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Rotimi Adebari is a Nigerian-Irish politician who made history in Ireland after becoming the country's first black mayor. In 1964, Rotimi Adebari was born to...

Velvalea Hortense Rodgers "Vel" Phillips was an American lawmaker and politician who was the first African American woman to graduate from the University of...

Prudencia Ayala was a renowned writer, activist, and women's rights campaigner in El Salvador. She was a black woman of afro-indigenous descent who was...

Mansa Musa ruled the Kingdom of Mali from 1312 to 1337. At the time of Musa's ascension to the throne, Mali consisted of the...

Nwanyeruwa was an Igbo woman from southeastern Nigeria during the colonial era who organized and led 10,000 Nigerian women to protest against the exploitative...

Rosaline Iyabode Johnson (Iyabode) is a Sierra Leonean jazz, Afropunk and neo-soul singer, songwriter, and performer whose style of music is significantly reshaping the...

Patrice Motsepe is a billionaire from South Africa with a $2.7 billion net worth. At the age of 46, he became the first Black African to appear on Forbes' list of world billionaires in 2008. Additionally, he is the first billionaire industrialist from South Africa.

Out of 15 African innovators, Sierra Leonean innovator and founder of Smart Green Stove, Margaret Yainkain Mansaray has been shortlisted for 2023 UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.