Top 25 Most Transformative Leaders Impacting Business

Dr. Amina Mohamed’s rising star in the early years of her career opened new opportunities overseas, and in 1990, she was appointed as the legal advisor to Kenya’s Mission at the United Nations (UN) Head Office in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Top 25 Most Transformative Leaders Impacting Business

In the last eight years, 220 laws were enacted under Hon. Justin Muturi’s leadership. As the first Speaker under the Constitution of Kenya 2010, he presided over the overhaul of the country’s laws, including some, in the statute books since the colonial period.

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Top 25 Most Transformative Leaders Impacting Business

While overseeing all these activities, Carole Kariuki Karuga maintains a busy event calendar, as she champions all private sector engagements where her expertise and immense knowledge are often called upon to promote the association’s agenda of private sector growth.

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Top 25 Most Transformative Leaders Impacting Business

Lady CJ Martha Koome’s exemplary track record in expediting the administration of justice and in particular, clearing of case backlogs, a perennial challenge, if not an excuse affecting the Judiciary, works in her favour, as she takes the helm as the head of the third estate in Kenya.

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Top 25 Most Transformative Leaders Impacting Business

CS Fred Matiang’i’s rise in the public sector started in 2013 when President Uhuru Kenyatta, keen on accelerating the digital transformation kick-started by former President Kibaki, tapped him from academia to head the ICT ministry.

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Publisher’s Note: Selection criteria for Top 25 Most Transformative Leaders to Watch in 2021

From our analysis, these 25 men and women appear to share a common thread: they remain consistent in pursuing results in all the public spaces they occupy, they display hard work, patience, focus and diligence. And that in staying the course, these are the attributes of leadership needed to transform institutions, systems and processes.

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Hip hop and Pan Africanism: from Blitz the Ambassador to Beyoncé

We’ve seen important collaborations between hip hop artists across Africa and in the diaspora that go back to the early 1990s. But we see an increase after 2010. When African artists started using social media and file sharing, they were able to increase their collaborations.

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5 ways the Biden administration may help stem the loss of international students

President Joe Biden’s election signals a new day for international education. This is evident based on a slew of Biden’s executive orders, many of which revoked immigration and travel restrictions imposed by the Trump administration.

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