The African leadership magazine (ALM) are the organizers of African Persons of the Year awards. The magazine has come out with winners for 2019 awards for the different categories.
Egyptian President Addel Fattah is the African Political leaders of the year 2019. Also Dr Akinwumi Adesina is the winner of the African of the year 2019 award.
The Poll for the awards is a keen contest across seven different categories. This year’s contest pulled 300000 entries on the magazine’s website, across social media platforms and submissions via email.
Here are the categories for the awards;
- African of the Year 2019
- African Female Leader of the Year 2019
- ALM Person of the Year 2019 – Educational Development
- ALM Person of the Year 2019 – Employment Generation
- ALM Person of the Year 2019 – Political Leadership
- ALM Person of the Year 2019 – Philanthropy & Charitable Contributions to Society
- ALM Young Person of the Year 2019
Grand finale of the awards will be on 28th February 2020 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Winners will receive decoration and their instruments of honour at the event, which will attract leaders in African politics, diplomacy and business.
The final winners are:
African of the Year 2019
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria
African Female Leader of the Year 2019
Rawya Mansour, Founder, RAMSCO Company – Winner
ALM Person of the Year 2019-Educational Development
Dr Yusuf Karodia, Founder, Regent Business School and MANCOSA
ALM Person of the Year 2019 – Employment Generation
Ashish Thakkar, CEO, Mara Phone
ALM Person of the Year 2019 – Political Leadership
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt
ALM Person of the Year 2019 – Philanthropy & Charitable Contributions to Society
Femi Otedola, Founder, Femi Otedola Foundation
ALM Young Person of the Year 2019
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, Wizkid, Music Artist
Positive Impact on African leadership
There is an upsurge of over 45% of votes for this years African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year awards. Africans are seeking to use the scheme to reward purposeful and impact oriented leadership.
Hence in addition to the winners, the most distinguished runners up will take home special ALM commendation citations. These include;
African of the Year Commendation Award
His Majesty King Mohammed VI, King of Morocco
African Female Leader of the Year Commendation Award
Helen Oritsejafor, MD/CEO, Eagle Heights Group, Nigeria
ALM Person of the Year -Educational Development Commendation Award
Afe Babalola, Founder Afe Bablola University Nigeria
ALM Person of the Year Employment Generation Commendation Award
Abdulsalmad Rabiu, Chief Executive Officer, BUA Group, Nigeria
ALM Person of the Year – Political Leadership Commendation Award
H.E. Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia
ALM Person of the Year – Philanthropy & Charitable Contributions to Society Commendation Award
Patrice Motsepe, Motesepe Foundation, South Africa
ALM Young Person of the Year Commendation Award
Isaya Yunge, Founder, SomaApps Technologies Ltd, Tanzania
Winners are role models for Africa
ALM’s publisher Ken Giami said, “The nominees have demonstrated great faith in the Africa project, and are ‘walking their talk’ in their communities. They all are true lovers of Africa, determinedly contributing, sometimes amidst very difficult circumstances, but undoubtedly making their communities a better place for its people.”
The African Leadership magazine Persons of the Year is in its 8th year. It is an annual award for Africans who distinguish themselves in the line of duty. It also rewards African trailblazers in the year under review.
In effect, this year’s selection committee retained the four broad themes from the previous year. Namely: Africans whose activities, policies and actions have contributed to ‘Investments into Africa’s young people, jobs and wealth creation; promoting sustainable peace and development, delivering of democratic values; and the promotion of Africa’s image globally.
