President of Malawi, Mrs. Joyce Banda has been positioned as the most powerful woman in Africa.
Banda who attained first on the list of Forbes’ 100 world most powerful women was ranked number 47 in the world. She climbed 24 places from last year’s list to reach number 47 most
powerful woman in the world
Other African women on the list are Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Helen Johnson-Sirleaf at number 83 and 87 respectively.
German Chancellor, Mrs. Angela Merkel, was the first on the list; Brazillian President, Mrs. Dilma Rousseff, came second. Melinda Gates, Mitchelle Obama and Hilary Clinton came third, fourth and fifth on the list, respectively.
Forbes said, “Our annual snapshot of the 100 women with the most impact comprises top politicians and chief executive officers, activist billionaires and celebrities who matter. In roughly equal measure, you’ll find the next gen entrepreneurs and media mavens, technologists and leaders in philanthropy — all ranked by dollars, media momentum and impact.
“We’ve selected women that go beyond the traditional taxonomy of the power elite (political and economic might). These change-agents are actually shifting our very idea of clout and authority and, in the process, transforming the world in fresh and exhilarating ways.”
This year’s list featured nine heads of state that run nations with a combined Gross Domestic Product of $11.8tn. It also listed 24 corporate CEOs controlling $893bn in revenues with 16 of the women that founded their own companies, including two of the three new billionaires, Tory Burch and Spanx’s Sara Blakely.
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