Forbes Magazine has
listed Burna Boy, Afrofusion star; Chimamanda Adichie, novelist; and Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general, among its top
African icons.
In Forbes Africa’s new issue, the top-100 innovations, inventions, and icons
across different fields were recognised.
Nigerian music superstars, Davido, Wizkid, and Mr Eazi were
included in the list.
Nollywood stars, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Genevieve Nnaji, and Funke Akindele-Bello were also recognised.
Writing about Davido’s inclusion, Forbes said he is “without
a doubt one of Africa’s biggest musicians”.
“The Nigerian-American artist, who also graced the Forbes
Africa 30 Under 30 list in 2018, told us that ‘it was people like P-Square and
D’Banj who made him believe that all this was possible.”
On Chimamanda, Forbes wrote: “Known for her feminism which
comes across not only in her books but in the way she speaks, Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie has brought the power of narrative to all the work she has done.
“The Half of a Yellow
Sun author has been described by The Times Literary Supplement as ‘the most
prominent’ of a ‘procession of critically acclaimed young Anglophone authors
[which] is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African
literature”, particularly in her second home, the United States (her first being
Nigeria).”
Aside from the Nigerians listed, other global figures like
Trevor Noah, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Lupita Nyong’o, Idris Elba, Samuel Eto’o,
Djimon Hounsou, Tedros Ghebreyesus, Desmond Tutu, and Nasty C were also named.
See the 10 Nigerians on the list below.
- Davido
- Omotola
Jalade-Ekeinde
- Wizkid
- Burna
Boy
- Swanky
Jerry
- Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie
- Ngozi
Oknojo-Iweala
- Funke
Akindele Bello
- Genevieve
Nnaji
- Mr
Eazi
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