Nigerian
Minister of Agriculture Mr. Akinwumi Adesina has emerged Forbes Africa
Person Of The Year 2013 beating 5 others including business mogul and
Africa’s richest man, Dangote to clinch the award.
Akinwumi
was nominated for his vision in making Nigeria a self-sustaining,
food-producing nation, which hopes to register over 20 million farmers
by 2015.
The
shortlisted names were; Jim Ovia, Chairman of the Zenith Bank Group;
Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote;
South African mining magnate, Patrice Motsepe, Zimbabwean, Strive
Masiyiwa, who is the founder of global telecoms group, Econet Wireless;
and Mr. Akinwumi Adesina
Last year, the award was won by James Mwangi, the CEO of Equity Bank, Kenya.
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