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Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by ijebabe: 1:40pm On Nov 09, 2012
Arise magazine is celebrating African women that have been influential in various fields, and thirteen Nigerian women made the list including actress Genevieve Nnaji.

The others are
Ayo Obe, Vice Chair, National Crisis Group, Nigeria;

Hajia Bola Shagaya, founder and CEO, Bolmus Group International, Nigeria;

Ngozi Edozien, Director, Actis West Africa, Nigeria;

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author, Nigeria/US;

Deola Sagoe, Fashion designer, Nigeria;

Folake Folarin-Coker, fashion designer, Tiffany Amber, Nigeria;

Lisa Folawiyo, founder and Creative Director, Jewel by Lisa, Nigeria;

Oluchi Orlandi, model, Nigeria;

Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria;

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Nigeria;

Juliet Ehimuan, Google Nigeria Country Manager, Nigeria and

Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist and BBC presenter, Nigeria/UK.


FULL LIST OF THE ARISE 100: DYNAMIC WOMEN

Business + Law
Ayo Obe, Vice Chair, National Crisis Group, Nigeria
Bridgette Radebe, President, South African Mining Development Association, SA
Cherie Blair, lawyer, UK
Dambisa Moyo, economist, Zambia/US
Dr Eleni Gabre-Madhin, founder, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, Ethiopia
Eva Muraya, co-founder and CEO, Color Creations Group, Kenya
Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, The Gambia
Genevieve Sangudi, Managing Director, Carlyle Group Africa, Tanzania
Hajia Bola Shagaya, founder and CEO, Bolmus Group International, Nigeria
Irene Charnley, CEO, Smile Telecoms, SA
Isabel dos Santos, investor and businesswoman, Angola
Jonitha Gugu Msibi, Senior Partner, Ernst & Young, SA
Maria Ramos, CEO, Absa Group, Portugal/SA
Minoush Abdel-Meguid, co-founder, Union Capital, Egypt
Monhla Hlahla, Chair, IDC, SA
Ngozi Edozien, Director, Actis West Africa, Nigeria
Nombulelo 'Pinky' Moholi, CEO, Telkom SA LTD, SA
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita, CEO, Arcelormittal South Africa, SA
Phuti Malabie, CEO, Shanduka Group, SA
Rosalind Kainyah, Vice President, External Affairs & CSR, Tullow Oil, Ghana/UK
Stella Kilonzo, Chief Executive, Capital Markets Authority, Kenya
Susan 'Santie' Botha, Chancellor of the Nelson Mandela University, SA
Teresa Heinz Kerry, businesswoman and philanthropist, US
Thuli Madonsela, public protector, SA
Tsega Gebreyes, Managing Partner, Satya Capital, Ethiopia/UK
Wendy Ackerman, retail tycoon, SA
Wendy Luhabe, social entrepreneur, SA

Culture + Media + Sport
Ahdaf Soueif, writer and activist, Egypt/UK
Angélique Kidjo, singer and campaigner, Benin
Angelina Jolie, actress, US
Buika, singer, Spain/Equatorial Guinea
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, journalist, US
Charlize Theron, actress, SA/US
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author, Nigeria/US
Genevieve Nnaji, actress, Nigeria

Dr Johnnetta B Cole, Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art, US
Kanya King, founder, Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards, UK
Kerryn Greenberg, Curator (International Art), Tate Modern, SA/UK
Lira, musician, SA
Mariam Doumbia, vocalist, Mali
Oprah, media mogul, US
Oumou Sangaré, musician, Mali
Rungano Nyoni, filmmaker, Zambia/UK
Serkalem Fasil, journalist, US/Ethiopia
Sophie Okonedo, actress, UK
Thandie Newton, actress, UK/Zimbabwe
Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, Studio Museum in Harlem, US
Tirunesh Dibaba, runner, Ethiopia
Wanuri Kahiu, film director, Kenya
Yvonne Chaka Chaka, singer, SA

Fashion
Alek Wek, model and campaigner, South Sudan
Ann McCreath, KikoRomeo designer, founder of FAFA and Fashion for Peace, Kenya
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, founder, soleRebels, Ethiopia
Candice Swanepoel, model, SA
Deola Sagoe, fashion designer, Nigeria
Folake Folarin-Coker, fashion designer, Tiffany Amber, Nigeria
Franca Sozzani, Editor-in-chief, Vogue Italia, Italy
Hanaa Ben Abdesslem, model, Tunisia
Iman, model, campaigner and entrepreneur, Somalia/US
Laurence Chauvin Buthaud, designer and founder, LaurenceAirline, France/Côte d'Ivoire
Lisa Folawiyo, founder and Creative Director, Jewel by Lisa, Nigeria
Liya Kebede, model, Ethiopia
Nadiyah Spencer, Director of Sourcing and Production, SUNO, US/Kenya
Oluchi Orlandi, model, Nigeria
Sharon Wauchob, Creative Director, Edun, Ireland
Vivienne Westwood, designer, UK

Politics + Activism
Hon Aicha Bah Diallo, Chair of the Forum for African Women Educationalists, Kenya
Dr Asha-Rose Migiro, former UN Deputy Secretary-General, Tanzania
Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Minister of Health, Senegal
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, activist and writer, Somalia/Netherlands/US
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, former Prime Minister, Mali
Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President, Liberia
Elsie Kanza, Director, World Economic Forum, Tanzania
Graça Machel, advocate for human rights, Mozambique
Ida Odinga, Founder, Ida Odinga Trust, women's health campaigner, Kenya
Joyce Banda, President, Malawi
Joy Phumaphi, Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank, Botswana
Leigh Blake, founder, ACT V, UK
Leymah Gbowee, peace activist, Liberia
Melinda Gates, philanthropist, US
Mphatheleni Makaulule, founder, Mupo Foundation, SA
Dr Mphu Ramatlapeng, former Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Lesotho
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Nigeria
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chair, African Union, SA
Odile Sankara, activist and comedian, Burkina Faso
Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, speaker, Ugandan Parliament, Uganda
Sarah Brown, campaigner, UK
Waris Dirie, model, author, campaigner, Somalia
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, politician, SA
Baroness Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief Coordinator, UK
Zainab Hawa Bangura, UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Sierra Leone

Science + technology
Dorothy K Gordon, Director General, Advanced Information Technology Institute, Ghana
Juliet Ehimuan, Google Nigeria Country Manager, Nigeria
Isis Nyong'o, Vice President and Managing Director for Africa, InMobi, Kenya/US
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist and BBC presenter, Nigeria/UK
Dr Natasha Sauven, paediatrician, Sierra Leone/UK
Ory Okolloh, Google Policy Manager for Africa, Kenya
Tebello Nyokong, scientist, Lesotho
Thyla van der Merwe, Association of South African Women in Science and Engineering, SA

Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by Nobody: 8:36pm On Nov 10, 2012
okay ....i think i love the feeling of being the first to comment..*dancing*


congrats to all of them. i love you all kiss keep the flag flying....
GENNY Baby kiss
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by Mynd44: 9:03pm On Nov 10, 2012
Congratulations to them
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by ijebabe: 1:25pm On Nov 11, 2012
Lol, speedyboi ur nuts.

It is inspiring news. This is what I like to see come out of Nigeria than the bad news I have become so used to getting.
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by Mynd44: 1:36pm On Nov 11, 2012
We are like any other people. We have our good times and we have our bad times
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by dilbert100: 12:45pm On Nov 16, 2012
nice....congrats
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by Iaz93: 12:48pm On Nov 16, 2012
Pwettie Gennie. .good for them
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by Eneze1(f): 12:50pm On Nov 16, 2012
congrats to all involved
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by Nobody: 12:52pm On Nov 16, 2012
Congrats @Oli...lol, sorry Oluchi Orlandi... smiley
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by cdamsel(f): 1:06pm On Nov 16, 2012
I don't understand wat pple like angelina jolie & charlize theron dey do 4 d list,tot it was african women undecided

Abi na cos cos she adopt black baby?I cld understand melinda gates,she & her husband don fund plenty projects

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Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by Nobody: 1:07pm On Nov 16, 2012
awards upon awards..dont know why and dont care,its not like she is as creative as Uche Jombo,OR ANYTHING...So now what?after the award now what?
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by BuBBle1(f): 1:10pm On Nov 16, 2012
Go Genny,Go Genny.
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by MMM2(m): 1:20pm On Nov 16, 2012
Were re NL ladies angry
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by SisiKill1: 1:29pm On Nov 16, 2012
cdamsel: I don't understand wat pple like angelina jolie & charlize theron dey do 4 d list,tot it was african women undecided

Abi na cos cos she adopt black baby?I cld understand melinda gates,she & her husband don fund plenty projects
Cherlize Theron is South African.

...Jolie own is what I don't understand. Maybe she is now African by virtue of having two kids born in African countries...Namibia and Ethiopia. cheesy
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by solomon111(m): 1:37pm On Nov 16, 2012
Hmmn!
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by slimyem: 2:15pm On Nov 16, 2012
Congrats to her...and all others..
Watch out for my name on that list in a few years...cheesycheesy
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by purplebrown: 7:01pm On Nov 16, 2012
cdamsel: I don't understand wat pple like angelina jolie & charlize theron dey do 4 d list,tot it was african women undecided

Abi na cos cos she adopt black baby?I cld understand melinda gates,she & her husband don fund plenty projects
Charlize Theron is from south africa, she's african. You don't have to be black to be african these days get with the program.
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by DonPedro21(m): 8:51pm On Nov 16, 2012
speedyboi: okay ....i think i love the feeling of being the first to comment..*dancing*


congrats to all of them. i love you all kiss keep the flag flying....
GENNY Baby kiss

Ewu number 1
Re: Genevieve Nnaji, 12 Other Nigerians Listed In Arise’s 100 Dynamic African Women by babyboy3(m): 12:00am On Nov 17, 2012
cdamsel: I don't understand wat pple like angelina jolie & charlize theron dey do 4 d list,tot it was african women undecided

Abi na cos cos she adopt black baby?I cld understand melinda gates,she & her husband don fund plenty projects



Oh my days Charlize is African

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