Forbes Africa magazine has nominated top five candidates for the prestigious Forbes Africa Person of the year 2012 awards.
Tony Elumelu and Aliko Dangote of Nigeria were among the top five candidates nominated for the Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2012 awards.
The other three nominees are
• Dr. James Mwangi, Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Equity Bank Limited, Kenya;
• Joyce Banda, President of Malawi and
• Stephen Saad, Co-founder, Aspen Pharmacare.
Forbes Africa magazine said, Elumelu, Dangote,Stephen Saad, Joyce Banda, and Dr. James Mwangi were nominated by its readers because of their impact on African business in the past year.
"Aliko Dangote: founder and president of Dangote Group.
Motivation: Last year’s runner-up to Forbes Africa Person of The Year is still Africa’s richest man, worth more $11.2 billion.
Dangote continues to be one of the continent’s biggest employers. He promises to donate most of his fortune to charitable causes upon his retirement"
"Tony Elumelu: founder and chairman of Heirs Holdings.
Motivation: The multimillionaire grooms African business leaders and entrepreneurs through the Tony Elumelu Foundation.
He is the leading advocate of Africapitalism, an economic philosophy that embodies the private sector’s commitment to Africa’s economic transformation through long-term investments"
"Dr James Mwangi: CEO and managing director of Kenya’s Equity Bank Limited. Motivation:
Dr James Mwangi won the Ernest and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award 2012 as well as Africa’s Innovation Leader of the Year Awards in 2012. Equity Bank is planning to extend its financial services to Ethiopia when the country opens its banking industry for foreign investors"
"Joyce Banda: president of Malawi. Motivation:
Banda, Malawi’s first female leader has restored strained diplomatic ties with neighbors and the international community. Her administration has embraced investor-friendly economic policies: she cut her salary by 30%; sold the presidential jet and a fleet of luxury cars in an austerity drive"
"Stephen Saad: co-founder of the Aspen Pharmacare. Motivation:
Saad is the biggest shareholder of the largest publicly-traded drug manufacturer, Aspen. The company has a market capitalization of $6 billion. Saad became a multimillionaire at 29. Now aged 47, he employs more than 6 000 people"
Please visit www.forbesafrica.com and vote for any of the top 5 nominees you think should win the Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2012.
NOTE: Voting closes on Thursday, 1 November 2012 and the winner will be revealed at an event in Nigeria.
