
Choiseul 100 Africa
The Choiseul 100 Africa is an annual ranking independently conducted by Choiseul Africa. It identifies and highlights 200 young African economic decision-makers aged 40 or under who, through their activities and influence, are playing and will continue to play a significant role in Africa's economic development in the near future.

Our ranking
Since its launch in 2014, the aim of this ranking has been to highlight and connect African decision-makers destined to play a leading role in the continent’s economy.
Over the years, the Choiseul 100 Africa has become a unique pan-African network of influence for the younger generation. The result of several months of work, Choiseul Africa brings together numerous experts and specialists from across the continent to carry out this pioneering study, which assesses the driving forces of the African economy.
The study seeks to represent all regions of Africa and as many countries as possible, in order to identify a cohort of leaders drawn from across the continent and from every future-oriented, value-creating sector.
Methodology
The process for each edition of the Choiseul 100 Africa ranking runs from February to September of the given year and is divided into four main stages:
- Defining the methodology and objectives;
- Updating the previous year’s ranking;
- Researching and selecting new profiles;
- Validating and refining the final ranking, highlighting the 200 most promising young African business leaders.
Eligibility Criteria
Only profiles meeting certain conditions are taken into consideration:
- Holding the nationality of an African country;
- Being 40 years old or under as of 1 January 2024;
- Actively contributing to Africa’s economic development;
- Not holding an elected office as a main occupation.
Selection Criteria
A series of criteria guide the preselection and final selection of the laureates, including:
- Nationality, professional activity, and type of company/institution
- The individual’s role and position within the company/institution;
- Turnover or budget of the organisation;
- Number of employees in the organisation;
- Geographical areas covered;
- Civic or associative commitments and the individual’s influence.
Partners
As part of the Choiseul 100 Africa, Choiseul Africa benefited from the support of partner companies, whom we would like to thank here. Their backing and trust were essential to the completion of our work, as well as to the publication and dissemination of this unique and pioneering study.
Palmarès Choiseul 100 Africa — 2024


- Chief Executive Officer, Alimtiyazgroup (since 2012)

- Executive Vice Chairwoman, Globacom (since 2019)

- • Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Majorel (since 2021)

Mohammed Usman ABDUL-RAZAQ
- Vice President - Investment Banking, Renaissance Capital (2012-2016)

- State Minister for External Economic Cooperation, Ethiopian Ministry of Finance (2020-2021)

- Vice President, Ciments de l'Afrique (since 2014)
- Senior Associate, Dewey & Leboeuf LLP (2010-11)

- Director of Strategy, SIPRA (2016-18)

- • Multionational and Regional Corporate Customer Manager, Orabank Senegal (since 2023)


- Founder & Deputy General Director, Derichebourg Morocco (2012- 2019)

- President & Founder, Fonds Yavarhoussen (since 2019)

- Commercial Director, Coubeche Group (2017-2020)

- Commercial Director, Coubeche Group (2017-2020)


- General Manager Sales Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, Lufthansa Group (2019-2021)

- Development Director, Sapro Group (2013-2016)

Achumile MAJIJA
- Chief Executive Officer, Prudential Uganda (2021-2022)

- Secretary General, Office of Vocational Training and Employment Promotion (2017)

- Vice President in charge of Industry, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts of Guinea (since 2022)

- Finance Business Partner Senior Manager, VEON Djezzy (2016-2020)

- Chief Executive Officer, Thebe Capital (2014-2016)

- Board Member, Al Madar Al Jadid (since 2022)

- General Manager, Old Mutual South Africa (2016-2020)

- Co-founder, Red | for Africa (since 2005)


- Financial Analyst, Glencore UK (2013-2014)

- General Director of Investment and Business Climate, Moroccan Ministry of Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies (2022)

- General Director Debt Management Office, Angolese Ministry of Finance (2018-2021)

- Group Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Camusat (2020-2023)

- Board Member, Association of Local Distributors of Gas (since 2024)

Khalil HALILU
- Founder & Board Chairman, The CANs (2019-2023)

- Petroleum Legal Advisor to the Cabinet Secretary, Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (2013-2020)

- Deputy Managing Director, Atlantic Group (2015-2021)

- Algeria Country Manager, Bureau Veritas Group (2019-2021)

- Chief Digital Officer, Bank of Kigali (2018-2020)

- Group Finance and Administration Director, DENNIS Group (2015-2020)

Sowemimo ABIODUN
- Founder & Chief Executive Officer, InfoMetriQ Data Network (since 2018)

- Director of Hydrocarbons, Senegalese Ministry of Oil and Energy (2020-2022)

- Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Syntaxis Capital Africa (2014-2019)

- Founder, Educate Empower and Inspire (since 2013)

- Managing Director Guinea, ITC Global (2011-2016)

Romain DENIEL
- Advisor to the President, Presidency of the Gabonese Republic (2019- 2022)

- Lead Manager Innovation and Digital Transformation, SolidarIT Tech Hub Cotonou (2015-2017)

- Head of Corporate Finance, Central, East, Southern and Francophone West Africa, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (2021-2022)

- Research Consultant, Frazmo Consultancy (2015-2020)


- Principal Officer, The Thomson and Barbara Mpinganjira Foundation (since 2021)

- Deputy Director of Operations, GEPetrol (2014-2015)

- Board Member, Groupement du Paiement Mobile Maroc, Attijariwafa bank (since 2021)

- Partnerships and Communications Director, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (2021-2023)

Adéchinan O. Moubarak SOUMANOU
- Managing Director, Investment and Export Promotion Agency of Benin (March-July 2024)

- Non Executive Director, UBI General Partner (since 2018)

Gisèle LUTUNDULA
- Head of Corporate and Treasury, First National Bank, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2020-2022)

- • Head of Mobile Services Diversification, Orange Africa and Middle-East (2019-2021)

- Deputy Chief Executive Office, Groupe Arno (2020 - April2024)

- Executive Director, Bodivia (2019-2022)

- Executive Director Sustainable Infra Investments, Swicorp (2015-2021)

- Deputy Managing Director of Business Development, Sunshine Business (2012-2014)

- Senior Associate Financial and Tax Auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers (2015-2018)

- Director General of Economic Studies, Central Bank of Mauritania (2023)

- Process Engineer, Hydro Industries Limited (2020)

Zama KHANYILE
- Head of uMnotho Fund, National Empowerment Fund (2014-2021)

- Executive Chairman, Haltons Limited (since 2019)

Ibrahima Abé DIALLO
- Managing Director, Buyers and Suppliers Subcontracting and Partnership Marketplace (2018-2021)

- Education Project Manager, Save the Children International (2016-2017)

- Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Explorer Academy (since 2020)

- Managing Director, HummingBird Guinea Mining Corporation (since 2017)

- Managing Director, Tridex Co. (2009-2016)

- Country Engagement Officer, African Risk Capacity (2017-2021)

- Executive Director, Evercare Hospital Lekki (2019-2022)


- Minister of Youth, Sport, Entrepreneurship Promotion of Chad (2020- 2022)

- Managing Director Sierra Leone, Orange (2018-2022)

- Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Industry, Trade Green and Digital Economy of Morocco (2018-2021)

Kari TUKUR
- Board Member & Non Executive Director, DLM Capital Group (since 2022)

- Head Legal Advice, Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (2015-2020)

- President, Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (since 2023)

Lisa BICTOGO
- Vice President, Fondation Bictogo Initiatives (since 2019)

- Chief Commercial Officer, ELISE Technologies (2015-2016)

- Head of Business Development, Olam (2016-2018)

Freda OBENG-AMPOFO
- Regional Program Specialist, U.S. Agency for International Development (2014-2022)

- Managing Partner, Optimum Group Africa (2010-2022)

- Deputy Director of Claims and Benefits, Nouvelle société interafricaine d’assurance - Insurances Benin (2023)

Donald AKA
- Marketing and Communications Director, AZALAI Group (2021-2022)


- Co-Founder, The NEST Arts Company (2012-2017)

- Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Vicat Group Senegal (2022-2023)

- Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Zazu Africa (since 2015)

Hafou TOURE
- Investment and Development Consultant, African Development Bank (2019-2021)

Khady Evelyne Denise NDIAYE
- Head of the Private Sector Promotion Division, West African Economic and Monetary Union (2016-2019)

- Présidente du conseil d'administration, Assistance for Relief and Development Agency (2013)


James MNYUPE
- Managing Director, Allan Gray Namibia (2015-2020)

- Managing Director, International Law Group (since 2017)

- Head of Treasu

- Credit and Marketing Director, Afriland First Bank (2014-2016)

- Chief of Staff to the Chairman, MeTL Group (2016-2018)

- Founder, KKT ROYAL Group Foundation (since 2016)

- Co-Founder & Board Member, PUSH Ivory Coast (since 2023)

- Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Meddis Distribution (2018-2020)

- Associate Executive Director, East African Holding (2016-2018)

- Head of Trading, Angola Stock Exchange (2014-2019)

- Project Officer to the Executive Management, Cherifian Phosphate Office Group (2016-2019)

- Regional Innovation Lead Africa, EdTech Hub (since 2019)

- Administration and Finance Deputy Director, Vicat Group Mali (2021- 2022)

- Senior Software Development Engineer, Microsoft (2008-2014)

- Associate Partner, Dalberg (since 2020)

- • Cybersecurity Consultant, CGI Business Consulting (2019-2022)

- Strategy Consultant, Development of the Consulting and Strategy practice in Francophone Africa, PricewaterhouseCoopers Paris (2018-2019)

- Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive Officer, Orange Middle East and Africa (2018-2021)

- Managing Director, Mesozi Group (since 2013)

- Associate Strategy and Development, Aspen Pharma Group (2020-2021)

- Director, Bigradap Group Technologies (since 2018)

- Equity Research Analyst, Merrill Lynch (2012-2014)

- Chief Operating Officer, SUNU Assurances Nigeria (2021-2023

- Chairman of Governing Board, Lagos State Public Procurement Agency (2019-2023)

- Advisory Board Member, Africa No Filter (2021-2022)

- Accounting Director, Société Générale Morocco (2019-2022)

- Associate, PGS Invest (2010-2015)

- Head of Corporate and International Relations, SupDeco Dakar Group (2015-2017)

- Head of the Risk ad interim, Gavi - the Vaccine Alliance (2021-2022)

Mohamed TOURÉ
- Senior Manager, Deloitte France (2019-2021)

Abdoulaye TOURÉ
- Special Strategic Advisor in charge of Defense and Security Projects, SahAnalytics International (since 2020)

- Chief Operating Officer, Direct Pay Online Group (2019-2022)

- Portfolio Manager, Endeavour South Africa (2010-2012)

- General Director for Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, btd Group (2015-2020)

- Chief Executive Officer, Kaera Holding (since 2014)

- Managing Director, Compagnie d’affrètement et de transit logistics (2016-2017)

- Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Farmcrowdy (2016-2021)

- Innovation Manager - Drive Business, WA Conseil (since 2022)

- Analyste en stratégie et développement commercial, Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (2015-2017)

- • Project Manager, Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory Initiative (since 2014)

- Board Member, City Cars - Kia Motors (2020-2023)

- Hub Manager West Africa, ZEBOX (since 2022)

- Non Executive Board Member, Uganda Property Holdings (since 2020)

- Chief Operating Officer, Leapfrog Investments (2015-2020)

- Deputy Head of West Africa Advisory, CrossBoundary (2020-2023)

- Business Developper, Environmental Management Sy

- General Treasurer, Benin Private Investors Council (since 2020)

Vang'sy Olivier GOMA KANY
- Director of Development, Marketing and Communication, Congo Bet (2019-2022)

- IT Department Director of West African Economic and Monetary Union Subsidiaries for Ivory Coast, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mali, Banque Nationale de Paris Paribas (2017-2020)

- IT Director, Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority (2014-2023)

- Director, Speed Jet (since 2020)

- Co-Founder & Managing Director, StartupYourLife (2014-2017)

- Head of Business Development, DRIVELECTRIC (2017)

- Chief Executive Officer, Dité (since 2013)

- Board Member, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe (since 2019)

- Director, Ekhaya Groups of Companies (since 2021)

- Sales & Marketing Director, CILAGRI-CAJOU (2018)

- Deputy Director General, Highway Safety of Gabon (since 2020)

- Embedded Software Development Lead, Hutchinson (2019-2021)

Ghali SKALLI
- Adviser to the Minister, Moroccan Ministry for African Cooperation (2018-2021)

Mahamane SOW
- Advisor to Ivory Coast, The French Foreign Trade Advisors (since 2020)

- Advisor in charge of Corporate Relationship, Concorde Foundation (Since 2020)

- Founder, Allied Insurance Brokers - Democratic Republic of the Congo (since 2011)

- Head of the Investment Promotion and Territorial Marketing Division, General Delegation for the Promotion of Diamniadio and Pink Lake Urban Poles (2020-2021)

- • Investment Manager, Qair Morocco (2011-2020)

- Vice President, Normalisation Committee of the Football Federation of Chad (since 2021)

- Responsable Marque, Abbott Laboratories (2015-2017)

- Senior Advisor to the Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area (2020-2021)

- Deputy Managing Director, OLEA Insurance Solutions Africa (2019- 2023)

- Regulatory and Electricity Market Expert at U.S. Agency for International Development West Africa Energy Program, Deloitte Ghana (2020- 2022)

- Permanent Secretary, Togolese Ministry of Economy and Finance (2021- 2023)

- Commercial Director, Canal+ Benin (2016-2021)

Edilson BARTOLOMEU
- Angola Deputy Country Manager, Pluspetrol (2022-2023)

- Co-Founder & Board Member, SheLeadsAfrica (since 2014)

- Head of Public Policy United Arab Emirates, Amazon Web Services (2018-2020)

- Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Busportal (2011-2019)

- Co-Founder, TSOKA International (since 2020)

- Associate Managing Director, DIDEN Consulting (2017-2020)

- Senior Investment Officer, Fonsis (2014-2019)

- Research Manager, Amazon (2019-2021)

Martine Kessy EKOMO-SOIGNET
- Board Member, African Parks Network (since 2024)

- Office of the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Cherifian Phosphate Office Group (2018-2022)

- Chief Operating Officer, Afrika Company Group (2017-2018)

- Founder & Chief Executive Officer, HeHe (2010-2020)

- Chief Executive Officer, Royal Group (since 2018)

- Administrator, Rwanda Development Board (since 2019)

- Board Member, Bioforce (since 2023)

- Project Officer, Third Financial Management and Accountability Programme, Ugandan Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (2015-2017)

- Strategy Consultant, Kearney (2018-2021)

Salah El Din MAHMOUD
- Business Manager Huawei Mobile Distribution, MM Group For Industry and International Trade (since 2017)

- Managing Director, TalFact (2014-2015)

- Chief Executive Director, Delta Philanthropies (since 2018)

- Director, TECH24 Group (since 2016)

- Chief Financial Officer, First Assurance Company Tanzania (2017-2018)

- Non Exective Director, Tanzania Mortgage Refinance Company (since 2021)

- Board Member, Kenya Green Building Society (since 2017)

- Chief Commercial Officer, Crédit industriel et commercial Africa Uganda (2022-2023)

- Chief Executive Officer, Odyssey Antiques (since 2021)

- Co-Founder, Afrijula (since 2021)

- Financial Controller, Arab Banking Corporation Bank (2012-2013)

- Sales Manager, Gras Savoye International (since 2013)

- Senior Director Africa, United Nations Foundation (2020-2023)

- • Strategy and Analytics Director, Mastercard (2018-2021)

Cheick TRAORÉ
- Assistant Manager - Group Audit and Consulting, Liberty Global (2015-2018)

- Head of Service and Systems Implementation, Electricidade de Mozambique (2015-2017)
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