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Fortune Magazine nominates Environment minister, others among Africa’s greatest leaders

As part of measures to promote excellence in the global corporate system, Fortune Magazine has nominated Nigeria’s Environment Minister, Amina Mohammed among its top three greatest leaders in Africa.
Environment Minister, Amina Mohammed PHOTO: www.youtube.com

Environment Minister, Amina Mohammed<br />PHOTO: www.youtube.com

As part of measures to promote excellence in the global corporate system, Fortune Magazine has nominated Nigeria’s Environment Minister, Amina Mohammed among its top three greatest leaders in Africa.

According to the publication, its lists tend to separate out the good and great based on their sphere of operation and influence.

The Magazine’s Editor at Large said: “To make this roster, it was not enough to be brilliant, admirable, or even supremely powerful. We set out to find singular leaders with vision who moved others to act as well, and who brought their followers with them on a shared quest. We looked for effectiveness and commitment and for the courage to pioneer. All had to be active in leadership roles, though a long history of leading is something that many on our list share.”

The shortlisted leaders include Nigeria’s Environment Minister Amina Mohammed who served as special adviser on post-2015 development planning to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

“Mohammed had to rally 193 countries to endorse the same objectives for the next 15 years. Acting as the point person for the Sustainable Development Goals, she helped bridge the divide between developing countries and First World nations, and by September, all member states signed on to 17 goals related to wiping out poverty and tackling climate change. Now Mohammed is trying to make renewables a bigger factor in the oil-producing country’s energy strategy.

“Representing Francophone Africa, Denis Mukwege is the classic activist. Congolese surgeon and gynecologist Denis Mukwege, who founded a hospital in the epicenter of the violence, has treated tens of thousands of victims—some of them children of rape themselves. Despite censorship by the Congolese government, attacks, and an assassination attempt, Mukwege has continually returned to the operating theater, and he has campaigned fiercely worldwide to bring the military use of sexual violence to an end.

“The youngest person on this list, Bright Simons is often associated with the phrase, ‘African innovation’, though his work now transcends the continent. Counterfeit drugs are rife in Africa—one estimate pegs the chances of purchasing one at 30%, and in 2013 more than 120,000 African children died because of poor quality antimalarials.

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