Jatali Bellanton is the founder of the youth financial literacy organisation Kids Who Bank. After 13 years in the finance worlds of corporate UK and America helping clients make and retain millions she is now mainly recognized for being an award winning author, investor and her two major creations: a finance curriculum which has gone into …
Kwame Opoku is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for USM Alger. Opoku began his career at Division One League side Nkoranza Warriors, before signing for Asante Kotoko. In 2020, Asante Kotoko announced that they had signed him from Nkoranza-based club Nkoranza Warriors on a three-year contract. He scored a brace to earn a win …
On May 26th,2021 there was a virtual event organized by Most Influential People of African Descent. It was a global conversation titled Connecting Creatives to Capital: “Investment is the key to unlocking the true potential of the Creative Industries.” The panelists included Alexandra Hannibal: Director, CNN Films (USA), Ben Amadasun: Netflix Director, Content in Africa (Nigeria), …
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Ifedayo is an Author, Entrepreneur, and Young Global Leader with over 10 years of management and leadership experience working in the fashion, marketing and manufacturing Industries. She is very passionate about women and youth contributing to national development, thus launched a platform called the AGS Tribe to connect women to each other and business opportunities …
Adewale “Wally” currently serves as the president of the Obama Foundation. Formerly senior advisor at the Blackrock and the center for strategic and International studies, Adeyemo was appointed by President Obama in 2015 as his senior international economics advisor. In this capacity he was the deputy national security advisor for international economics and the deputy …
Abiola ‘Champ’ Salami is a World-class Performance Coach committed to raising world class leaders and improving the productive capacity and brand perception of organizations and governments. He is an alumnus of Harvard University, Lagos Business School and American Government’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). His commitment to workforce productivity, youth and women empowerment as well …
Efosa Ojomo is a Nigerian author, researcher and speaker. He leads the Global Prosperity research group at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a think tank based in Boston and Silicon Valley and is a senior research fellow at the Harvard Business School. Efosa speaks regularly on innovation and has presented his work at …
Dynast Amir, full name Dynast Abefe Adewale Amir, is a dynamic, globetrotting, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who has a passion for life and seeing the success of others. Dynast was born in Albert Horton Hollis II in Sacramento, CA but considers himself a displaced African who just happened to be born in America. He attended Christian …
Amy Sarr Fall is a Senegalese public figure. She has been recognized for her many cultural and social contributions, including her work as the founder and director of Intelligences Presse, a magazine she created in 2010. This started with the launch of the non-partisan political magazine Intelligences and her commitment to the GE7 initiative to …
She is a Bright Light, Dreamterpreter, and Purpose Driver. She is the founder of Lumination Global Network, an organization on a mission to empower individuals and organizations to live a life of purpose. She is also the author of “This Thing Called Purpose”, a book that helps people understand the true essence of living with …