President Muhammadu Buhari, Dr Goodluck Jonathan and blogger, Linda Ikeji have been named among the 100 Most Influential Africans in 2015 by New Africa magazine.

The publication, which was released yesterday, also has other Nigerians recognized. They include the UN Special Advisor on Post Development Planning, Amina J. Mohammed; AfDB’s new President, Akinwumi Adesina and a surprising addition in the form of Nigerian Diasporan, UK MP and Labour Party leadership hopeful, Chuka Umunna; World Bank VP and Treasurer, Arunma Oteh, and Nigerian industrialist, Aliko Dangote also makes the list.

The annual “100 Most Influential Africans of 2015,” according to a statement from the magazine, presents the continent’s definitive power list and profiles the continent’s top game changers in eight different fields:

Politics (22)
Public Office (four)
Arts and Culture (21)
Business (21)
Civil Society (11)
Technology (nine)
Media (seven)and
Sports (five).
Among the 30 countries represented, Nigerians and South Africans dominated the list, with 20 and 16 personalities respectively.

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This is good but we need this influence trikle down to our economy etc etc