Tag: Africa

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MIPAD Honors Global Top 100 Achievers of African Descent Worldwide

NEW YORK, 26th September, 2023: Brace yourself for an infusion of global power as the annual Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) Recognition Week 2023 kicks off from Friday, September 28th to Monday, October 2nd at prestigious 1 United Nations Plaza in New York City. Following the opening of the 78th United Nations General …

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Stavros Nicolaou…

Stavros Nicolaou is the Aspen Pharmacare Group’s Senior Executive responsible for Strategic Trade Development. Previously he was CEO of Aspen’s Export Business. Aspen is Africa’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer and a now world leader in Anaesthetics and injectable anti-coagulants. Aspen is one of South Africa’s most globalised multinational companies with a presence in over 50 geographies …

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She is Silvia Lutucuta

Silvia Lutucuta is Minister of Health of Angola since 2017. She studied medicine and obtained a scholarship in Portugal where she specialised in cardiology. From 2000 to 2004 she was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, having won awards for best research for three years. …

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Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana

Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana is the Minister of Health of Rwanda since November 2022. He previously served as Director General of the University teaching hospital of Butare and the Rwanda Biomedical Centre. He holds extensive experience in infectious disease and non communicable diseases programs design, strategic planning and implementation science. Dr. Sabin served as Principal Investigator …

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Dr. Anastasia Ugwuanyi

Dr. Anastasia Ugwuanyi is a Senior Clinical Educator at the University of the Witwatersrand, with an MBBS from the University of Nigeria , A PGDip in Public health from the University of Liverpool and an MSc Family Medicine from the University of Edinburgh. Good job!! Please note: To nominate other high achievers of African Descent …

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Meet Darlington Akogo

Darlington Akogo is a Global leader in Artificial Intelligence. He’s the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at minoHealth AI Labs; an AI Healthtech company; karaAgro AI; an AI-powered Plant & Pest Disease Detection and Precision Agriculture platform, Runmila AI Institute; an AI and Data Science training institute, and Gudra AI Studio; an organization broadly exploring …

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Dr.Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri

Dr. Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri (aka DR. MAY) popularly referred to as “The Celebrity Shrink,” and is a multiple award winning Mental Health Physician, Advocate & Coach. She is the Medical Director and Psychiatrist-In-Chief at Pinnacle Medical Services, Nigeria’s leading and foremost Psychology and Mental health clinic prominent in the application of innovative clinical approaches in …

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Meet Affiong Williams

Affiong Williams is the CEO & Founder of ReelFruit the largest fruit processing, packaging and marketing company in Nigeria. The company, founded in 2012, retails a range of dried fruit and nut snacks through a variety of channels including over 450 Supermarkets, Airlines, Schools, Hotels, and concluding export sales via Amazon.com ReelFruit is an award-winning …

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Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuende

Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede is the first African co-chairman of the Global Business Coalition on Health (GBC Health). He is also an investor, banker and philanthropist. As co-founder of the Tengen Family Office, Aig-Imoukhuede oversees a multibillion-dollar business portfolio, while through the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation, Aigboje and his wife, Ofovwe, manage a significant financial commitment focused on …