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Hall of Fame · Builders

Makers of institutions, enterprises and movements that endure.

6 inductees honoured under Builders.

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  • Portrait of Aliko DangoteNigeria

    Enterprise

    Aliko Dangote

    b. 1957

    Industrialist. Founded the Dangote Group, Africa's largest cement, sugar and salt producer with operations in 10 African countries, and built the Dangote Refinery in Lagos — the world's largest single-train oil refinery — designed to make Nigeria fuel-self-sufficient.

  • Portrait of Fatima BernawiEritrea / Palestine

    Liberation

    Fatima Bernawi

    1939 – 2022

    Born in Jerusalem to an Eritrean father, she became the first Palestinian woman taken as a political prisoner by Israel (1967–77) and later founded and led the women's police corps under the Palestinian Authority.

  • Portrait of Mo IbrahimSudan

    Telecommunications & Governance

    Mo Ibrahim

    b. 1946

    Telecommunications entrepreneur and philanthropist. Founded Celtel, which brought mobile telephony to 14 African countries before its sale for $3.4 billion in 2005; established the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, the world's largest individual award for heads of state.

  • Portrait of Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaNigeria

    Global Economic Leadership

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    b. 1954

    Economist and international stateswoman. Served two terms as Nigeria's Finance Minister, during which she negotiated the cancellation of $30 billion in external debt, and in 2021 became the first woman and first African to serve as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.

  • Portrait of Strive MasiyiwaZimbabwe

    Telecommunications & Education

    Strive Masiyiwa

    b. 1961

    Entrepreneur and philanthropist. Founded Econet Wireless, which became one of Africa's largest telecommunications companies, and established the Higherlife Foundation, which has provided scholarships to over 250,000 African students. Appointed to the board of Netflix and serves as an African Union special envoy.

  • Portrait of Tony ElumeluNigeria

    Banking & Entrepreneurship

    Tony Elumelu

    b. 1963

    Banker and philanthropist. Transformed the struggling Standard Trust Bank into United Bank for Africa, today serving over 45 million customers across 20 African countries, and pledged $100 million through the Tony Elumelu Foundation to fund and mentor 10,000 young African entrepreneurs over a decade — the largest philanthropic programme of its kind on the continent.