ARISE MAGAZINE publishes its first ARISE 100 Women [FULL-LIST]

ARISE, Africa’s global style and culture magazine, published by THISDAY Group, has launched its ARISE 100 series.  ARISE 100: DYNAMIC WOMEN celebrates extraordinary and powerful women effecting real change for the continent across a gamut of disciplines, including politics, fashion, the arts, entertainment, sport and activism. Their tireless efforts are helping Africa to take its rightful place on the world stage in the 21st century. Full list: Ahdaf Soueif, writer and activist, Egypt/UK Alek Wek, model and campaigner, South Sudan Angelina Jolie, actress, US Angélique Kidjo, singer and campaigner, Benin Ann McCreath, KikoRomeo designer, founder of FAFA and Fashion for Peace, Kenya Dr Asha-Rose Migiro, former UN Deputy Secretary-General, Tanzania Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Minister of Health, Senegal Ayaan Hirsi Ali, activist and writer, Somalia/Netherlands/US Ayo Obe, Vice Chair, National Crisis Group, Nigeria Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, founder, soleRebels, Ethiopia Bridgette Radebe, President, South African Mining Development Association, South Africa Buika, singer, Spain/Equatorial Guinea Candice Swanepoel, model, South Africa Charlayne Hunter-Gault, journalist, US Charlize Theron, actress, South Africa /US Cherie Blair, lawyer, UK Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author, Nigeria/US Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, former Prime Minister, Mali Dambisa Moyo, economist, Zambia/US Deola Sagoe, fashion designer, Nigeria Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria Dorothy K Gordon, Director General, Advanced Information Technology Institute, Ghana Dr Eleni Gabre-Madhin, founder, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, Ethiopia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President, Liberia Elsie Kanza, Director, World Economic Forum, Tanzania Eva Muraya, co-founder and CEO, Color Creations Group, Kenya Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, The Gambia Folake Folarin-Coker, fashion designer, Tiffany Amber, Nigeria Franca Sozzani, Editor-in-chief, Vogue Italia, Italy Genevieve Nnaji, actress, Nigeria Genevieve Sangudi, Managing Director, Carlyle Group Africa, Tanzania Graça Machel, advocate for human rights, Mozambique Hajia Bola Shagaya, founder and CEO, Bolmus Group International, Nigeria Hanaa Ben Abdesslem, model, Tunisia Hon Aicha Bah Diallo, Chair of the Forum for African Women Educationalists, Kenya Ida Odinga, Founder, Ida Odinga Trust, women’s health campaigner, Kenya Iman, model, campaigner and entrepreneur, Somalia/US Irene Charnley, CEO, Smile Telecoms, South Africa Isabel dos Santos, investor and businesswoman, Angola Isis Nyong’o, Vice President and Managing Director for Africa, InMobi, Kenya/US Dr Johnnetta B Cole, Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art, US Jonitha Gugu Msibi, Senior Partner, Ernst & Young, South Africa Joy Phumaphi, Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank, Botswana Joyce Banda, President, Malawi Juliet Ehimuan, Google Nigeria Country Manager, Nigeria Kanya King, founder, Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards, UK Kerryn Greenberg, Curator (International Art), Tate Modern, South Africa /UK Laurence Chauvin Buthaud, designer and founder, LaurenceAirline, France/Côte d’Ivoire Leigh Blake, founder, ACT V, UK Leymah Gbowee, peace activist, Liberia Lira, musician, South Africa Lisa Folawiyo, founder and Creative Director, Jewel by Lisa, Nigeria. Liya Kebede, model, Ethiopia Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist and BBC presenter, Nigeria/UK Maria Ramos, CEO, Absa Group, Portugal/South Africa Mariam Doumbia, vocalist, Mali Melinda Gates, philanthropist, US Minoush Abdel-Meguid, co-founder, Union Capital, Egypt Monhla Hlahla, Chair, IDC, South Africa Mphatheleni Makaulule, founder, Mupo Foundation, South Africa Dr Mphu Ramatlapeng, former Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Lesotho Nadiyah Spencer, Director of Sourcing and Production, SUNO, US/Kenya Dr Natasha Sauven, paediatrician, Sierra Leone/UK Ngozi Edozien, Director, Actis West Africa, Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Nigeria Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chair, African Union, South Africa Nombulelo ‘Pinky ‘ Moholi, CEO, Telkom SA LTD, South Africa Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita, CEO, ArcelorMittal South Africa, Odile Sankara, activist and comedian, Burkina Faso Oluchi Orlandi, model, Nigeria Oprah Winfrey, media mogul, US Ory Okolloh, Google Policy Manager for Africa, Kenya Oumou Sangaré, musician, Mali Phuti Malabie, CEO, Shanduka Group, SA Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, speaker, Ugandan Parliament, Uganda Rosalind Kainyah, Vice President, External Affairs & CSR, Tullow Oil, Ghana/UK Rungano Nyoni, filmmaker, Zambia/UK Sarah Brown, campaigner, UK Serkalem Fasil, journalist, US/Ethiopia Sharon Wauchob, Creative Director, Edun, Ireland Sophie Okonedo, actress, UK Stella Kilonzo, Chief Executive, Capital Markets Authority, Kenya Susan ‘Santie’ Botha, Chancellor of the Nelson Mandela University, SA Tebello Nyokong, scientist, Lesotho Teresa Heinz Kerry, businesswoman and philanthropist, US Thandie Newton, actress, UK/Zimbabwe Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, Studio Museum in Harlem, US Thuli Madonsela, public protector, SA Thyla van der Merwe, Association of South African Women in Science and Engineering, SA Tirunesh Dibaba, runner, Ethiopia Tsega Gebreyes, Managing Partner, Satya Capital, Ethiopia/UK Baroness Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief Coordinator, UK Vivienne Westwood, designer, UK Wanuri Kahiu, film director, Kenya Waris Dirie, model, author, campaigner, Somalia Wendy Ackerman, retail tycoon, SA Wendy Luhabe, social entrepreneur, SA Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, politician, SA Yvonne Chaka Chaka, singer, SA Zainab Hawa Bangura, UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Sierra Leone

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This article was first published on 26th October 2012 and updated on October 29th, 2012 at 10:31 am

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