From boardrooms to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, New African’s 2025 100 Most Influential Africans list highlights a continent increasingly shaped by business leadership, technological ambition and creative resilience. New African magazine has unveiled the 2025 edition of its annual 100 Most Influential Africans list, revealing a notable shift in influence across the continent. Published annually, the list recognises Africans from across a wide range of fields whose work has had a measurable impact on the continent and beyond over the past year. Technology also features strongly, with artificial intelligence emerging as a defining theme of the 2025 list. In total, the 2025 list represents 32 African nations and features 64 men and 36 women.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 19, 2025 21:19 UTC