1. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala.
A highly respected and influential global leader, economist, policy maker and thinker on Finance and Economic Development. She has been listed 5 years consecutively as one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World by Forbes Magazine and in 2013 was listed as one of the Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine. In 2015, she was also listed as one of the 50 Greatest World Leaders by Fortune.
She served two terms as Finance Minister of Nigeria (2003-2006, 2011-2015) and was previously Managing Director of the World Bank (2007-2011). She currently chairs the Board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and the African Risk Capacity (ARC). She is also a Senior Adviser at Lazard.
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala served twice as Nigeria’s Finance Minister and also as Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was the first female to hold both positions.
2. Obiageli Ezekwesili.
Obiageli Ezekwesili is a Nigerian chartered accountant. She was a co-founder of Transparency International, serving as one of the pioneer directors of the global anti-corruption body based in Berlin, Germany. She served as Federal Minister of Solid Minerals and then as Federal Minister of Education during the second-term presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. Since then, she served as the Vice-President of the World Bank's Africa division from May 2007 to May 2012.
Prior to working for the Government of Nigeria, Ezekwesiili was working with Professor Jeffery Sachs at the Center for International Development at Harvard.
Ezekwesili never took a softer line on Bring Back our Girls campaign.
3. Late Dora Akunyili
was the Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) of Nigeria and Nigerian Minister of Information and Communications from 2008 to 2010. She was a pharmacist and governmental administrator who gained international recognition and won several awards for her work in pharmacology, public health and human rights.
Following her appointment as the Director General of NAFDAC in April 2001, Akunyili established as a top priority the eradication of counterfeit drugs and unsafe food. Before her assumption of office in NAFDAC, fake and substandard foods and drugs were sold in Nigeria without any form of regulation. She was disheartened that "so many of (her) countrymen and women (were) fighting killer diseases like malaria and tuberculosis with little more than sugar syrup and chalk tablets, cynically packaged to look like the real thing."[Although Akunyili faced considerable risk to her personal safety in her fight to combat the issue of fake drugs, "She [has been] dancing with danger. And she [has been collecting] very visibly awards all over the world appearing with whomever has a smile to share.
she served humanity selflessly until she was lost to cancer on the 7th June 2014 in an India Hospital.
4. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
a Nigerian novelist, nonfiction writer and short story writer. A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, Adichie has been called "the most prominent" of a "procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors [that] is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African Literature".
5. Folorunsho Alakija.
A Nigerian businesswoman who is the richest African woman and also the richest woman of black woman in the world.
She is the group managing director of The Rose of Sharon Group which consists of The Rose of Sharon Prints & Promotions Limited and Digital Reality Prints Limited and the executive vice-chairman of Famfa Oil Limited.
5. Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
A Nigerian actress, singer, philanthropist and former model.
After receiving numerous high-profile awards, launching a music career, and amassing an enviable fan base, the press has revered the screen nation "Best Actress" as the "African Magic". She is the first African celebrity to receive over 1 million likes on her Facebook page. She currently has a total of 3 million followers on Facebook.
Aside her show business accomplishments, she is also applauded for her remarkable humanitarian efforts.
This list is just a hint on thousands of women with global impacts. women these days are more committed to making a difference and changing lives, inspiring people and breaking barriers.
Trust me you don't want to end up "in the other room".
Article by: Diamondlife7.blogspot.com
Original publisher: Diamondlife7.blogspot.com (3/11/2016)
That room is not for me...lol
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