{"id":445818,"date":"2017-12-11T13:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/akufo-addo-named-most-influential-african-in-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T13:30:32","slug":"akufo-addo-named-most-influential-african-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/akufo-addo-named-most-influential-african-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo named most influential African in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 11 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>dailyguideafrica.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/19202374.295.jpg\" alt=\"Akufo Addo Address\" title=\"Akufo Addo Address\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512999032_385_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana\u2019s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is one of three African heads of state named in the list of 100 Most Influential Africans of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The list is published by the New African Magazine at the end of every year since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s Paul Kagame and Guinea\u2019s Alpha Conde \u2013 who is also the Chairperson of the African Union \u2013 are the other presidents to have made the list.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo also made the list in the Politics and Public Service category \u201cfor how he served as a safe pair of hands during President [Muhammadu] Buhari\u2019s enforced absence for most part of 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The list has eight categories, including Education and Academia, which had two Ghanaians named.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Swaniker of the African Leadership Academy and Patrick Awuah of Ashesi University were named as among five personalities for their contributions in the field of education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat our readers will find pleasing is the almost bewildering diversity of this list \u2013  in terms of race, ethnic and national diversity,\u201d said Omar Ben Yedder, the Group Publisher and Managing Director of IC Publications \u2013 publishers of the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis list, if nothing else, displays the beauty and power of the diversity that makes the Africa we all love,\u201d he underscored.<\/p>\n<p>Curiously, no Ghanaian was named in the Sports, Business and Finance and Civil Society and Activism categories. Arts and Culture saw Ghanaian-born British model Adwoa Aboah, making it. Idris Elba, who has Ghanaian roots, was also named.<\/p>\n<p>Other Ghanaians named are Chief Brand Officer for Uber Bozoma Saint John, in the Science, Technology and Innovation category and Editor of British Vogue, Edward Kobina Enninful \u2013 in the Media category.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria had the highest entries of 21, with South Africa following with 14 names.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, the list had 42 women \u2013 the highest since the magazine\u2019s publications.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 11 December 2017 Source: dailyguideafrica.com 2017-12-11 President Akufo-Addo Ghana\u2019s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is one of three African heads of state named in the list of 100 Most Influential Africans of 2017. 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