These Six Africans Made the 2019 TIME’s 100 Most Influential People List

Time Magazine has published its annual list of the world’s most influential people – and six Africans made it on to the list.

These Six Africans Make TIME's 100 Most Influential People List

They are, listed below:
Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopian prime minister
Rami Malek, Egyptian actor
Cyril Ramaphosa , South African president
Mohamed Salah, Egyptian and Liverpool footballer
Caster Semenya, South African athlete
Fred Swaniker, Ghanaian entrepreneur

Times’s list is divided into the categories of pioneers, artists, leaders, icons and titans, notables and features people in the arts, politics, sports, business, education and advocacy.

Uzonna Anele
Uzonna Anele
Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.

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