Alex Okosi, Cobhams, Tara Durotoye, others named as 2013 ‘Young Global Leaders’

Popular media entrepreneur Alex Okosi along with 19 other Africans have been named as 2013 ‘Young Global Leaders’ by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Okosi, Senior Vice President & Managing Director of Viacom International Media Networks Africa, beautician Tara Durotoye, music producer Cobhams Asuquo are some of the distinguished young Nigerians that were honoured with the title by WEF amongst other distinguished leaders under the age of 40 around the world. They were recognised for their ‘record of professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world through inspiring leadership’. They will now become active members of The Forum of Young Global Leaders, a global network of peers from diverse backgrounds and fields, with the goal of significantly impacting world affairs and shaping the global agenda. ‘I am very proud to have been named by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader and look forward to working with my peers in the Forum of Young Global Leaders to ensure that African affairs, issues and ideas are key priorities for action on the global agenda’, Okosi says. Check out the full list here: Tara Fela-Durotoye, Founder, House of Tara, Nigeria Cobhams Asuquo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer Cobhams Asuquo Music Productions, Nigeria Alex Okosi, Senior Vice-President and Managing Director, Viacom International Media Networks Africa (formerly MTV Networks Africa), South Africa Ndubuisi Ekekwe, Founder and Chairman First Atlantic Semiconductors and Microelectronics Nigeria Amy Jadesimi ,Managing director LADOL Nigeria Ola Orekunrin, Founder The Flying Doctors, Nigeria Marieme Jamme, Founder, SpotOne Global Solutions Senegal Jesmane Boggenpoel, Founder and Director Harvest Advisory Services South Africa Andrew Kuper, President and Founder LeapFrog Investments Ltd South Africa Lindiwe Mazibuko, Parliamentary Leader, Democratic Alliance (DA) South Africa James Mwangi, Global Managing Partner, Dalberg South Africa January Yusuf Makamba, Deputy Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, Tanzania Rosebell Kagumire, Journalist and Communications Consultant, Africans Act for Africa, Uganda Monica Musonda, Chief Executive Officer and Founder Java Foods Ltd Marc Wabi, Senior Special Adviser to the President Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie, Côte d’Ivoire Solomon Assefa, Research Scientist IBM Thomas J. Watson, Research Center, Ethiopia Dorcas Gachari, Chief Executive Officer, Openworld Ltd, Kenya Saran Kaba Jones, Founder and Executive Director, FACE Africa, Liberia Nishan Degnarain, Senior Economic Adviser to the Minister of Finance.