Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola is a Senior Entrepreneur with 14 years of experience in building scalable financial technology firms. He is the Co-Founder & CEO of Flutterwave.; a post-Series A payments technology company headquartered in San Francisco with operations and offices across Africa and Europe. Flutterwave was launched four years ago with the goal to build digital …
Queen Nworisara-Quinn is a founding Partner at Kupanda Capital. Prior to Kupanda Capital, Queen was an Investment Officer in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Private Sector Department. At the AfDB, she also served as Chief of Staff in the Office of the Vice President for Infrastructure & Private Sector Development. Previously, Queen was a …
What does Excellence mean? According to Oprah Winfrey, Excellence is seen as your Personal Brand and when people come in contact with your Personal brand, you become unforgettable. And that is the effect we are creating for the continent called AFRICA. We at the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), it …
Tanzeela Qambrani made history at the age of 39 in 2018, by securing a seat in the legislature of Sindh province in Pakistan, making her the first member of the Sheedi (who are of East African Descent) minority to become a lawmaker in Pakistan. Unlike other minorities in the country, the Sheedis can trace their …
Eugene Arhin is a Ghanaian administrator and businessman. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the current Communication Director for the President of Ghana. We are proud of what he has achieved and recognize him as one of the Most Influential People of African Descent Politics and Governance Category.
Sahar Albazar is an Egyptian MP and the Deputy Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee at the Egyptian House of Representatives. She is also the President of the forum of young Parliamentarians representing more than 170 countries. Sahar is an MPA holder from Harvard University. Before that, she was an Impact Assessment Consultant at the …
For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history. Every year on 25 March, the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade offers the opportunity to honour and remember those who suffered …
At 22 years old, Travis Robinson became the youngest MP to serve on a country’s legislative body in the Caribbean. Two weeks later he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism. Mr. Robinson founded The Rising Star Organization, a mentorship organization which trains and empowers young student leaders to become world changers. Mr. Robinson has launched …
Michael Derrick Tubbs is an American politician, currently mayor of Stockton, California. Elected as mayor in 2016 at age 26, he is the youngest mayor in Stockton’s history and its first African-American mayor. Tubbs announced his candidacy for Stockton Council District 6 for the November 6, 2012 general election, running against incumbent Dale Pritchen. He …
Mbali Ntuli is a South African politician and a Democratic Alliance Member. She currently serves as the Provincial Campaigns Director for KZN. She is the former leader of the Democratic Alliance Youth, the youth wing of South Africa’s official opposition party. She was elected to this position in May 2013. Ntuli is a product of the DA Young …