Yes! Just as we have powerful men, we also have powerful women making giant stripes all over the world cutting across the continents. Africans, especially Nigerian women are not left out in this transitional trend to reshape the world.
Our own sisters and mothers are indeed making names for themselves. Two outstanding Nigerian women made it to the world's elite group of Most Powerful Women in the world list as released by Forbes. They are: the enigmatic Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Oil tycoon and Billionaire, Folorunsho Alakija, taking position number 48 and 87 respectively.
1. Angela Merkel Germany
2. Hillary Clinton United States
3. Melinda Gates United States
4. Janet Yellen United States
5. Mary Barra United States
6. Christine Lagarde France
7. Dilma Rousseff Brazil
8. Sheryl Sandberg United States
9. Susan Wojcicki United States
10. Michelle Obama United States
11. Park Geun-hye South Korea
12. Oprah Winfrey United States
13. Ginni Rometty United States
14. Meg Whitman United States
15. Indra Nooyi United States
16. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Argentina
17. Irene Rosenfeld United States
18. Ana Patricia BotÃn Spain
19. Abigail Johnson United States
20. Marillyn Hewson United States
21. Beyoncé Knowles United States
22. Marissa Mayer United States
23. Helen Clark New Zealand
24. Safra Catz United States
25. Angela Ahrendts United States
26. Ellen Kullman United States
27. Michelle Bachelet Chile
28. Anna Wintour United States
29. Ursula Burns United States
30. Arundhati Bhattacharya India
31. Sri Mulyani Indrawati Indonesia
32. Ruth Porat United States
33. Lucy Peng China
34. Loretta Lynch United States
35. Chanda Kochhar India
36. Federica Mogherini Italy
37. Gina Rinehart Australia
38. Nancy Pelosi United States
39. Adena Friedman United States
40. Ewa Kopacz Poland
41. Queen Elizabeth II United Kingdom
42. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi United Arab Emirates
43. Ho Ching Singapore
44. Laurene Powell Jobs United States
45. Renée James United States
46. Drew Gilpin Faust United States
47. Ertharin Cousin United States
48. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Nigeria
49. Samantha Power United States
50. Ellen DeGeneres United States
51. Amy Hood United States
52. Bonnie Hammer United States
53. Mary Callahan Erdoes United States
54. Angelina Jolie United States
55. Beth Comstock United States
56. Phebe Novakovic United States
57. SofÃa Vergara Colombia
58. Donna Langley United Kingdom
59. Sheikh Hasina Wajed Bangladesh
60. Katie Jacobs Stanton United States
61. Arianna Huffington United States
62. Margaret Chan China
63. Mary Jo White United States
64. Taylor Swift United States
65. Rosalind Brewer United States
66. Nemat (Minouche) Shafik United Kingdom
67. Lubna S. Olayan Saudi Arabia
68. Peng Liyuan China
69. Zhang Xin China
70. Güler Sabanci Turkey
71. Elvira Nabiullina Russia
72. Elizabeth Holmes United States
73. Tory Burch United States
74. Dana Walden United States
75. Diane von Furstenberg United States
76. Carol Meyrowitz United States
77. Mary Meeker United States
78. Solina Chau Hong Kong
79. Miuccia Prada Italy
80. Katharine Viner United Kingdom
81. Shakira Mebarak Colombia
82. Yao Chen China
83. Fabiola Gianotti Italy
84. Padmasree Warrior United States
85. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw India
86. Kaci Kullmann Five Norway
87. Folorunsho Alakija Nigeria
88. Judy Faulkner United States
89. Patricia Harris United States
90. Gwynne Shotwell United States
91. Sara Blakely United States
92. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey United States
93. Shobhana Bhartia India
94. Beth Brooke-Marciniak United States
95. Weili Dai United States
96. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Liberia
97. Raja Easa Al Gurg United Arab Emirates
98. Jenny Lee Singapore
99. Greta Van Susteren United States
100. Lee Boo-Jin South Korea
Our own sisters and mothers are indeed making names for themselves. Two outstanding Nigerian women made it to the world's elite group of Most Powerful Women in the world list as released by Forbes. They are: the enigmatic Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Oil tycoon and Billionaire, Folorunsho Alakija, taking position number 48 and 87 respectively.
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Oil Tycoon, Folorunsho Alakija
1. Angela Merkel Germany
2. Hillary Clinton United States
3. Melinda Gates United States
4. Janet Yellen United States
5. Mary Barra United States
6. Christine Lagarde France
7. Dilma Rousseff Brazil
8. Sheryl Sandberg United States
9. Susan Wojcicki United States
10. Michelle Obama United States
11. Park Geun-hye South Korea
12. Oprah Winfrey United States
13. Ginni Rometty United States
14. Meg Whitman United States
15. Indra Nooyi United States
16. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Argentina
17. Irene Rosenfeld United States
18. Ana Patricia BotÃn Spain
19. Abigail Johnson United States
20. Marillyn Hewson United States
21. Beyoncé Knowles United States
22. Marissa Mayer United States
23. Helen Clark New Zealand
24. Safra Catz United States
25. Angela Ahrendts United States
26. Ellen Kullman United States
27. Michelle Bachelet Chile
28. Anna Wintour United States
29. Ursula Burns United States
30. Arundhati Bhattacharya India
31. Sri Mulyani Indrawati Indonesia
32. Ruth Porat United States
33. Lucy Peng China
34. Loretta Lynch United States
35. Chanda Kochhar India
36. Federica Mogherini Italy
37. Gina Rinehart Australia
38. Nancy Pelosi United States
39. Adena Friedman United States
40. Ewa Kopacz Poland
41. Queen Elizabeth II United Kingdom
42. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi United Arab Emirates
43. Ho Ching Singapore
44. Laurene Powell Jobs United States
45. Renée James United States
46. Drew Gilpin Faust United States
47. Ertharin Cousin United States
48. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Nigeria
49. Samantha Power United States
50. Ellen DeGeneres United States
51. Amy Hood United States
52. Bonnie Hammer United States
53. Mary Callahan Erdoes United States
54. Angelina Jolie United States
55. Beth Comstock United States
56. Phebe Novakovic United States
57. SofÃa Vergara Colombia
58. Donna Langley United Kingdom
59. Sheikh Hasina Wajed Bangladesh
60. Katie Jacobs Stanton United States
61. Arianna Huffington United States
62. Margaret Chan China
63. Mary Jo White United States
64. Taylor Swift United States
65. Rosalind Brewer United States
66. Nemat (Minouche) Shafik United Kingdom
67. Lubna S. Olayan Saudi Arabia
68. Peng Liyuan China
69. Zhang Xin China
70. Güler Sabanci Turkey
71. Elvira Nabiullina Russia
72. Elizabeth Holmes United States
73. Tory Burch United States
74. Dana Walden United States
75. Diane von Furstenberg United States
76. Carol Meyrowitz United States
77. Mary Meeker United States
78. Solina Chau Hong Kong
79. Miuccia Prada Italy
80. Katharine Viner United Kingdom
81. Shakira Mebarak Colombia
82. Yao Chen China
83. Fabiola Gianotti Italy
84. Padmasree Warrior United States
85. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw India
86. Kaci Kullmann Five Norway
87. Folorunsho Alakija Nigeria
88. Judy Faulkner United States
89. Patricia Harris United States
90. Gwynne Shotwell United States
91. Sara Blakely United States
92. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey United States
93. Shobhana Bhartia India
94. Beth Brooke-Marciniak United States
95. Weili Dai United States
96. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Liberia
97. Raja Easa Al Gurg United Arab Emirates
98. Jenny Lee Singapore
99. Greta Van Susteren United States
100. Lee Boo-Jin South Korea
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