For the first time ever, Forbes has compiled a Pan-African list of the most powerful women in Africa, derived from business, politics, media, science, sports, and public life.
These women, according to Forbes, are challenging the status quo and creating a trail on terrain where there was none. They are reshaping history, closing inequalities and pioneering new avenues of wealth creation and in turn, lifting others with them.
These are the East Africans that made Forbes list of Most powerful women in Africa.
1. Clare Akamanzi
Country: Rwanda
Clare Akamanzi is a Rwandan lawyer, public administrator, businesswoman and politician, who is currently the chief executive officer of the Rwanda Development Board.
Clare Akamanzi is the most powerful woman in Rwanda and in East Africa, and the second most powerful woman in Africa.
2. Jennifer Riria
Country: Kenya
Jennifer Riria, is a Kenyan businesswoman , corporate executive, banker, and academic who serves as the group chief executive officer of Kenya Women Holding Group, a microfinance, banking and insurance group serving nearly one million mostly rural Kenyan women.
She has served on the boards of Kenyan and international organisations, including at the Nairobi Stock Exchange, being the first female to serve in that capacity. She has also served on the boards of Jitegemee Trust Limited, a microfinance company, National Bank of Kenya, and Kenya Post Office Savings Bank.
Jennifer Riria is the most powerful woman in Kenya and second most powerful woman in East Africa. She’s alo the third most powerful woman in Africa.
3. Louise Mushikiwabo
Country: Rwanda
Louise Mushikiwabo is the fourth and current Secretary General of Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. She previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda from 2009 to 2018.
Louise is the second most powerful woman in Rwanda and the third most powerful woman in East Africa. She’s also the fifth most powerful woman in Africa.
4. Elsie Kanza
Country: Tanzania
Elsie Kanza is one of the leading and most dynamic female leaders emerging from Africa. Born in Kenya to Tanzanian parents and educated in Kenya and then later in the United States, Kanza is the Director, Head of Africa at the World Economic Forum.
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