Mohammed VI, l’une des personnalités les plus influentes en Afrique (classement)

Comme chaque année, le magazine NewAfricain publie son classement des personnalités les plus influentes du continent africain. Qui sont les Marocains et combien sont-ils ?

Publié cette semaine, ce classement est divisé en plusieurs catégories : la politique et service public, Affaires et finances, Société civile et activisme, Sciences Technologie et innovation, Education et académie, Médias et enfin sport.

Dans la catégorie Politique, le roi Mohammed prend la 5è place des personnalités les plus influentes après Amina J Mohammed (Nigeria), George Weah (Liberia), Yemi Osinbajo (Nigeria), Alpha Condé (Guinée) et enfin le souverain marocain.

Mohamed Al Kettani, PDG d’Attijari Wafabank prend la quatrième place dans la catégorie Affaires et finances et où le ministre de l’Industrie Moulay Hafid El Alamy prend la 15è place.

Politique et service public :

• Amina J Mohammed – UN Deputy Secretary General. (Nigeria)
• George Weah – Football legend and aspiring President (Liberia)
• Yemi Osinbajo – Vice President (Nigeria)
• Alpha Condé – President (Guinea)
• Mohammed VI – King (Morocco)
• Justice David Maraga – Supreme Court Judge (Kenya)
• Nana Akufo-Addo – President (Ghana)
• Sophia Abdi Noor – Politician (Kenya)
• Akinwumi Adesina – President Africa Development Bank ; Winner – World Food Prize 2017 (Nigeria)
• Vanessa Moungar – Director of Gender AfDB (Chad)
• Vera Songwe – New head – UN Economic Commission for Africa (Cameroon)
• Moussa Faki Mahamat – African Union Commission Chairperson (Chad)
• Paul Kagame – President (Rwanda)
• Pravin Gordhan – Political stalwart, former Finance Minister (South Africa)
• Sibeth Ndiaye – Advisor to French President Macron (Senegal)
• Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus – new and first African WHO Director General (Ethiopia)
• Bola Tinubu – Former Lagos State governor (Nigeria)
• Prof. Ruth Oniang’o – Nutritionist, Africa Food Prize Winner (Kenya)

Affaires et Finances

• Aliko Dangote – Successful business mogul Africa’s richest man (Nigeria)
• Issad Rebrab – Founder and CEO, Cevital (Algeria)
• Isabel dos Santos – Billionaire businesswoman former Chairperson Sonangol (Angola)
• Mohamed Al Kettani – CEO Attijariwafa Bank (Morocco)
• Lionel Zinsou – creator of the Africa-France club (Benin)
• Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu – Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Nigeria)
• Makhtar Diop – World Bank Vice-President for Africa (Senegal)
• Abdoulaye Coulibaly – Founder of the Bamako Forum (Mali)
• Abebe Selassie – Head of IMF African Department. (Ethiopia)
• James Mworia – MD and CEO of Centum Investments (Kenya)
• Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais – Founder and CEO, Quantum Global (Angola)
• Mohammed Dewji – CEO MeTL Group (Tanzania)
• Strive Masiyiwa – Founder and Chairman of Econet Wireless (Zimbabwe)
• Alioune Gueye – Entrepreneur (Senegal)
• Moulay Hafid Elalamy – Minister of Trade and Industry (Morocco)
• Dr. Sahar Nasr – Minister of Investment and International Cooperation (Egypt)
• Olga Johnson – Secretary General of the Foundation for Energy (Benin)
• Elon Musk – Founder : PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and OpenAI (South Africa)