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Please find the Politics & Governanceedition of the global list.

The most influential peopleof African descent in Religiousand Humanitarian endeavors.

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CategoriesPolitics & Governance

Business & Entrepreneurship Media & Culture

Religious & Humanitarian

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Regions NumberUSA 66

9

South America 5

Europe 15

Asia 3

Oceania 2

100

Number10

22

7

19

42

RegionsCentral Africa

East Africa

North Africa

Southern Africa

West Africa

100

Person?-

Nigeria

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Prosconvia Alengot Oromait

No. Factoid Diaspora Person? Africa1 Number of countries represented 19 - 28

2 Most represented country 66 candidates USA 21 candidates

3 Average age 33.4 - 33.9

4 Youngest 19 Halima Aden 24

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3

4

5

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No. Person Value / Title

*Richest person overall and net worth LeBron Raymone James $485 million

*Richest person and net worth(Business and Entrepreneurship category)

Jamal Edwards $45 million

Largest number of Facebook followers Robyn "Rihanna" Fenty 82 million

Largest number of Twitter followers Robyn "Rihanna" Fenty 70 million

Largest number of Youtube subscribers Robyn "Rihanna" Fenty 24 million

Largest number of Instagram followers Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter

95 million

Factoid

Diaspora

*based on available data

Person Value / Title

Didier Drogba $90 million

James Mworia Annual compensation of $2 million

Didier Drogba 9.2 million

Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam ("Akon")

6 million

Naseeb Abdul Juma ("Diamond Platnumz") 471,000

Didier Drogba 4.5 million

Africa

Gender Diaspora Africa

Male 53 48

Female 47 52

Total 100 100

Gender RatioNo. Category Diaspora Africa1

Business & Entrepreneurship

20 20

2

Politics & Governance36 40

3 Religious & Humanitarian 13 20

4 Culture & Media 31 20

100 100Total

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Inside Africa

Umra Omar Victor Ochen Violet Banda Yasmin Belo-Osagie

Stephanie NyombayireSaran Kaba-JonesNoella CoursarisMusunka

Noushka Teixeira Nyadol Nyuon

A - Z

Naadiya MoosajeeKhadija Gbla Kimmie L. WeeksIsha Sesay Ishmael Beah

Afua Osei Akon Emmanuel MakandiwaFrancine Furaha Muyumba

Fred Swaniker

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A - Z

1. Afua Osei, Social Enterpreneur/Co-founder, She Leads Africa, Ghana2. Akon, Co-founder, Akon Lighting Africa, Senegal3. Emmanuel Makandiwa, Founder, United Family International Ministry, Zimbabwe4. Francine Furaha Muyumba, President, Pan African Youth Union, Democratic Republic of Congo5. Fred Swaniker, Co-founder, African Leadership Academy, Ghana6. Isha Sesay, , Sierra LeoneFounder, W.E. (Women Everywhere) Can Lead & CNN Anchor7. Ishmael Beah, Author/Human Rights Activist, Sierra Leone8. Khadija Gbla, Activist/Founder and Director, Khadija Gbla Cultural Consultancy, Sierra Leone9. Kimmie L. Weeks, Human Rights Activist/Inspirational Speaker, Liberia10. Naadiya Moosajee, Social Entrepreneur/Co-founder, WomEng, South Africa11. Noella Coursaris Musunka, Model/Philanthropist/Founder, Malaika, Democratic Republic of Congo12. Noushka Teixeira, Founder and Director, Matumaini Orphanage and Literacy Centre, Democratic Republic of Congo13. Nyadol Nyuon, Human Rights Activist/Lawyer, South Sudan14. Saran Kaba-Jones, Clean Water Advocate and Social Entrepreneur/Founder, FACE Africa, Liberia15. Stephanie Nyombayire, Director General of Communication in Office of the President, Rwanda16. Umra Omar, Founder, Safari Doctors, Kenya17. Victor Ochen, Humanitarian, Founder, African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET), Uganda18. Violet Banda, Child's Right Activist/Reporter, Malawi19. Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Co-founder, She Leads Africa, Nigeria

African Diaspora

Rashad Robinson Thione NiangLaura Wiedman PowersJesse Williams

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A - Z

Isabelle MamadouGeorgette Schutte Imeime UmanaElisabeth Kaneza Francisco J. Tovar B

Daniel MareeAngelica Ross Brandon M. Frame Bree Newsome Charlene A. Carruthers

A - Z

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1. Angelica Ross, Founder/CEO, TransTech Social Enterprises, USA2. Brandon M. Frame, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, TheBlackManCan, USA3. Bree Newsome, Activist/Film Maker, USA4. Charlene A. Carruthers, National Director of the Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), USA5. Daniel Maree, Civil Rights Leader, USA6. Elisabeth Kaneza, Founder and Director of the Kaneza Initiative for Dialogue and Empowerment, Germany (Rwanda)7. Francisco J. Tovar B, Ezecutive Director of the Institute of Afrodiasporic Studies (IAS) Venezuela8. Georgette Schutte, Gender and Human Rights, UNICEF The Netherlands (Mauritania)9. Imeime Umana, First female African-American President, Harvard Law Review USA (Nigeria)10. Isabelle Mamadou, Human Rights Specialist, Spain (Central African Republic)11. Jesse Williams, Human Rights Activist/Actor/Model, USA12. Laura Wiedman Powers, Co-Founder/Executive Director of CODE2040, USA13. Rashad Robinson, Non-Profit Executive of Color of Change/Civil Rights Leader, USA14. Thione Niang, Co-founder, Akon Lighting Africa/Social Entrepreneur/Author/Speaker/Political Strategist/Consultant, USA (Senegal)

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Age Distribution

Youngest

Average age

Diaspora

Africa

33

19

33

24

Halima Aden

Cult. & Med.USA

Prosconvia

OromaitPol. & Gov.

Uganda

Gender Distribution

Regional Representation

65

15

10

5

3

2

USA EuropeN. & C. America South AmericaAsia Oceania

42

22

19

10

7

West Africa East Africa

Southern Africa Central Africa

North Africa

Diaspora Africa

6

2

5

16

33

37

1

7

0

3

18

38

30

4

60 40 20 0 20 40 60

Unknown

<21

21 - 25

26 - 30

31 - 35

36 - 40

>40

Age Groups

Africa Diaspora

65

Countries with Most Representation

21

Diaspora

Africa

No. of Countries Represented

Diaspora

Africa

USA

Nigeria

19

18

11

5

17

13

9

8

Business and Entrepreneurship

Culture and Media

Politics and Governance

Religious and Humanitarian

Diaspora

Male Female

23

10

10

6

17

10

10

14

Business and Entrepreneurship

Culture and Media

Politics and Governance

Religious and Humanitarian

Africa

Male Female

Categories

19

29

13

20

31

36

20

20

20

40

Religious & Humanitarian

Politics & Governance

Culture & Media

Business & Entrepreneurship

Africa Diaspora

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Diaspora Africa

Largest number of Facebook followers

Largest number of Twitter followers

Largest number of You tube Subscribers

Largest number of Instagram followers

82 million Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty

Barbados Singer

9.2 million Didier Drogba Côte d’Ivoire

Professional Footballer (retired)

70 million Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty

Barbados Singer

6 million Aliaume Damala Badara Akon

Thiam ("Akon") Senegal

Singer / Philanthropist

24 million Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty

Barbados Singer

471,000 Naseeb Abdul Juma ("Diamond Platnumz")

Tanzania Singer

95 million Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-

Carter USA

Singer / Actress

4.5 million Didier Drogba Côte d’Ivoire

Professional Footballer

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