - FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44439d66-2fe5-11e5-91ac-a5e17d9b4cff.html?siteedition=intl 6/6 Printedfrom:http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/44439d66足2fe5足11e5足91ac足a5e17d9b4cff.html Printasinglecopyofthisarticleforpersonaluse.Contactusifyouwishtoprintmoretodistributetoothers. 息THEFINANCIALTIMESLTD2015FTandFinancialTimesaretrademarksofTheFinancial TimesLtd. Share Author alerts Print Clipped Comments FTchiefseesgrowthunder Nikkei Commoditiessupercyclesend isnigh CalaismigrantsbattlenewUK security JeanNoelNtoneEdjabe, Arts Cameroonian Jean Noel Ntone Edjabe, based in Cape Town, is one of the most influential voices on the African literary scene. He founded arts journal Chimurenga, a radical pan-African magazine. He has also set up a quarterly newspaper the Chronic, embracing experimental journalism, hip-hop culture and indigenous aesthetics. ChibunduOnuzo, Arts At just 19, Chibundu Onuzo became the youngest female writer that Faber & Faber had ever signed. TheSpiderKingsDaughter appeared in 2012 to wide critical acclaim. Inevitable comparisons to fellow Nigerian Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie may be premature but each has a sharp eye for the faultlines in Nigerian society. Photographs:PanosPictures余Getty余JimBennett余KateStanworth余NicholeSobecki余 Corbis余PeteMuller余KateLloyd余Reuters余RexFeatures 息RexFeatures