Nwabisa Matyumza is the Director, MultiChoice Talent Factory. She is an award winning TV executive with experience in launching channels and productions across the African continent. At present, her core focus is educating the next generation of African storytellers and upskilling existing filmmakers. Congratulations!! Please note: To nominate other high achievers of African Descent Worldwide, …
Sabrina Dhowre Elba is the UN Goodwill Ambassador for IFAD. She is also an actress, activist and model. She recently visited an IFAD-supported project in Sierra Leone and dedicates her efforts towards the challenges faced by rural women and girls. Born in Canada, of Somali descent, she has been featured on the cover of British Vogue, Sunday …
Teela Reid is the Co-founder of Blackfulla bookclub, an instagram platform that honours First Nation’s Ancestors as the original Storytellers. She is a Rebellious Lawyer, storyteller, essayists and proud Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman. She is currently a Sydney-based Senior Solicitor in Aboriginal Land Rights litigation and in 2022 was appointed the inaugural First Nations Lawyer …
Thami Nkadimeng, is the Founder and CEO, Thami Nkadimeng Group. A spirited well known face and public figure that focuses on zestful and spirited solutions within communicating to individuals and groups on public platforms. She has experience in front of the camera, behind the microphone and addressing an audience. A true child of Africa that finds …
Tasha & Tracie Okereke is a Brazilian rapper duo formed by twin sisters who work in art, fashion, activism and music. At the age of 16, they attended Batalha de Santa Cruz, an open space for rhymes at the exit of the Santa Cruz Metro. There, they watched women who became their references. They needed money, …
Yara Shahidi is an American actress. She first gained recognition in 2012 on the series The First Family. Shahidi is also known for playing the oldest daughter Zoey Johnson on the ABC sitcom Black-ish, a role she reprised on the Freeform spin-off Grown-ish. Her notable films include Imagine That (2009), Alex Cross (2012), Smallfoot (2018), The Sun Is Also a Star (2019) and PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021). One …
Angelica Nwandu, Founder and CEO of media company and Instagram’s third most actively-engaged account, ‘The Shade Room‘ for which she was named one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Media She is a 2014 June and May Sundance Screenwriter Fellow, as well as a 2014 Time Warner Fellow for a script she co-wrote called Night …
Charreah K. Jackson serves as an International Communication Strategist, CEO of Studio Social and Author of Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love & Success on St. Martin’s Press. Her informed point-of-view has been featured by Good Morning America, Business Insider, and Fast Company. She is also a career coach and corporate trainer with …
Damilare Kujembola is an entertainment lawyer and entrepreneur originally from Lagos, Nigeria with experience in the entertainment and media world in various capacities as a record label lawyer, digital platform in-house counsel and CEO. He launched his career with in 2013 at G-Worldwide Records, as its first in-house lawyer where he oversaw the signing and …
Ntombezinhle Jiyane, known professionally as DJ Zinhle, is a South African DJ, producer, media personality and businesswoman. Zinhle has also pursued an acting career. She made her on-screen debut as judge in Jika MaJika,Idols South Africa, Turn It On, and 1’s and 2 (2021) and appeared as a guest on the television series eKasi: Our Stories (2011), Play Your Part (2012), Tropika Island (2012), The Close …